Friday August 22, 2014 – 11am
Posted Aug 22, 2014 01:14:13 PM.
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11:00- J.D. Tuccille, Managing Editor of Reason.com
“If you don’t want to get shot, tased, pepper-sprayed, struck with a baton or thrown to the ground,” warns Officer Sunil Dutta of the Los Angeles Police Department, “just do what I tell you.” Officer Dutta is also an Adjunct Professor of Homeland Security and Criminal Justice at Colorado Technical University. And he uttered those words not in the heat of the moment, but in an opinion piece in the Washington Post responding to widespread criticism of police attitudes and tactics currently on display in Ferguson, Missouri, but increasingly common nationwide. Dutta actually comes off as a reasonable law enforcement officer, when compared to some of his colleagues who can be found venting on police-only bulletin boards or referring to Ferguson protesters as “[bleep] ing animals.” Dutta acknowledges that police can abuse their authority. He endorses the use of body cameras and dashcams to record interactions between police and the public. He counsels, “you don’t have to submit to an illegal stop or search. You can refuse consent to search your car or home if there’s no warrant.” And yet he demands unresisting submission to police without argument or even legal protest. Just how do you “refuse consent to search your car or home” without running afoul of the no-nos Dutta warns may get you “shot, tased, pepper-sprayed, struck with a baton or thrown to the ground”? Remember, this is a thoughtful police officer, with a PhD., who teaches criminal justice.
11:30- Doug MacQuarrie, Chief Operating Officer with the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport – a member of the Canadian Concussion Collaborative
A coalition of health and sporting groups from across the country is calling for Canada’s athletic organizations to be more proactive about preventing lasting damage from concussions. In the September issue of the British Journal of Sports Medicine, the Canadian Concussion Collaborative has laid out two specific recommendations about sports-related head injuries. It recommends sports organizations put policies in place that address the needs of a concussion patient at every step of the way, and to review those policies every year. The protocols should address concussion education, prevention and treatment, as well as an athlete’s safe return to action, and be based on consultations with medical professionals and community resource leaders.
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