Fantino refuses to comment on wiretap allegations
Toronto – Ontario’s top cop is refusing to comment on allegations he was involved in spying on the former head of the Toronto Police Services board while he was superintendent.
OPP Commissioner, Julian Fantino was speaking at an even highlighting the forces’ traffic safety program and made it clear he did not want to discuss the wiretap allegations.
…
State Police review lists weaknesses in hunt for Phillips
…
Communications devices, an official said, presented “a number of significant challenges.” Some of the devices — which, in addition to police radios, had to include cell phones because of terrain problems — were less than secure, allowing “Phillips sympathizers” to monitor police communications and gather information about the manhunt’s procedures and the positioning of troopers, the report says.
…
Review Finds Weaknesses in Phillips Manhunt
(Albany, N.Y.) AP — A State Police internal review finds several weaknesses in how the manhunt for Ralph “Bucky” Phillips was conducted last summer.
The Buffalo News reports Friday that the failings ranged from local commanders not being in the field enough overseeing operations to the use of communication equipment that allowed Phillips’ friends to eavesdrop on police.
…

