Two things to note here: 1) Ottawa is supposedly a liberal town, but StatsCan data consistently put it in the top municipalities with the most police-reported hate crimes. 2) OPS hate crime unit has done an outstanding job collecting, classifying and reporting hate crimes. To be precise, reporting and progress monitoring problems arise for community development initiatives that work beyond the City of Ottawa boundaries – in the OPP jurisdiction.
Although the word ‘hate crime’ has acquired the most traction, its definition is specific to the socio-legal arena in which it is employed. That’s why hate crime has a variety of definitions.
It is challenging for police agencies to collect and monitor hate crime incidents across jurisdictions without a common, comprehensive, and basic concept of hate crime. Such clarity is needed in a way to avoid jeopardizing jurisdictional comparisons and enforcement responses.
The social, expressive, and symbolic aims of hate crime legislation, which are key to the argument for enacting such legislation, cannot be realised if police forces and local communities do not agree on a standard/common definition for a hate crime.
It would be a dream come true for communities in the East-Ontario region if OPP and OPS could develop a common approach for collecting and reporting hate crime data.
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‘We barely made it out’: Californians desperately flee their homes amid raging wildfires
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Terrie Morin, 60, and her husband, Dave, were at the barber shop when they heard about a raging wildfire making headway toward their Camarillo home on Wednesday morning.
The couple were hosting two guests at the time, but because their guests worked late, Morin suspected they slept through the residence’s fire alarms.
“I run in the house, and I’m banging on the door, and they did not hear me. They were knocked out,” Morin told CNN. “Get the dog. Get out of here. You don’t have time, just get out!” she recalled telling them.
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Ten minutes later, Dave noticed sparks in their backyard. The temperature was also picking up.
“It was hot. It was so hot,” Morin recalled.
Dozens of homes in California’s Ventura County were set alight in a sweeping wildfire that burned through thousands of acres of land in just a matter of hours midweek –– prompting authorities to send more than 14,000 evacuation notices across the region.
The Mountain Fire began early Wednesday and was driven by winds gusting over 60 mph. The flames have seared through more than 20,485 acres of land, according to Cal Fire.
The families who evacuated at a moment’s notice, some who say they have now lost their homes, must deal with other losses that can also be devastating, from daily essentials like medications and shoes to meaningful possessions such as sculptures and artwork, to treasured keepsakes from the birth of a child or the life of a parent.
At least 132 properties have been destroyed by the fire, while 88 have been left damaged, Ventura County Fire Department officials said Thursday evening. Ten damage inspection teams have been deployed to inspect structures along the path of the blaze.
Ten people endured non-life-threatening injuries from the Mountain Fire, which are mostly related to smoke inhalation, Ventura County Sheriff Jim Fryhoff said.