Fractions, precentages, and fines! oh my!

In 2009 a published article stated that a "Survey of Fredericton police officers finds poor morale within force". The report clearly stated that "only 10 per cent of survey respondents had confidence in MacKnight, while 26 per cent had confidence in Deputy Chief Leanne Fitch.
The article also questioned the chief's accessibility, his vision for the future, and his ability to communicate effectively.".
 "Labour management seems to be a problem there," Woodside said. "I have spoken to the city administrator. I have spoken to the chief and I want morale back where it should be and I want these issues dealt with."
"The survey suggested that a climate of fear exists within the force and that members feel MacKnight believes all public complaints made against officers."

 In an interview with blogger charles, featuring Jordan Graham didn't offer much clarity regarding the report other than to mention that the satisfaction surveys showed people were happy.

Leap forward to February 15, 2012.  CTV news published an article stating  "Fredericton Police Force under the microscope" . The article was in reference to a New Brunswick Police  "The commission's 2010-2011 report says they received 129 allegations and that more than 60 were regarding members of the Fredericton force. That was more than twice as many as the forces in Miramichi and Saint John"

Chief of police, B.McKnight insists the numbers are incorrect. According to Pierre Beaudoin his organization stands by the numbers in the report. "This year the commission compiled its data by allegations and not per complaint" he said. Beaudoin also added "The number of allegations is correct" The article goes on to say that even if the Chiefs claim that the number is only 29, it still remains the highest in the province.
 "The chief states that 90% of the residents of Fredericton were 'very' satisfied or "somewhat' satisfied with the job being done by the force. McKnight says that of the 29 complaints, 5 were valid.

It's an extreme shift in numbers. In 2009 the complaint was that the chief believed "all" complaints. I assume that could be an exaggeration so let's settle with 90%, even 80%, and there was "fear".  Now, only 5 out of 29 were valid. Reduced  from "all" to almost "nothing".  90 or 80/100 , to 5/29 or 5/63 when it's allegations. Some complaints contain several allegations.

The police shouldn't be able to incorrectly and loosely interpret the law, such as in this , Officer issues/explains 3rd party tickets. Uploaded June 9,2011

This is an image of the ticket dated July 9. Court is still pending in March.
 Uploaded Jul 9, 2011- officer issues/explains 3rd Party Ticket.

There is a court date set in March. Even though the Mayor says that the ticket should not have been issued, and no on should receive a ticket that way. listen to the mayor here.  www.fredericton.ca has the information on it's website stating the penalty is 50.00   Date: June 29, 2011 Time: 1210 hrs Sender: Cst. Rick Mooney .
The incorrect amount is one thing, but being issued a ticket because another civilian said they saw you last week, or even last month for that matter, is outrageous.

Then, there is the matter of the challenge to that ticket being issued in a 3rd party anonymous way. Some prominent people were filmed jaywalking. Albert MLA Wayne Steeves is caught Jaywalking by Blogger
and a police report was filed, Wayne Steeves MLA for Albert was reported to the Fredericton Police for Jaywalking last Friday | Nov 25, 2011
MLA Steves did not receive a ticket.

Many times we hear, "the law has to be applied to everyone equally", clearly it isn't. Yet, Charles has a court date for March for that case as well ticket for riding a bike with no helmet. The timings are 1:30 and 2:00pm. respectively.


Happy Friday.
Cheers and Beers.

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