In The Mind Of A Mountie

Author : T. M. Scotty Gardiner
Publisher : Agio Publishing House
Page : 681 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781897435373

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In the Mind of a Mountie by T. M. Scotty Gardiner Pdf

RCMP Superintendent "Scotty" Gardiner's captivating memoir reveals what truly goes on behind the scenes in local and international criminal and civil investigations - from solving small-town break-ins to busting multi-national drug operations, and from foiling historical coin counterfeiting to making a controversial money-for-bodies deal with serial killer Clifford Olson. IN THE MIND OF A MOUNTIE provides deep insight into the thought processes, self-discipline and integrity required to be an exemplary policeman. "There is no LUCK in investigation," Gardiner emphasizes. "Instead you must focus on PREPARATION, so you will recognize OPPORTUNITY." With masterful storytelling, Scotty Gardiner's IN THE MIND OF A MOUNTIE brings vividly to life the role of a policeman and investigator in late 20th-century Canadian society. -- ENDORSEMENTS FROM EXPERTS -- "A refreshing page-turner as Scotty leads from one crime investigation to the next, while offering shrewd insights into the nature and habits of career criminals and RCMP officers alike. His is a broadly sympathetic view of the human condition, seen through the eyes of a very smart and experienced RCMP officer." - Geoff Machin, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Emeritus Prof. of Pathology, U. of Alberta "A remarkably rich and personal memoir, full of stories that illustrate both the routine and complex in police work. The book is also a testament to how a combination of hard work, intellectual imagination, integrity, and self-discipline served Scotty well as a Mountie in postings across this vast country. It is an account of a life's work that needs to be told, especially in these times when the Force seems in disarray and those values compromised." - John McLaren, Emeritus Prof. of Law, U. of Victoria "A compelling story told in a most readable manner. Highly recommended for all ages - Scotty's life is the stuff of legends and deserves to be read widely." - Hamish Simpson, former head of Glenlyon School, Pearson College, and Upper Canada College Preparatory School

Author : Dick Harrison
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0888640544

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Best Mounted Police Stories by Dick Harrison Pdf

22 stories about the Canadian Mountie.

Author : Trevor Cole
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-11
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781443442251

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The Whisky King by Trevor Cole Pdf

“True-crime writing at its finest.” —Dean Jobb, author of Empire of Deception A rich and fascinating history of Canada’s first celebrity mobster, Rocco Perri—King of the Bootleggers—and the man who pursued him, Canada’s first undercover Mountie, for readers of Erik Larson, Dean Jobb and Charlotte Gray At the dawn of the 20th century, two Italian men arrived in Canada amid waves of immigration. One, Rocco Perri, from southern Italy, rose from the life of a petty criminal on the streets of Toronto to running the most prominent bootlegging operation of the Prohibition era, taking over Hamilton and leading one of the country’s most influential crime syndicates. Perri was feared by his enemies and loved by the press, who featured him regularly in splashy front-page headlines. So great was his celebrity that, following the murder of his wife and business partner, Bessie Starkman, a crowd of 30,000 thronged the streets of Hamilton for her funeral. Perri’s businesses—which included alcohol, drugs, gambling and prostitution—kept him under constant police surveillance. He caught the interest of one man in particular, the other arrival from Italy, Frank Zaneth. Zaneth, originally from the Italian north, joined the RCMP and became its first undercover investigator—Operative No. 1. Zaneth’s work took him across the country, but he was dogged in his pursuit of Rocco Perri and worked for his arrest until the day Perri was last seen, in 1944, when he disappeared without a trace. With original research and masterful storytelling, Cole details the fascinating rise to power of a notorious Prohibition-era Canadian crime figure twinned with the life of the man who pursued him.

Author : Deanna Lennox
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1443424617

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Damage Done by Deanna Lennox Pdf

An unflinching portrayal how one idealistic young RCMP officer battled her way through job-induced trauma, anger and disillusionment by turning to horses – and how her path to healing helped her reach out to other first responders The first responders and other front line service providers who serve our country and our communities with courage and dedication have been suffering in silence. Studies and statistics show that they experience catastrophic rates of divorce, alcoholism and depression, but they often are unable or unwilling to tell their stories or find the resources they need to help themselves. In 2014, the silence could be held no longer when over the course of three months, 15 first responders across the country committed suicide. Former RCMP officer Deanna Lennox courageously shares her own story of job-induced trauma, anger and disillusionment and reveals the events that eventually pushed her mind, body and spirit to the breaking point. But this is a story not only of high-speed car chases, drug busts and the author's time posing undercover, but more importantly, what came after – how an angry and bitter cop’s relationship with a horse helped her heal the psychological wounds she incurred in the line of duty. Damage Done chronicles Lennox's momentous change and the steps she took to reach out to other first responders by creating the annual War Horse Symposium, a forum to discuss occupational stress injuries, and the non-profit charitable organization the War Horse Awareness Foundation. With the symposium and with this book, Lennox aims to inspire rather than to blame and to add her voice to an emerging conversation about how to protect those who put themselves on the front line for us.

Author : Bill Sharp
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05
Category : Police
ISBN : 9781460216125

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Cop by Bill Sharp Pdf

COP is the true story of Bill Sharp's service in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police from 1968 to 2011. For over forty-three years he served in British Columbia where he upheld the law in Trail, Burnaby, Castlegar, Surrey, North Vancouver, Coquitlam and Langley. These are his stories of basic training, followed by first-hand accounts of violence, tragedy and interesting events-experiences recounted with honesty and humour. It is a lucid, credible and articulate memoir of the author's career as a front-line policeman in the RCMP....

Author : Ainsley Booth,Sadie Haller
Publisher : Booth Haller Books
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781926527314

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Full Mountie by Ainsley Booth,Sadie Haller Pdf

Author : Benedict Freedman,Nancy Freedman
Publisher : Perfection Learning
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Canada
ISBN : 0812416228

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Mrs. Mike by Benedict Freedman,Nancy Freedman Pdf

A young woman who had been raised in Boston marries a member of the Northwest Mounted Police and goes with him to live in the Canadian wilderness.

Author : Francis Dickens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015017742969

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Dickens of the Mounted by Francis Dickens Pdf

Author : Bill White,Patrick White
Publisher : Harbour Publishing Company
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1550173529

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Mountie in Mukluks by Bill White,Patrick White Pdf

But readers of Mountie in Mukluks will soon realize they are in the presence of one of the most un-cop-like cops who ever built an igloo. And by the time they have finished they will never be able to think quite the same way about the fabled Redcoats, or life in the far north. During the 1930s, Bill White gave up trapping and joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, volunteering for arctic service. Arctic life was so dodgy in those days of the Mad Trapper and The Lost Patrol, the force couldn't send you there against your will, so volunteering was the only way to get there. Bill started out crewing on the historic RCMP patrol ship St. Roch under the command of the legendary Captain Henry Larsen, but hungered for greater adventure and requested a posting ashore upon reaching Cambridge Bay. Adventure he found: Mountie in Mukluks includes hair-raising accounts of a near-death experience under the ice on a frozen river; of a 1200-mile dog-sled chase after an arctic murderer; and of numerous fascinating encounters with shamans, telepathy and an Inuit way of life that has now vanished from the earth. White's absorbing oral accounts of life in the old north, molded into lively prose by Patrick White, place Mountie in Mukluks among classics of arctic literature like Kabloona by Gontran de Poncins and People of the Deer by Farley Mowat. Mountie in Mukluks is sure to cause a stir among enthusiasts of police and Arctic lore. As a cop who chose to adopt a Native lifestyle and was honoured with his own Inuit name, Bill White makes a devastating critique of the white settler way of life and its red-coated enforcers who disdained the traditions of the Inuit while simultaneously relying on them for survival.

Author : R.E. Donald
Publisher : Proud Horse Publishing
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780988111806

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Slow Curve on the Coquihalla by R.E. Donald Pdf

When a well respected truck driver, the owner of a family trucking business, is found dead in his truck down a steep embankment along the Coquihalla highway, his distraught daughter wants to know why the truck went off the road on a gentle uphill curve. Hunter Rayne, a fellow trucker who was formerly an RCMP homicide investigator, feels compelled to help her find the answer and soon becomes convinced it was no accident. As he uncovers signs of illegal cross border activity originating in a Seattle warehouse, Hunter recruits an old friend, an outlaw biker, to infiltrate what appears to be an international smuggling ring. But while Hunter follows up clues and waits for critical information from his old friend, the wily biker starts to play his own angles. Finally, putting all the pieces together, there in the dark on the same uphill curve on the Coquihalla highway, Hunter risks it all to confront the murderer. Slow Curve on the Coquihalla is the first in a traditional mystery series set on the west coast of North America.

Author : Janette Oke,Laurel Oke Logan
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781441229915

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Where Hope Prevails (Return to the Canadian West Book #3) by Janette Oke,Laurel Oke Logan Pdf

Inspiring Conclusion to a Popular Series with a TV tie-in When Beth Thatcher returns to Coal Valley, she has much to be excited about. She anticipates Jarrick's proposal of marriage and perhaps a spring wedding. The mine is expanding, and there are more schoolchildren than ever. But the town's rapid growth brings many challenges. A second teacher is assigned, and Beth finds herself going head-to-head with a very different philosophy of education--one that dismisses religion and rejects God. Fearful for the children who sit under the influence of Robert Harris Hughes, Beth struggles to know how to respond. At the same time, Beth wonders if Jarrick is considering a position at her father's company simply for her sake. Should she admit her feelings on the matter? Or keep silent and allow Jarrick to make up his own mind?

Author : Curt Petrovich
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-05
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 1459742931

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Blamed and Broken by Curt Petrovich Pdf

An in-depth expose of the Robert Dziekanski Taser death and the years of obstructed and bungled inquiries Robert Dziekanski died after being shocked multiple times with Tasers by RCMP officers, in a confrontation that took just 26 seconds. Dziekanski was unarmed and not taking hostile actions A multi-million-dollar inquiry went nowhere, and three of the four RCMP officers remain on the force Author is a CBC journalist who has covered the case since it began

Author : Vernon Frolick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0888390262

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Descent Into Madness by Vernon Frolick Pdf

The true story based on the diaries of murderer Michel Oros. Originally, after the fatal shootout with Oros at Teslin Lake, I had no intention of writing this book. In fact, when Garry Rodgers and I sat in the Skeena Pub after he got back and discussed the details of his experience, the very idea that someone might write the story - glorifying Oros, sensationalizing the murders and trivializing Mike Buday's death - was repugnant. Black and white reprint.

Author : Robert Knuckle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Accomplices
ISBN : 1897508425

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The Mayerthorpe Story by Robert Knuckle Pdf

Author : Janette Oke
Publisher : Bethany House
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2005-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780764200113

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When Calls the Heart by Janette Oke Pdf

"A lovely eastern schoolteacher faces the frontier with the firm resolve to never marry a rowdy adventurer of the West"--Provided by publisher.