Posted: Feb 26, 2021 10:47 AM AT | Last Updated: February 26
The ad allegedly placed on Kijiji by a 47-year-old Pictou County man, looking to purchase New Glasgow Regional Police decals and other items for a 2018 Ford Explorer, under the false identity of another person.(New Glasgow Regional Police)
A Pictou County man is facing a seldom-used charge after allegedly posing as different people online in order to buy police decals for a car and to post defamatory comments.
After a two-month investigation, New Glasgow Regional Police said Thursday they d laid four charges against a 47-year-old man for identity fraud and defamatory libel.
Police received a complaint in January that another person s identity was used to post a Kijiji ad. The ad said this person was looking to buy New Glasgow Regional Police decals, and other police items, for a 2018 Ford Explorer.
Posted: Jan 21, 2021 5:00 PM AT | Last Updated: January 21
New Glasgow Regional Police is getting four cameras on loan from WatchGuard for the pilot project.(Submitted by Ken MacDonald)
The police force in New Glasgow, N.S., is launching a pilot project this month to test the feasibility of body-worn cameras on front-line officers.
Const. Ken MacDonald, public information officer for New Glasgow Regional Police, said one front-line officer from each platoon per shift will wear a body-worn camera to record interactions with community members.
He said the project aims to strengthen trust, improve evidence-gathering for officers and assist with prosecutions. These video-audio recordings will allow us, more or less, to demonstrate transparency to the community, said MacDonald.