Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), May 30, 1979, p. 20

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THLHLKALD Wednesday May M 1979 Handling explosives calls Police seek disposal equipment By Herald writer The Begs una I Police en m mission Is moving louards acquiring bomb disposal for use by the force three bomb technicians in face of on increasing number of incidents involving explo sives In I he area Police chief Ken SKerreil I old I he commission day I hat there have been calls to police in regarding explosive devices of which only three turned out to involve real bombs The thing we hive to treat I hem all as the real thing until we know otherwise he said Constable Tom of Acton one of the three bomb disposal technicians in the re spoke to the commission about the equipment needed for bomb disposal and made his own recommendations for the handling of calls involving explosive devices Constable Itoduck and Constables Tom Chapman and Matt son arc all graduates of a training course in bomb conducted it Cana Forces Base at Borden The four week course is the Only such course In Canada INJURY Constable said ex plosive device ha three pur poses cause properly dam age or personal injury or to hoax In he case of a hoax Ihc device usually has all the ingredients of a real explosive but it is not connect Bombs ore used by the mentally ill peo ple with a against their employer in domestic lions instrlkcs where violence is involved and by political terrorists Constable said There are no political terrorists of that kind in the area but can set it coming The motivation for putting together a bomb Is usually for personal satisfncllon or gain Constable said The ingredients arc readily avail able and not difficult to together Explosive devices fall under six categories hoax incendiary bombs com explosives hazardous explosives and military ex plosives The police are usual ly notified when an explosive device is planted because the person involved usually has an axe to grind but he I want anyone to gel hurt Constable The RCMP has the Regional force listed as having an explosives disposal unit Constable said hough force has no equip men for technicians to use and must call for outside assistance if a bomb is discovered When report is received that there is a suspicious pack age uniformed officer an call If he has any doubts about the the nature of the package he can call in one of the technicians Constable said MINIMUM The handling of iho device should be kepi to an absolute minimum be may it is touched or he said The officer answering ill his four rang from of others and reduction or of property dam lit preservation of Itoduck said most i piece of equip mint needed In an plosives is a disrupter thi bomb before il can explode The used by Ihe and Peel Regional l In i Ihe Quebec Pro ml number of them ll ill I i he that wires and carry things away Constable bald Hut wo don do that more I want to do it lectin nan would nst listed neeessarj equipment such is gl rubber jl sialic coveralls ropt and fuel The pick of he said wis I lie absolute minimum notes equipment would an estimated St he slid Ik rrcommcudid that the force necessary is soon as possible he he ihe budget for this year id ably been sized thai it a suspicious is find a police thinks may an deuce the officer should call Iht Icehmcian DON No person other than the should touch nan die or the package Const I stress this strontly e I to stress this particularly to prevent on overeager officer from hand ling the device to find out what Choose it from Canada I largest rental ANDREW MURRAY MOTORS BUSINESS DIRECTORY Robert H Cranfield DC CHIROPRACTOR CHIROPRACTORS II OPTOMETRISTS GWCorbettDC CHIROPRACTOR 10 f Georgetown REASONABLE PRICES Dr Hamilton OPTOMETRIST Dr DC Patterson TELEPHONE Dr Foley OPTOMETRIST GEORGETOWN 8777770 RE Limited Surveyors Consulting Mount i v cm South Si re Hilton iGcoigelow Omar L7G 4K1 416 in a box and calling bomb are gone he limited Thc re ii pi is and ire on Const Itoduck In Ihere mind in Ontario ind March 1970 there were en found in two in and one And that docsn I include linslihle said Jnd manpower of its to he and but will be a cost m lied for lhai and will substantial hcsild Judfio Joseph Scime asked if disrupter was foolproof ind work and nit or no It would be belter to wireculling method I able Itoduck said the jet set off an but it could be used a million and then del nan bomb on milliin Tin lime going nil r any other technician i tut wires a bomb is if iht Ik ml is next to a propane ink which is a til where there is progress Then we would hive io cut wires But thermic there no way he snd We re trin to get rum that More and more police forces an find It necessary to gel equipment needed for Constable duck said The armed forces indicated that as of 1380 be ablcioguaran ice assistance in bomb dsposjl unless the explosive deuce is military m origin The commission has decided refer list of equipment 1 drew up Chief WI Harding for his before proceed inn Commissioner said he was now since the force has three trained technicians they 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