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Considerations when PLANNING CONTAMINATED WATER DIVES: • Identify major toxins at the planned dive site – lean on local knowledge if no testing available. • Protect diver to ONE LEVEL HIGHER than foreseen exposure calls for. • Protection versus comfort in hot weather is sometimes diametrically opposed – DO NOT RISK divers’ health by reducing protection, always reduce bottom time instead. • In warm environments, set up the dive to keep divers and equipment cool during dress out and brief. This maximizes the actual working time of divers before onset of heat exhaustion and/or dehydration. • Ensure all parties are completely briefed on the Decontamination Procedures BEFORE commencing dives. • In oily water, boom off the diver entry/ exit area and clear the surface using small oil skimmers or sorbents. • Remember the 5 P’s – PRIOR PLANNING PREVENTS POOR PERFORMANCE In light of recent operations like Japan Disaster Relief, Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response, and even...

Fifteen RCMP employees being invested into the Order of Merit of the Police Forces OTTAWA – Wednesday, June 8, 2011 -- Today, His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, accompanied by William Elliott, Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Principal Commander of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces invested 43 individuals, including 15 employees of the RCMP, into the Order of Merit of the Police Forces, in recognition of their outstanding contributions to policing. “I would like to congratulate and thank these 15 dedicated employees of the RCMP and all of the honourees for their significant contributions to law enforcement and their exceptional service to Canadians” said Commissioner Elliott. “These extraordinary men and women have been evaluated by a panel of their peers as embodying the highest qualities recognized by the Order; qualities of service to Canada, to their communities, to their fellow citizens and to their ...

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The parade room was all astir, there was a lot of laughing and joking due to all the new officers, myself included, hitting the streets today for the first time. After months of seemingly endless amounts of classes, paperwork, and lectures we were finally done with Depot Division and ready to join the ranks of our department. All you could see were the row of rookies with huge smiles and polished new equipement. As we sat in the briefing room, we could barely sit still anxiously awaiting our turn to be introduced and given our patrol assignment or, for the lay person, our own portion of the city to "serve and protect." It was then that he walked in. A statue of a man - 6 foot 3 and 230 pounds of solid muscle, he had black hair with highlights of gray and steely eyes that make you feel nervous even when he wasn't looking at you. He had a reputation for being the biggest and the smartest officer to ever work in North Vancouver. He had been on the department for longer than ...

EVIDENCE COLLECTION AND YOU--the Public Safety Diver ( PSD) All agencies and PSD teams have their own SOP's and SOG's and I am in no way telling you to deter from the methods outlined in yours, what I'll attemp to do in this brief is to give you all a few hints/pointers that you may already use, or may want to fit into your operating practices. Lets face it, an big wide open body of water is an invitation for the bad guy to ditch and try to evade the finding of things that will put him away. It is OUR job to recover this evidence to the best of our abilities and our teams abilities. The criminal has the mindset of , " if it sinks to the bottom nobody will ever see it again." WRONG, this is where we come in. Even though the evidence is UW it does not negate the need to apply the same crime scene techniques as used above on dry land. Our main goals as PSD's is to collect enough evidence to procure a conviction in court against the accused. And like evidence...

Patrol Officers and Anti-Terrorism Intel....It is needed!! Ever since Sept. 11 2001 the face of law enforcement has changed and each and everyone of us needs to be ever vigilant for the prospect of terrorism whether here in Canada, or helping out our fellow LEO's in the US. And contrary to popular belief terrorism DID NOT start on Sept. 11 2001, many of today's younger LEO's may not remember the taking of the American Embassy in Tehran Iran on November 4 1979, I do, as I was in the Navy at the time! That is when the real threat of terrorism hit the North American ccontinent!! Every ship in both our Canadian fleet and our Brother US Naval ships was put on high alert!! Strange days followed, all 444 of them, until the hostage taking was over. This is where we in front line law enforcement come into play. As good operations against terrorism start on the front line. We are the eyes and ears of the nation, part of the first line of defence. Not to mention the front line on ...