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News in Review - April 2020 Black Market Firearms: How Illegal Guns Get Into Canada
Our streets in Canada are still quite safe, but gun crime is increasing. Much of the growth is attributed to gun and gang violence in larger cities like Toronto. Handgun homicides accounted for more than half of all murders in Canada in 2018, according to Statistics Canada. So, where are criminals getting all these guns? Police estimate about half the ...
- 2020
- 00:13:35
- 13-14
- Added on: 05/04/2020
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Keeping Canada Safe Keeping Canada Safe, Episode 8
An emergency brings trains to a halt in Toronto as dispatchers and constables work their way through rush hour on the busiest transit system in Canada. A day in the life of firefighters in St. John’s and Vancouver, from their homes right onto their fire trucks, as they respond to emergency calls. A mom organizes a safe walk to school ...
- 2017
- 00:21:59
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/07/2017
Keeping Canada Safe Keeping Canada Safe, Episode 7
Royal Canadian Air Force and Coast Guard search and rescue crews undertake risky helicopter manoeuvres over the Atlantic Ocean. A Calgary firearms examiner conducts forensic tests on a sawed-off shotgun to see if it has been used in a homicide under investigation. Ottawa scientists at one of the few explosive testing facilities in the world test a compound made from ...
- 2017
- 00:22:17
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/07/2017
Keeping Canada Safe Keeping Canada Safe, Episode 6
Swells are high at a surfing beach in Lawrencetown, NS, and lifeguards must rescue a child pulled from shore by a rip current. On the request of a runaway youth’s parents, a Vancouver police officer searches for the teenager, whom he fears is slipping down the slope of drug addiction. Officers at resort party town Mont-Tremblant conduct a nighttime DUI ...
- 2017
- 00:21:55
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/06/2017
Keeping Canada Safe Keeping Canada Safe, Episode 5
A police task force in Quebec City undertakes the suspenseful, chilling arrest of a suspected child pornographer. Canadian Forces fighter jet pilots in Cold Lake engage in a thrilling mid-air dogfight to test their response in the event of enemy attack. A Commercial Vehicle Inspection Officer engages in high-speed pursuit of a truck on an Alberta highway — and finds ...
- 2017
- 00:21:57
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/06/2017
Keeping Canada Safe Keeping Canada Safe, Episode 4
The Kahnawà:ke Peacekeepers undertake surveillance and execute a dramatic drug bust in their mission to rid their community of trafficking. After a black bear has been wounded by a homeowner, conservation officers in Pitt Meadows, BC, track it through the urban wilderness. Halifax outreach workers and “violence interrupters” go on weekend patrol to try to defuse potentially deadly conflicts. And ...
- 2017
- 00:21:55
- 13-14
- Added on: 04/06/2017
Keeping Canada Safe Keeping Canada Safe, Episode 3
A Niagara officer and his beloved K9 partner spend a night patrol literally “chasing the bad guys.” Rare access allows us to ride along on the tension-filled day of two Calgary sheriffs as they transport prisoners, including dangerous gang members, for their day in court. Coast Guard Operations in Victoria help a family in distress, while a diver from a ...
- 2017
- 00:22:17
- 13-14
- Added on: 04/05/2017
Keeping Canada Safe Keeping Canada Safe, Episode 2
Behind the scenes at Pearson International, Canada’s busiest airport, from wildlife control and K9 patrols, to the ins and outs of air traffic controlling — including an emergency landing. Kingston police use a battering ram to gain access to the home of a suspected meth dealer. A Markham driving instructor tests teens on their ability to withstand distractions while driving. ...
- 2017
- 00:21:55
- 13-14
- Added on: 04/05/2017
Keeping Canada Safe Keeping Canada Safe, Episode 1
A Calgary police helicopter team uses state-of-the-art technology in an exciting search for the suspected perpetrator of an assault. Community volunteers in Winnipeg conduct their own tense night patrol to search for a missing woman. In St. John’s, officers from the oldest mounted force in Canada ready their mammoth Percheron horses for a night beat on a rowdy party street. ...
- 2017
- 00:22:19
- 13-14
- Added on: 04/05/2017
The National Youth At Risk
A series of short documentaries profiling three communities and their solutions to the rising tide of youth crime. The first two documentaries explore the community of Malvern, Onatrio, which gained a reputation because of high murder rates. Local residents have developed community strategies to dispel the area’s negative image. The final documentary is a profile of Pathways to Education, a ...
- 2004
- 00:21:03
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/14/2013
Witness In Security: The New Age of Policing
As police forces have been cut back, the private security business has boomed. Investigating this growing industry, cameras follow officers on patrol from the poor high-rise neighbourhoods of Toronto to the wealthy gated communities of Florida. We visit Disney World, the birthplace of this new form of policing, and then see how citizen involvement has changed the face of Oxnard, ...
- 1998
- 00:47:13
- 15-17
- Added on: 06/14/2013
