{"id":2115,"date":"2013-04-10T15:49:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T15:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rf.podcastfixit.com\/index.php\/2013\/04\/10\/combined-crime-fighting-squad-disbanded\/"},"modified":"2015-06-01T19:41:53","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T19:41:53","slug":"combined-crime-fighting-squad-disbanded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2013\/04\/10\/combined-crime-fighting-squad-disbanded\/","title":{"rendered":"Combined crime-fighting squad disbanded"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Robert Frank<\/b>
www.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Pimps who had been exploiting young women were the last people to be arrested by a combined task force of Laval and North Shore police, March 27, before it disbanded at the end of last month and sent its members back to their own jurisdictions.<\/p>\n

Though the cross-jurisdictional regional squad racked up more than 800 arrests in its five-year existence, the federal funds that sustained the collaborative law-enforcement effort ran out, March 31.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was made possible through a five-year program introduced by the Conservative government to fight street crime and organized crime at different levels,\u201d explained Laval police Sgt. Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Jean.<\/p>\n

The Combined Regional Squad brought together members of municipal police forces from Laval and smaller, neighbouring cities, including Repentigny, Terrebonne, Mirabel, Sainte Th\u00e9r\u00e8se, Blainville, Lorraine, Rosem\u00e8re, Ste. Eustache and St. J\u00e9r\u00f4me\u2014where, two weeks ago, the joint efforts caught an alleged mole spying inside the St. J\u00e9r\u00f4me police service.<\/p>\n

Unusually, the team was headed by Laval police, rather than S\u00fbret\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec, as is done elsewhere in the province.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the Combined Regional Squad detectives were based at Laval police headquarters,\u201d Sgt. Jean told The Suburban in an interview. \u201cThe other police forces benefited from the resources that we could contribute. Laval provided all the support staff, detention facilities, evidence rooms, canine units, forensic technicians, tactical teams and physical surveillance services.\u201d<\/p>\n

He indicated that Laval\u2019s police personnel will be assigned to the municipal anti-gang squad, led by Lt. Anthony Donato, where they will continue to fight the same sort of crime. However, their efforts will now be limited to crimes in Laval.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will have an obvious impact that will be felt in the smaller jurisdictions,\u201d observed Sgt. Jean. \u201cThe Combined Regional Squad facilitated sharing intelligence over a larger area, making it easier to centralize information.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you go back five years, cities like St. Sauveur and St. J\u00e9r\u00f4me didn\u2019t have a lot of street gangs,\u201d he recalled. \u201cIt was a relatively rare occurrence. With the pressure that was applied in Montreal and Laval, they have since moved into other areas.\u201dThe Combined Regional Squad operated on an annual budget of about $1.5 million, Sgt. Jean said.<\/p>\n

Although finance minister Jim Flaherty\u2019s federal budget this month did not renew the program, it contained other funding to help hire police officers and to prevent youth crime.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince 2006, we have created initiatives that support our country\u2019s law enforcement agencies and provide them with the tools and support that they need,\u201d Nichole Beck, a political aide to Senator Larry Smith told The Suburban<\/i> in an electronic mail message, after the federal budget was tabled in the House of Commons.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe police officer recruitment fund is a one-time provision that showed the government\u2019s commitment to public safety,\u201d she wrote. \u201cWe have also funded initiatives that serve to educate youth not to get involved in gang activity.\u201d<\/p>\n

As The Suburban<\/i> went to press, it remained unclear whether the demise of Quebec\u2019s combined squads is final.<\/p>\n

According to a report in the newspaper Voix de l\u2019Est,<\/i> the Granby-S\u00fbret\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec combined squad has obtained $150,000 in interim funding, which will give it a reprieve until the end of 2013.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of discussion between the provincial and federal governments remains ongoing,\u201d noted Sgt. Jean.<\/p>\n

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