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		<title>What&#8217;s In a Relationship</title>
		<link>http://mennozacharias.com/2012/01/21/whats-in-a-relationship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Menno Zacharias</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Building Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community Commitment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pepper Spray]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Winnipeg Police Service has replaced its longstanding motto,  Community Commitment with &#8220;Building Relationships&#8220;. The following are some comments that I&#8217;ve heard about the Winnipeg Police &#8220;Building Relationships&#8221; motto that add some humour to an otherwise serious subject. Scenario 1 Upon being arrested and placed in the back of a patrol unit a suspect  was heard to say &#8220;I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mennozacharias.com&amp;blog=8643864&amp;post=576&amp;subd=mennozacharias&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Will the Winnipeg Police Association&#8217;s Endorsement of The Mayor Become a Cost to Taxpayers?</title>
		<link>http://mennozacharias.com/2012/01/17/will-the-winnipeg-police-associations-endorsement-of-the-mayor-become-a-cost-to-taxpayers/</link>
		<comments>http://mennozacharias.com/2012/01/17/will-the-winnipeg-police-associations-endorsement-of-the-mayor-become-a-cost-to-taxpayers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Menno Zacharias</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arbitration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election promises]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mayor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[more police officers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[more staff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sam Katz]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps a better question would be, how much will it cost us and are we about to be &#8220;SAMMED&#8221; AGAIN? During the 2010 civic election the Winnipeg Police Association endorsed Mayor Sam Katz.  The announcement that the WPA was endorsing the Mayor coincidentally came on the same day that the Mayor announced he was adding 58 additional [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mennozacharias.com&amp;blog=8643864&amp;post=1520&amp;subd=mennozacharias&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Winnipeg Police Pull 2010 Annual Report from Website</title>
		<link>http://mennozacharias.com/2012/01/13/winnipeg-police-pull-2010-annual-report-from-website/</link>
		<comments>http://mennozacharias.com/2012/01/13/winnipeg-police-pull-2010-annual-report-from-website/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Menno Zacharias</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a previous post I wrote: The next step was to do the actual calculations using the District and city-wide data as listed in the 2009 and 2010 Annual Reports.  The results of those calculations are listed in column 2.  There is a significant disparity between the two columns &#8211; at this point I&#8217;m ready to suggest [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mennozacharias.com&amp;blog=8643864&amp;post=2206&amp;subd=mennozacharias&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Flaws in the 2010 Winnipeg Police Annual Report- Part V</title>
		<link>http://mennozacharias.com/2012/01/12/flaws-in-the-2010-winnipeg-police-annual-report-part-v/</link>
		<comments>http://mennozacharias.com/2012/01/12/flaws-in-the-2010-winnipeg-police-annual-report-part-v/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Menno Zacharias</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime and Statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[statistical error]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winnipeg Police 2010 Annual Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winnipeg Police Association]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Winnipeg Police to issue an amended 2010 Annual Report It wasn&#8217;t my intention at the outset that there would be this many parts to my original post on the flaws in the Winnipeg Police 2010 Annual Report &#8230;.. but as they say in policing, you go where the evidence takes you. In response to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mennozacharias.com&amp;blog=8643864&amp;post=2198&amp;subd=mennozacharias&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Effect of Unauthorized Speed Limit Signs</title>
		<link>http://mennozacharias.com/2012/01/10/the-effect-of-unauthorized-speed-limit-signs/</link>
		<comments>http://mennozacharias.com/2012/01/10/the-effect-of-unauthorized-speed-limit-signs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Menno Zacharias</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cartoons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City of Winnipeg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photo Radar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winnipeg Police Service]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mennozacharias.com/?p=2156</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In response to a sign posted by Wise Up Winnipeg,  Mayor Sam Katz said: &#8220;I think everybody should know better than just go and start doing things on their own erecting signs that are not only against the Highway Traffic Act and violate it but more importantly could have ramifications when it comes to safety&#8221;.   On the other hand&#8230;.. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mennozacharias.com&amp;blog=8643864&amp;post=2156&amp;subd=mennozacharias&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Flaws in the 2010 Winnipeg Police Annual Report &#8211; Part IV</title>
		<link>http://mennozacharias.com/2012/01/03/flaws-in-the-2010-winnipeg-police-annual-report-part-iv/</link>
		<comments>http://mennozacharias.com/2012/01/03/flaws-in-the-2010-winnipeg-police-annual-report-part-iv/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Menno Zacharias</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime and Statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clearance rate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Police to population ratio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winnipeg Police 2010 Annual Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winnipeg Police Association]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of parts to this fiasco and I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s quite finished yet. This post presents a table that provides a 2009/2010 side by side comparison of many of the statistic categories in the Winnipeg Police Annual Report.  The table was created for informational purposes but I will comment on several of the categories. 1.  Police [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mennozacharias.com&amp;blog=8643864&amp;post=2117&amp;subd=mennozacharias&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Flaws in the 2010 Winnipeg Police Annual Report &#8211; Part III</title>
		<link>http://mennozacharias.com/2012/01/01/flaws-in-the-2010-winnipeg-police-annual-report-part-iii/</link>
		<comments>http://mennozacharias.com/2012/01/01/flaws-in-the-2010-winnipeg-police-annual-report-part-iii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Menno Zacharias</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime and Statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 Winnipeg Police Annual Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Not District Specific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winnipeg Police Association]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post will examine the &#8220;Events for Service&#8221; statistics listed in the 2010 Winnipeg Police Annual Report. As the table below indicates, in 2009 there were 162,394 events.  In 2010 there were 162,678.  The difference is so marginal that in percentage terms it is correctly listed as zero. The variances in the number of events for service [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mennozacharias.com&amp;blog=8643864&amp;post=2106&amp;subd=mennozacharias&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Flaws in the 2010 Winnipeg Police Annual Report &#8211; Part II</title>
		<link>http://mennozacharias.com/2011/12/31/flaws-in-the-2010-winnipeg-police-annual-report-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://mennozacharias.com/2011/12/31/flaws-in-the-2010-winnipeg-police-annual-report-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Menno Zacharias</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime and Statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 annual report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Not District Specific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winnipeg Polcie Service]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mennozacharias.com/?p=2079</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dealing with the 9549 crimes listed as &#8220;Not District Specific&#8221;.  In the previous post I discussed some of the major issues with the 2010 Winnipeg Police Annual Report.  They included the addition of two new statistical categories: one in the &#8220;Criminal Code by District  Table (Not District Specific)&#8221;, and in the &#8221;Criminal Code Offences by Month Table (Undertermined)&#8221; &#8211; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mennozacharias.com&amp;blog=8643864&amp;post=2079&amp;subd=mennozacharias&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Flaws in the 2010 Winnipeg Police Annual Report</title>
		<link>http://mennozacharias.com/2011/12/29/flaws-in-the-2010-winnipeg-police-annual-report/</link>
		<comments>http://mennozacharias.com/2011/12/29/flaws-in-the-2010-winnipeg-police-annual-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Menno Zacharias</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police in the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winnipeg Police 2010 Annual Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winnipeg Police Service]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Do the math:  According to the numbers in the Winnipeg Police Annual Report, crime in Winnipeg may be up by as much as 9% and not down 7% as stated.  As I made my way through the just released 2010 Winnipeg Police Annual Report I admired the politically correct pictures, and the really cute picture of the puppies. It [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mennozacharias.com&amp;blog=8643864&amp;post=2040&amp;subd=mennozacharias&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Santa Visits Winnipeg 2011</title>
		<link>http://mennozacharias.com/2011/12/20/santa-visits-winnipeg-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://mennozacharias.com/2011/12/20/santa-visits-winnipeg-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Menno Zacharias</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cartoons]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not having read the January 9, 2012 issue of McLean&#8217;s, Santa was not aware that his chance of being robbed in Winnipeg was  1:342  (more than 3 times the Canadian average),  so he paid the price for coming to Winnipeg  unprepared. Filed under: Cartoons<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mennozacharias.com&amp;blog=8643864&amp;post=2010&amp;subd=mennozacharias&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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