This week in Episode 2, we review some of the headlines and issues raised by recent happenings in the Crime, Courts and Public Safety Update, sponsored by JamRock Security.

Part 1- Crime

- You'll hear about a police investigation into activities near Ferry Road in St. James that led to a bust with guns, drugs, and cash seized and 8 arrested, including two underage teens.

- A not-so-upstanding citizen was tracked down and arrested after a troika of robberies and threats, to the relief of beer vendor clerks and city cabbies.

14.38 Part 2- Courts

- The conviction of ex-cop Alston Bostock and the guilty plea of a junior officer for theft, breach of trust and other offences leads to an obvious question for senior WPS brass- who knew what and when?

- The NDP government couldn't fool a judge and former PC leadership candidate Wally Daudrich proved that licences for his Churchill tourism business were pulled for political reasons and not to save the bears. We read out some of the conclusions of Winnipeg Sun publisher Kevin Klein about the ruling.

31.47 Part 3- Public Safety

About 15 years ago, a mayoral candidate's wife complained about safety on the downtown skywalk system. Instead of the authorities properly solving the problem, she and her husband were damn near run out of town.

Last week, three women were assaulted by a goon before 7am up there. “We feel that we have to ramp up safety and security in the downtown core,” a union leader said.

“If something is not addressed, this is going to become an epidemic.”

We have a few things to say about that.

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Coming up- more about not-so-safe consumption sites, more interviews, and more columns in the Winnipeg Sun.