Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 27, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Saturday free press May 2000 local a3 City editor Steve Pona 6977292 Gean sweep finds streets Are very dirty police target dealers and thieves in largest Ever attack on Street crime Winnipeg police hit the streets in an unprecedented show of Force Over the last two Days busting drug Deal ers and thieves in what was billed As the largest Ever concentrated attack on Street dubbed operation clean the two night project targeted every thing from prostitutes and Johns to liquor violations and traffic Winnipeg police have run major sweeps on a semiannual basis for the last few this Springs operation marked the first time offi cers from across the City took it used to be just the downtown explained Brian Cinco this for the first we went City in More than 220 officers were involved on thursday yesterday and last each division was Given free rein to concentrate their efforts on issues plaguing their in some that meant working to enforce traffic curfews or liquor in the downtown that meant hookers and their it didst take Long for the Effort to pay within minutes of the operations officers were so Busy making arrests that the project had to be slowed Down to allow those at the Public safety building to process the on the cop radios crackled constantly As officers made plans for their next take in one instance an undercover female officer posing As a Hooker was offered and two rocks of crack cocaine to perform a sex As soon As she gave the a handful of cop cars descended on the Johns officers patted Down the surprised Man uncovering the and land ing him in big the suspects car was he was taken to the pub for processing and the cops turned their attention to their next patrol Hugh a 22year Veteran of the said the sweeps work not Only to squelch Street crime during the but to gain information and leads to make More arrests in the working As a Community officer in the Broadway Black said his greatest frustration and that of Busi Ness owners in the area is prostitution and the Ripple of crime that extends around the the working girls in the area Are walking the Street so regularly that Black and his colleagues know them by when one Hooker was busted thursday night for breaching a rec Black greets her by name and can detail where she where she usually works and what drugs Shes its frustrating to see them Over and Over he More often than not its for the Black said where cocaine used to be the most common drug on the Street in the the More potent and lethal drugs like crack and methamphetamine a Are now in Phil free press a pair of undercover officers escort a suspected prostitute to a waiting Cruiser after arresting Phil free press undercover officers Pat Down a suspected female and Young girls some in their Early teens and younger will do whatever it including Selling their bodies for sex in order to get the Money to get at one Point thursday Black paused in front of a known drug Deal ers Home and stopped a Young girl in the she vehemently denied having bought drugs and claimed she want hooking before tottering off in her tight leather jacket and her stiletto she was swinging a Black wig off one along with the part of opera Tion clean sweep is to let Street Crimi nals know the police Are moving closer to Black Phil h088ack free press crack shown is now the hottest drug on our takes part in the take Down of two male prostitutes working in the area behind the within teams of cops one acting As a prospective client have orchestrated and successfully nabbed two Young men offering a sex act for on thursday the first night of the clean sweep resulted in More than 33 charges being fifteen prostitution three drug related charges and a handful of other charges related to traffic Viola bylaw infractions and curfew breaches were also former lottery exec Calls accusations a Witch Hunt by Doug Narne the former Vic chairman of Manitoba lotteries has demanded a pub lic inquiry into what he Calls a Witch Hunt by the doer Ken Cooper said highly publicized accusations of a Lack of control and mis management by Mac executives and Board members Are inaccurate and politically motivated by the the Provin Cial auditor and the free i am fully prepared to discuss these projects at any Public inquiry that this government has the nerve to he a full inquiry is needed to Clear the the free press has reported that the Mac executives spent More than of Public Money on firs class junkets to Las vegas and entertainment Over the last two they were also allowed to file expense claims wants Public inquiry to Clear air on alleged lotto mismanagement without an investigation by provincial auditor Jon Singleton also found the Public was misled about the True Cost of the expansion at club Regent and the Mcphillips Street while the former tory government and the Mac claimed the project Cost Singleton found the real total was following the the new Mac Board fired former ceo Bill Funk and three other senior Cooper said there was no problem with the Way Mac was doing business until there was a change in he said the Crown corporation Council and Treasury Board under the former tory government were kept informed about the True Cost of the Casino and it was up to them to keep the Public several senior tory Cabinet ministers including former Premier Gary Fil Mon say they were kept in the Cooper accused Singleton of having a political these slanted reports by the Provin Cial auditor have insinuated that Many errors were he they were in an interview earlier this sin Gleton rejected Coopers claim of he said the facts of the Case speak for lotto Gate Liberal Leader Jon Gerrard also wants a Public inquiry into what he has been calling but he Doest share Coopers Gerrard wants the former Board Mem Bers held accountable for what took place on their the Board has something to answer he this is a Crown corporation and the Board should have been exercising control Over the Gerrard said Only one former Board member was spoken to during single tons and there Are unan swered questions about who knew about the Casino expansion costs and the executives lavish expense this should All be sorted out before jumping on Board with the aboriginal Casino he the demands from both men Are falling on deaf Diane minister responsible for has refused to Call an a spokeswoman for the minister said Mcgifford wants to move beyond the and allow the new Mac Board a Chance to make improvements and repair the morale Premier Gary doer also opposes a he said the ongoing police investigation into singletons report will be the last chapter in the new Mac chairwoman Bev Suek said it would be Best if the Crown corporation is not put through any further i personally think there has been enough she id like to put our efforts into rebuilding rather than stirring things up huge savings on a great selection of Low mileage pm cars stools 40 styles 12 Metal finish 70 fabrics and colours 18724730 Corey design 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