Shoes hanging from hydro lines in Dundas Driving Park probably aren't a calling-card of local crack dealers, according to the head of Hamilton Police Services' drugs section. Sergeant Dave Calvert said he's familiar with the claim, outlined in a recent Globe & Mail article about crack cocaine problems in a Toronto neighbourhood, that dealers hang a pair of shoes together and hang them from overhead wires near an area they sell drugs. "There was a movie a couple of years ago - it had a gang that marked their trail with shoes," Sgt. Calvert said. "Around here, we don't put any significance to that." [continues 379 words]
Police are taking a new zero tolerance attitude for the fourth year of Project SAFE. Beginning June 18, the eight officer team will focus on youth drinking, drug-use, loitering and noise in parks and common community areas in Ancaster, Dundas, Flamborough and on Hamilton mountain. But where warnings were given first during each of the past three summers, zero tolerance means a new focus on handing out tickets. At a press conference announcing the fourth edition of the program - short for Special Attention Follow-up and Enforcement - acting Sergeant Sean Gosselin handed out a list of the common offences and fines the team will be handling. [continues 213 words]
Police Plan To Skip Warnings And Hand Out Tickets Police are taking a new zero tolerance attitude for the fourth year of Project SAFE. Beginning June 18, the eight officer team will focus on youth drinking, drug-use, loitering and noise in parks and common community areas in Ancaster, Dundas, Flamborough and on Hamilton mountain. But where warnings were given first during each of the past three summers, zero tolerance means a new focus on handing out tickets. At a press conference announcing the fourth edition of the program - short for Special Attention Follow-up and Enforcement - acting Sergeant Sean Gosselin handed out a list of the common offences and fines the team will be handling. [continues 354 words]
