Spring time in the City!! The SAVAGES don't care about LEO'S!!

This article appeared in our daily news today and was written by Mike Sutherland the President of the Winnipeg Police Association, while not representing my Department he raises VALID concerns about what we all face day to day on the job in this God forsaken, aboriginal over run section of this Country. The area that this happened is PREDOMINATELY ABORIGINAL ( Indians).... I pity my WPS Brothers and Sisters who have to work in District 3!!!!!

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News Columnists / Mike Sutherland
Deadly threat ignored
Citizens fail to get up in arms over gun toting bike rider

By MIKE SUTHERLAND


So a week ago, while on patrol in the north end of the city, police officers come across a male riding a bike, but this guy happens to be carrying a gun.

The officers attempt to challenge him, but he flees a short distance on his bike, only to take a position of superior cover, setting up in essence a perfect ambush to fire upon police as they approach.

The officers get as close as they can on foot without making themselves sitting ducks and call for back up. Before additional assistance arrives the suspect makes good his escape on his bike.

On the loose

So now we have a dangerous armed suspect still on the loose in Winnipeg, a fellow who has a firearm and doesn't appear afraid to use it in the least, and no one really seems to be all that concerned.

You'd think all those community leaders that love to armchair quarterback the cops would be encouraging everyone to call police if they know or hear anything. Except the phones haven't exactly been ringing off the hook on this one. Where are all those folks who want to build "relationships" and "take an active role in safeguarding their communities"?

They aren't too bothered maybe because after all, it was only the cops that got threatened, and it's not like they shot the suspect either. Had they done so however, the suspect would undoubtedly have turned out to be a misguided and victimized young person on the cusp of turning his life around, the media circus and press releases would have been fast and furious, and this incident would have been a little more prominent in the minds of all Winnipeggers.

But now it appears to be no big deal at all, which just makes no sense. My concern would be, if I bothered to care about gun toting suspects in my neighbourhood, is where was this guy headed in the first place? What if he intended to use that gun on someone else before he was so rudely interrupted by city police?

Dangerous

That's what makes this guy dangerous, not to just police officers, but to all those apparently unbothered citizens out there. This suspect is a deadly threat, not only to those he dislikes, but if the death of young Phil Haiart didn't teach anyone about the dangers of being caught in a gang war crossfire, then people need to shake themselves out of the dream land they've been living in.

Police officers have a very dangerous and difficult job, for which they are often criticized. I'd like it if some of those critics, who might know something about who this guy is, picked up the phone and actually helped keep their community safe.

This summer will be hazardous enough with out one more brazen gun-toting scumbag peddling around out there. If you know something, grow a set and call District 3 Detectives at 986-2848, or Crimestoppers. If you don't and some innocent kid playing on the street at the wrong time gets shot with that gun, you have only yourself to blame.

-- Mike Sutherland is president of the Winnipeg Police Association