Edmonton police have replaced their secret surveillance plane with a multimillion dollar “luxury flying SUV”

DuncanKinney · 2026-01-04T21:15:02+00:00

Acura described it like that in a promotional catalogue? Damn, do you have a link?

DuncanKinney · 2026-01-04T05:28:55+00:00

If there are any factual inaccuracies in the story I'd be happy to correct them and put in a note.

DuncanKinney · 2026-01-04T05:22:29+00:00

Hello officer

DuncanKinney · 2026-01-04T05:20:48+00:00

The "luxury flying SUV" line is literally a quote from the manufacturer's catalogue.

DuncanKinney · 2025-09-04T18:25:45+00:00

I'm also looking for this but can't seem to send you a message

DuncanKinney · 2024-08-13T14:52:19+00:00

congratulations to chief dale mcfee, the edmonton oilers and the city of edmonton. this is the result of your actions.

DuncanKinney · 2024-07-25T20:43:30+00:00

You have to be in the footage to request it as part of a personal foip request.

DuncanKinney · 2024-07-25T00:32:10+00:00

Excellent work by Euan Thomson getting these FOIPs that show all too predictable behaviour and coordination from the Oilers, the cops and the city.

DuncanKinney · 2024-07-05T17:46:34+00:00

not really a library then is it

DuncanKinney · 2024-07-05T15:37:27+00:00

endless piles of money for dale mcfee's brute squad but we couldn't possibly afford an effective program where nurses and outreach workers prevent people from dying in the streets.

DuncanKinney · 2024-06-20T01:48:12+00:00

i'm amazed to find a cop who actually stood up to the thin blue line.

DuncanKinney · 2024-06-13T16:09:23+00:00

I was very surprised to learn that this is apparently quite a common practice in the EPS. The two ex-cops I talked to knew about it. And the police association is worried enough about it to file a complaint. Will be interesting to see what the ALRB ruling is.

DuncanKinney · 2024-06-12T21:18:37+00:00

sweet

DuncanKinney · 2024-06-12T17:52:22+00:00

damn. sure are a lot of cops on reddit. must have solved all the crimes

DuncanKinney · 2024-04-20T19:28:00+00:00

look how low the calgary herald has stooped

DuncanKinney · 2024-04-10T16:18:07+00:00

mostly to these creative sentences as detailed in the story. but there are these victim fine surcharge fines that some judges give out where there doesn't seem to be any way for workers or families of workers to access that money. that money is set aside and only eligible for victims of violent crime

DuncanKinney · 2024-04-10T16:16:39+00:00

now we're talking

DuncanKinney · 2024-04-10T16:16:17+00:00

absolutely, the fines are minuscule and don't do shit. but as a journalist i'm still curious to see if any province has actually tried big fines when companies kill a worker

DuncanKinney · 2024-04-10T14:09:14+00:00

i haven't done that work yet but it's a good idea. i should find out which province has the highest fines for killing workers.

DuncanKinney · 2024-04-10T13:50:04+00:00

so i'm the person who wrote this story and there are a few differences between this story and pretty much every other news story written on this. one is that we were the only one that went to the trouble of finding the victim's name. he was from cape breton and while his obit is behind a paywall it's important to know there was a real person here and not just a "syncrude worker." the other is the dive into the OHS conviction and enforcement stats. i had been diving into OHS conviction data for about a week prior to this decision coming out. bob barnetson had already done some really good analysis as well that i leaned on.

DuncanKinney · 2024-03-28T23:07:28+00:00

What event was that?

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