New citizen's arrest rules to come into effect

[undercoverbrother]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toront...al-assent.html

A law expanding the power of Canadians to make a citizen's arrest and streamlining self-defence provisions is set to take effect, Justice Minister Rob Nicholson said Wednesday.
Among other things, the legislation no longer requires a person to catch a suspect red-handed, but allows for the apprehension within a reasonable amount of time after a crime has been committed.

This could be interesting.

[MarchHare]

I don't see how any unintended consequences could possibly come from this.

[Bertuzzied]

I would totally love to arrest people who throw trash out their car windows. Like seriously it's not 1982 here.

[Northendzone]

the pyschics and joe citizen are gonna put the CPS out of work

[DownhillGoat]

Ah, the one thing I miss about working in retail downtown. Citizens arrests.

[MoneyGuy]

Originally Posted by Bertuzzied

I would totally love to arrest people who throw trash out their car windows. Like seriously it's not 1982 here.

A few years ago I saw someone tossing stuff out of a parked car. I picked it up and knocked on the window and said they must have dropped this. (I'm 5-9.) This very large guy gets out and tells me he's going to beat me.

I tell him to make it good because I'm one of the best criminal lawyers around (I'm not a lawyer) and when he's done I'll own his house. He told me to *&%# off and got in and drove off.

I must say it was very satisfying.

[Canuck-Hater]

Harper we're looking at you... It won't happen, but I can dream can't I?
edit: Okay fine just for all the uptight grammar nazis.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Canuck-Hater

Harper we're looking at you... It wont happen, but I can dream cant I?

errrmmm

[schteve_d]

Originally Posted by MoneyGuy

A few years ago I saw someone tossing stuff out of a parked car. I picked it up and knocked on the window and said they must have dropped this. (I'm 5-9.) This very large guy gets out and tells me he's going to beat me.

I tell him to make it good because I'm one of the best criminal lawyers around (I'm not a lawyer) and when he's done I'll own his house. He told me to *&%# off and got in and drove off.

I must say it was very satisfying.

Almost the same thing happened to me a couple weeks ago. I was in line at the drive-thru and the twit in a Mustang in front of me hurls a piece of crumpled up paper out his window (literally six feet from a garbage can).

I hopped out and threw it in his open window and said "you dropped this". I hadn't really looked before I did it but after I threw it I caught a look at the big SOB and I'm no big guy!

I walked back to my car and got in and nothing more happened. I was pretty pleased with myself!

[Ozy_Flame]

^^^ You guys are asking to get destroyed over a piece of garbage. Just put it in the garbage and be done with it.

[CaramonLS]

This is going to help fight against retail crime in particular - the citizen's arrest laws were quite strict on what people like store security could do to apprehend potential thieves and suspects..

[Cole436]

[freedogger]

Does this mean I can finally arrest Harper? Or at least put him in a head lock until the cops take him away?

[sevenarms]

Dubbed the "Lucky Moose Bill." You can't make this stuff up..

[Fire]

Originally Posted by freedogger

Does this mean I can finally arrest Harper? Or at least put him in a head lock until the cops take him away?

Only if I can arrest P. Trudeau and Chretien. Deal?