In March of this year the Hamilton Police Services Board accepted a $34,910 gift from Enbridge Pipelines. This isn’t the first time – nor are they the only Police Department along Line 9 to have accepted such generous “gifts”.
All along the controversial pipeline community police departments have been receiving sums of money from Ken Hall, Enbridge’s rather repetitive greasy-palmed PR Rep.
While all of this is done under the guise of “community safety” what it really means is that our Police Departments – a body that is supposed to remain unbiased – are quietly accepting large sums of money from a private corporation. The same corporation that has a vested interest in keeping those against their reckless reversal plan oppressed.
Join us this Thursday, June 6th, at 11am, for a creative action at the Hamilton Police Central Station to confront police about this issue, and to support the individuals lodging an official complaint under the Police Services Act.
Mainstream News Coverage of this issue: http://www.cbc.ca/hamilton/news/story/2013/06/05/hamilton-enbridge-police-line-9.html
Facebook Event for the Demo: https://www.facebook.com/events/558585537517451/?ref=22
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