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Front Page News
Acrylic Encased Badge Mix Up | February 21, 2010 | Recently the Edmonton Police Association undertook the massive project of getting your badges encased in acrylic.
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Meeting Minutes Are Now Online | January 20, 2010 | The minutes of both Executive Meeting and General Membership meeting are now online. Log in and visit the Meeting Minutes page under the Executive Members menu on the left hand side of this site. |
2010 Kenny Anderson Cup, March 9-25, 2010 | January 20, 2010 | The annual inter-departmental hockey tournament has changed format. This year each team is guaranteed 5 games (2/week Tuesday Thursday ) when the 2 teams with the best records will battle for the CUP. Players of all levels are invited to play. All players will be drafted onto teams with the teams split equally with all levels of players. More...
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Badge of Pride - The Passionate Eye | January 12, 2010 | Twenty-five years ago, Toronto's gay pride parade was a protest march, held to speak out against police raids against gay bathhouses. In 2005, the city's Police Chief, Bill Blair marched alongside the muscle boys, the leather daddies, the drag queens and the dykes on bikes. It was a first for Toronto. We've come a long way. Or have we? Badge of Pride is a documentary that looks at the lives of gay cops in Canada; cops who are out, cops who are closeted and cops who are somewhere in between the closet and the cruiser.
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2009 Election Results | December 15, 2009 | Internal Memorandum. To: All EPA Members; From: Tony Simioni, President
Subject: Year 2009 EPA Executive Board Election Results |
Our officers deliver 100% They deserve a fair percentage in return | December 1, 2009 | In September of 2009, The Edmonton Police Association and the City of Edmonton reached a settlement agreement regarding compensation. The agreement was signed in good faith following 11 months of negotiations and allotted funds already in the 2009 Edmonton Police Service budget.
Learn more of council's rejection of an agreement already reached in good faith with the city. |
Advance Poll and Election Day Dates | November 27, 2009 | Advance Polls: December 8, 9, & 10, 2009 from 0800 thru to 1600 hrs at Headquarters, 2nd Floor; Election Day: December 11, 2009
0700-2100 hrs at all five divisional stations. Sign in and view the candidate bios. [...] |
National Memorial Day. Your Chance to Represent the EPA. [Pics] | November 25, 2009 | On September 24, 1998 the Government of Canada officially proclaimed the last Sunday of September of every year as Police and Peace Officers’ National Memorial Day. This National Memorial Day gives Canadians an opportunity each year to formally express appreciation for the dedication of police and peace officers, which made the ultimate tragic sacrifice to keep our communities safe.
Unfortunately, our comrades are falling at an alarming rate; six to eight officers a year for the last twenty-three years. We now have a total of approximately seven hundred officers on the Honour Roll. The importance of their sacrifice is overwhelming. [...] |
Retirement Lost [Globe and Mail] | November 18, 2009 | Retirement dreams under siege
Canada’s aging work force hasn’t saved enough to retire. Pension benefits are being slashed, employees are working longer, the elderly are selling their homes and going back to work: Is this what your retirement will look like? [...] |
Constable Melanie Roy Funeral [Pic] | | Cst. Adam Woodburn (pictured) and Sgt. Pat McCormack attended the funeral of Levis Police Constable Melanie Roy. Cst. Roy was killed September 7, 2009 in a police vehicle collision while responding to an emergency call. |
CBC Errs Again | June 30, 2009 | Chief Mike Boyd's frustration with the CBC and reporter Charles Rusnell became very apparent and very public on Tuesday 30 June 2009. Despite the flare-up being the highlight of the news conference, the CBC has chosen to keep this important and newsworthy item from the pubic. [...] |
PPC Needs Instructors | | Have you ever considered joining the training team of the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre (PPC) and contributing to the effectiveness of peace operations around the globe? The PPC is viewed within the international peace and security community as the gold standard for research-led training for complex, multidisciplinary peace operations [...]
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Painted with the Same Brush [Opinion] | May 1, 2009 | Miguel Carvalho
Much is said, and has been said, about prejudice, intolerance and discrimination against others for simply belonging to a certain identifiable group. [...]
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LERB Dismisses CTA Appeal. Rayner's Decision to Not Charge Officers Stands. | March 30, 2009 | The Law Enforcement Appeal Board (LERB) released it's latest decision in the "Overtime" incident on Friday, March 20, 2009. The LERB dismissed the Criminal Trial Lawyers Association appeal of Chief Fred Rayner's decision to not charge the officers who took part in the drunk driving investigation on November 18, 2004. [...] |
S/Sgt. Newton's Appeal to be Heard by Court of Appeal of Alberta [PDF] | December 1, 2008 | Staff Sergeant Bill Newton's appeal of his Law Enforcement Review Board conviction will be heard by the Alberta Court of Appeal. Appeal Court Justice Watson released his decision today (1 December 2008) following a hearing on 26 November. Justice Watson allowed three of the six grounds of appeal stating they represented "significant questions of law". [...] |
LERB Decision. Chris Braiden Appeal Dismissed [PDF] | November 17, 2008 | Bill Newton
Former EPS Superintendent Chris Braiden lost an appeal to the Law Enforcement Review Board in a recent Board decision. Braiden had appealed a decision of the Chief of Police to dismiss allegations of Discreditable Conduct against Edmonton Police Association President Peter Ratcliff. [...]
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