Yet still there are amateur act interpreters.....
That did cross my mind - because correct me if I'm wrong, they're still public property, yes/no??
Not to stir the pot any more but purely out of curiosity. If livestock had have gotten out because the officer left the gate open and they caused an accident would the officer not be liable?
Not to stir the pot any more but purely out of curiosity. If livestock had have gotten out because the officer left the gate open and they caused an accident would the officer not be liable?
just a question during deer season a MNR pickup drove onto property up and old shut down road. Opened the gate a my property line drove thru left gate open that is not good as I graze cattle and goats on that property and proceeded to drive thru my hay fields and eventually crossed a out of repair bridge and drove off the property.
Curious to that 2 days earlier we had 2 OPP on a side by side stop and talk to the wife of one of the hunters.
have not seen either MNR OR OPP for 15 yrs
As Hoyt said, they require probable grounds to believe that someone is hunting or committing an offence on the property to enter it (unless it's public), they cannot just randomly enter and search properties looking for hunters.
I do not believe it to be harassment though. Just an individual being inconsiderate.
In spades.
Well worth a phone call up to the Provincial level to light a fire under that ones arse for his unprofessional foolishness.
CO's have a pretty broad range of rights as far as going and checking things in the actioning of their Duties, but it does not excuse them from needing to have a better reason than "I just wanted to look over there!", or from taking due care with other folks property.
He reflects poorly on the whole lot, and sending a message up the chain would be appropriate.
Cheers
Trev
I was trying to be delicate, because when it boils down to it, we really still don't know all the facts of the incident.![]()
I grew up around them, lots of them. My opinion is that roughly 20% of them are great people, who are capable, and reasonable, love the outdoors, and not authority hungry. The other 80-ish percent are pretty dorky, and still angry that they couldn't make it to into RCMP training......
Maybe my numbers are off a bit, but you get my point.
In Ontario, CO jobs are extremely sought after PS positions,especially,by OPP officers looking to make a switch within the Ontario PS to keep their pensions. They're the first to find out and get first crack at any openings. I worked with a couple of people that "jumped the fence" to OMNRF Enforcement and never once looked back.
emand curve is taking its toll now and they are selecting better candidates???I don't know of a single CO here that used to be a cop. They train at our tech school, two year diploma.
When my parents trained (almost 40 years ago) there were lots of jobs, but now they are grossly underfunded, and understaffed. Maybe the supplyemand curve is taking its toll now and they are selecting better candidates???
I do know that they are unionized, and therefore the typical "sh!t floats" phenomenon occurs.....the easiest way to get rid of a putz is to promote them!!!
Could it be that jumping from the federal PS to the provincial PS is problematic? Pensions,service time and benefits aren't transferable between the two.
Not sure why everyone is dumping on NB here. It's a simple system. Don't want people walking/driving on yer land? Then post it no trespassing. Otherwise, everyone will assume you're ok with some level of considerate access.
Don't want anyone hunting Post a red disc every 100m and at entrances.
Only want certain people hunting it? Post a yellow disc every 100m and at entrances. Otherwise, again, people will access it. Not that tricky a concept. If you don't want anyone hunting but yourself, up go the yellow discs and deny everyone but you and your friends access.
If you care enough about your property, then post whatever discs/signs you require and then sic law enforcement on tje transgressors. It's not rocket science. The only place I ever hear of problems is people too lazy to post their land and other people too lazy to use common sense on unposted land -- but they're legally fine, just unethical. And that's a problem no matter what the laws are.
Fill your boots, but I prefer to live where the landowner does not have to jump through hoops to stop folks from accessing their land.
Much prefer the current state of affairs where the onus is placed directly upon the shoulders of the persons out and about, to be aware of where they are, and where they should not be.
As a land owner, it makes more sense to me that I should NOT have to jump through hoops to have my property lines treated with some respect.
So, maybe folks are 'dumping' on NB, because it comes off sounding like it's about three ways arse backwards, between the way that you get treated as hunters and recreational shooters, plus the foolishness of laying the onus onto the landowner to have to go put up something of an indicator, easily removed by those of a mind to, in order to assert a small amount of control over what is already theirs.
Cheers
Trev




























