I posted the following on the Canadian Equal Parenting Council Yahoo group that I belong to, yesterday:

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Hi all, Tonight, Bob H, Ryan D and myself (Brad C) attended a Community Consultation Meetingþ that was put on by the London Police Service, with the meeting's intent being to get the public's input into what adjustments could be made to the policing policies for London's next three-year budget plan. Ryan began to raise his concerns about London's infamous Domestic Violence policies, but not surprisingly, Police Chief Murray Faulkner interrupted fairly quickly, attempting to derail the topic. Ryan managed to make a few key comments before being cut off completely by Murray's common comment: Men are inherently violent creatures. We have lost our way, so that we now fight each other, abuse our partners and "we sexually assault our own children." Intentionally sitting separately from Ryan, I took up where Ryan was cut off. After quoting some TRUE StatsCan statistics, I took specific issue with Murray's "we sexually assault our own children" comment. I stated that Deputy Chief Ian Peer (who was in attendance) had just finished his report regarding my complaint about Kelly Johnson's refusal to charge my ex-wife and her mother for the sexual assault that they committed against my daughter (in attempt to frame me), and even though both Ian Peer and Kelly Johnson admitted that the assault occurred, they still refused to press charges. I was prevented from saying anything more at that time, but our comments certainly got attention. LPS Inspector Heslop came up to me immediately after the session ended, interrupting my conversation with a member of the London Police Services Board, who was in attendance. The LPS Board member was a very keen listener, however, as I explained the severe failings of the LPS to Inspector Heslop. Inspector Heslop asked me to call him tomorrow, so that we could discuss where this might go next. As a bit of an aside, Murray Faulkner is quite a captivating speaker. I reminded Inspector Heslop that Mr. Faulkner has obviously done a lot of good work for the city of London, but, just as Mr. Faulkner had stated earlier in the evening that drugs are the Achilles heel of our society, I told Inspector Heslop that Murray Faulkner's Achilles heel is his position on Domestic Violence, as was indicated by his unabashedly, publicly stating that "[men] sexually assault our own children". All in all, I really believe that we got the attention of a few influential people who were there tonight, including city councilors. Brad C.