10-02-2008, 08:28 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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Out in Langdon..
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10-02-2008, 08:30 AM
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#3
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Calgary police officer... killed in RCMP jurisdiction (Since I don't think CPS goes out in to Langdon)
My condolences to the family.
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10-02-2008, 08:30 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Any links? Off cuty but was he taking down a criminal? Lots of people of different professions die every day and dont get posts.
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10-02-2008, 08:30 AM
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Crash and Bang Winger
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Originally Posted by oilers_fan
Not too much info right now, but it appears an off duty police officer has been killed. My sincere condolences.
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Just heard this on the radio but I thought they said a Calgary Police Officer was involved in a shooting in Langdon but did not specify if it was the officer that was killed or someone else.
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10-02-2008, 08:39 AM
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One of the Nine
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QR says it was self inflicted.
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10-02-2008, 08:52 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 4X4
QR says it was self inflicted.
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Unfortunately that came to mind when I first heard that. Tragic.
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10-02-2008, 10:14 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Suicides never make the news, why is this one different?
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Reading the thread title, I simply assumed that Jpold and Jroc came out of the closet and have a love baby together.
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10-02-2008, 10:19 AM
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Director of the HFBI
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by iggypop
Suicides never make the news, why is this one different?
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cause it's a cop.
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10-02-2008, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by iggypop
Suicides never make the news, why is this one different?
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they don't?
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10-02-2008, 10:36 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by malcolmk14
they don't?
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As a general rule, the media does not report suicides... although once in a while, they do make it in the news.
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10-02-2008, 10:38 AM
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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There was mention before about suicides not making the news; generally it's to not give the person their 15 minutes of fame. Not sure if it has an effect or not.
This may have made the news as it may have been news previously of "officer killed" before the cause of death was determined.
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10-02-2008, 12:53 PM
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Quite shocked to see this make the news to be honest. This hits quite close to home to me due to work and it still baffles me how the media picks which stories to run.
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10-02-2008, 12:59 PM
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Originally Posted by malcolmk14
they don't?
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Usually the only way a suicide makes the news is if the media starts reporting on it and then later finds out it was a suicide. ie There was one in Fish creek park last year, where the media made a big deal about a body being found near St. Mary's college in a wooded area. The first day there was a huge article because foul play was suspected, then the next day there was a blurb about 2 x 3 cm on the last page that simply stated that the wounds were found to be self-inflicted. It went from a front page flashy article to a minimal blurb when suicide was found to be involved, and that small blurb wouldn't even had been there if they didn't report on it as a suspicious death the first day.
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10-02-2008, 01:04 PM
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Originally Posted by jar_e
Quite shocked to see this make the news to be honest. This hits quite close to home to me due to work and it still baffles me how the media picks which stories to run.
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Yeah, I always wonder how they pick their stories too. It seems once a year the media will latch onto a story about a parking lot brawl involving hockey teams, and then make a big story out of it, making it seem like it was a one of a kind thing to happen. But to my knowledge, post game parking lot brawls happen quite often.
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10-02-2008, 01:08 PM
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Im sorry, I know this is tragic but the advertisement in the article made me chuckle
 
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10-02-2008, 01:09 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by iggypop
Suicides never make the news, why is this one different?
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My guess is that the news broke out that a cop was killed with details to follow on cause. If they knew it was a suicide at first, it probably wouldn't be reported.
Just a guess, as suicide is usually not reported.
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10-02-2008, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by flameswin
Yeah, I always wonder how they pick their stories too. It seems once a year the media will latch onto a story about a parking lot brawl involving hockey teams, and then make a big story out of it, making it seem like it was a one of a kind thing to happen. But to my knowledge, post game parking lot brawls happen quite often.
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Yeah its definitely weird. Not to derail the thread, but the best example I have of this is we had a 80 car pile up on Deerfoot near the Calfrobe bridge a few winters ago...I don't even think I saw it on the news the next morning or in the paper.
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10-02-2008, 01:15 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jar_e
Yeah its definitely weird. Not to derail the thread, but the best example I have of this is we had a 80 car pile up on Deerfoot near the Calfrobe bridge a few winters ago...I don't even think I saw it on the news the next morning or in the paper.
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I dont know where the hell you were but it was all over the place
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