I wonder what the result would be if I reported to police that a vehicle with license xxx xxx cut me off this afternoon. I would suspect it would bear the same weight as reporting a UFO. Therein lies the problem. Sasktoon has the worst drivers in the galaxy, period. The overworked understaffed police have more important things to do than investigate a "cut me off" report, so motorists become frustrated with the continual adverse situations they are put in by bad drivers. There needs to be a crackdown on driving infractions, even the minor ones, but I am not holding my breath.

Well Said John I have to admit that when I get cut off every once in a while the old bird comes out and I flip it!! The sad thing is one day I did this after being cut off and my Daughter stated that was her math Teacher .So I guess what I'm sayin is I have to keep my hands on the wheel lol!!!

Actually, Richard_Cranium, my dad had such an experience on a highway near Saskatoon recently, took down the license plate number, called it in and reported it and the police did follow up and my dad is now going to court as a witness in the matter. So, yes, if you get them the information, they will do their best to follow-up. They need the public to be their eyes and ears as they can't be everywhere at all times. I really think everyone needs to stop giving the City of Saskatoon Police Service such a hard time and maybe commend them on a job well done. They've got a tough job and tough decisions to make.

john...i have mentioned in blog responses before,and see the same thing every day.i WATCH WITH MY EYES!!! people jaywalking,turning left over solid lines,comming out of parking lots over solid lines,people disobeying "sidewalk closed" signs,,,,all of this on second avenue between 22,and 24th street
what bothers me is 7 out of 10 times a police car is right there!!!!!!!but son of a gun,they're bizzy with on board puter...(never mind cell phone laws!!!)if ya wanna clean up traffic probs...START ENFORCING THM!!! it seems,other than murder investigations from the 60's or speed traps,our cops aren't trained for much else!!!maybe we should deputize some folks to get control of the downtown,then branch further out!!!and don't even start me on biking in the downtown!!!but really.....do we have laws that i mentioned?and if we do...why the hell are they not being enforced???
tim

I think that this situation was handled very poorly. I agree that the cat needed to be brought down, however to stand over a fence 10 yards away with a high powered,scoped riffle and miss twice it is incredible that this situation turned out as good as it did. It is very fortunate that this officer did not have a face full of cat, or that the cat didn't clear the fence and into the streets. This was very dangerous and could have easily ended differently. Imagine for a moment if this cat had been grazed on shot number 1 and cleared the fence before shot 3. I think some re-training or a different department needs to handle such situations.

I wasn't able to finish the comment I wanted to make on this on Tues. As I stated, Alberta has taken a VERY SERIOUS stand on road rage. I think the fine for inciting road rage is something like $ 650.00 AND 6 points on your license. I drive for a living and seen it on a daily basis. I have called in to the police on instances where someone had been driving dangerously, in a fashion as to incite road rage in others....the police would not even follow up after receiving a full description including lic. numbers! When I asked about this it was explained to me ( by a member of the police traffic division ) that it is very difficult for them to lay a charge based on one statement. Basically due to the outdated highway traffic act they have to see an example of it ( the bad driving ) happen before they can lay a charge. I believe most of the problem is the highway traffic board and the outdated highway traffic act. The highway traffic board won't adapt to the changing times on numerous things. From the refusal to grant volunteer fire fighters a special flashing light when responding to an emergency to dealing with road rage! A flashing GREEN LIGHT is too confusing MY ASS! They seem to sit back and think that if they deny it or refuse to act it will go away. When are we going to get a HTB with some forward thinking, some common sense and some BALLS! Why won't they take a stand on this? Why do they seem to live in denial? They seem to let SGI send the police out to give tickets for cracked windshields and rusted cars ( which in some cases is warranted) but they seem to turn a blind eye to unsafe drivers and drivers who TRY to incite road rage? What exactly is their mandate? The roads aren't getting any safer....they're getting UNSAFER!