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Originally Posted by rob love
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Here in Manitoba, and especially Winnipeg, it had become a sport to steal (civilian) vehicles and go for joyrides. With the catch and release program the Wpg police seemed to have with the youth in the North end of that city, there was very little incentive to give up the sport.
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There was a similar phase in Regina, except they liked a specific year and model range of Oldsmobiles. The gang members somehow managed to schedule joyrides when certain Justices of the Peace were on duty. Catch and Release, except one night the cops happened to get a different JP, and they were able to pin a couple hundred priors on one individual and keep him in cells for weeks until his trial for the arresting offence. Then one by one the rest of the kids were rolled up and sentenced as adults or for the more serious offences. Problem solved.