THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.
By Maria Cruz February 6, 2020
A shift in police culture by changing the language around mental health may help save lives.
By Kay-Lynne Collier August 12, 2015
Frontline police in Saskatchewan will soon have access to high-powered, semi-automatic carbine rifles. While this move is aimed at increasing police safety, statistics suggest that the weapons will do more harm than good.
By The Sheaf November 22, 2013
There seems to be some ambiguity in Canadian society about the rights and relationship between civilians and the police officers who protect them.
By Daryl Hofmann January 11, 2012
When police services in Canada conducted their annual public crackdown on drunk drivers over the recent holidays, many social media users shared checkstop locations and blew police cover.
Ontario’s Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere, or RIDE, program was regularly sabotaged. Many Twitter users announced checkstop locations throughout late December using the hashtags #RIDE and #checkstop, which triggered an online shitstorm between those tweeting locations, concerned citizens and members of the police.
By Tannara Yelland February 14, 2011
The practice of pushing protesters together and encircling them is a controversial crowd-control tactic known as “kettling.” It has been declared illegal in some countries, but continues to be used in others to subdue mass demonstrations.