By LegalMatters Staff • If police suspect you have committed a crime you could be formally questioned. Your liberty and freedom could be at stake depending on how you conduct yourself during this questioning. Thankfully, you have rights during any police interrogation that must be respected. “Section 10 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and […]
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By LegalMatters Staff • Some drivers are unaware of their rights during a roadside stop. That can lead to misunderstandings and legal troubles, not to mention fines and possible licence suspension. “Since driving in Canada is a privilege, not a right, Alberta’s Traffic Safety Act grants police the power to pull over vehicles with minimal
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By LegalMatters Staff • Impaired driving kills or injures more Canadians than any other crime, according to Public Safety Canada, and that includes impairment caused by either drugs or alcohol. It is also the single-most important factor contributing to serious road crashes. “If you are caught operating a vehicle while impaired by cannabis or any
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By LegalMatters Staff • People who give false information to investigators that causes them to launch an investigation could be charged with public mischief since they are wasting police resources. “Common examples of public mischief include making false domestic or sexual assault allegations,” says Calgary criminal lawyer Vince Semenuk. “This sometimes happens when couples are
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If you steal something, such as a lawnmower from a garage or money from a cash register, you could be charged with theft. However, if you threaten or physically strike someone in order to take an item from them, you have committed robbery, which is a more serious crime. Across Alberta, there were 2,837 robberies
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The criminal charge of break and enter is one of the most common offences in Canada – and also one of the most misunderstood. The charge can be laid even if there is no forced entry. For example, if you enter someone’s home through an open window or an unlocked door with the intent to
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Revenge porn is increasing across Canada. According to cypertip.ca, reports of offences were up 58 per cent in the first nine months of 2021, compared to the nine-month period prior to April 2020. That includes a 94 per cent increase in youth reporting and a 44 per cent increase in adult reports. To read more,
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Sextortion often starts with what seems to be an innocent conversation between two people, but then it grows into blackmail. In Calgary, police said they received nearly 50 reports of sextortion attempts in the first five months of 2022, mostly targeting teenage boys. To read more, click here. More from Dunn & Associates Police in
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Alberta needs a civilian board to oversee police forces in the province, so it is encouraging to see the province moving in that direction. According to media reports, the justice department has awarded a $150,000 contract to consultants so they can study different models of independent police complaint oversight, with an end-of-June deadline to report
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When any Canadian is charged with committing a crime, not only are they innocent until proven guilty but the court has to reach that verdict and decide on sentencing in a ‘reasonable’ amount of time. Sadly, that is not happening on a routine basis in the Alberta justice system at present, which opens up a
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