By Staff
May 2, 2015
BURLINGTON, ON
Every once in a while a police officer does something that is out of the police box and certainly not in the rule book.
That has happened in Burlington’s police station where D/Constabe Bulbrook came up with an idea that was used when he was with the Toronto Police Service. Bulbrook worked in Toronto from 2006 until 2013 when he joined the Halton Regional Police Service.
“We used to have a Wanted Wednesday program and I got the idea of turning that into a Fugitive Friday – an occasion when we would use the media to get out the word on people the police wanted to catch.
The Halton Regional Police, Burlington station is launching a new initiative to help locate wanted persons and hold them accountable for their actions.
Al Albano, Superintend for the Burlington Station, took to the idea and the first Friday Fugitive story was published last week. Somehow the Gazette missed that media release – the police haven’t nabbed their man yet – so we have told that story below.
The second Friday special hasn’t been caught yet – but according to D/Constable Bulbrook “these things take time. If we get the pictures out there – people just might be able to tell us something.”
There are numerous people who continue to evade the police and the court system and continue to live out in our communities while having a warrant for their arrest in place.
Every Friday, the Burlington Offender Management Unit will share information on a wanted person in hopes that the public can assist in locating the individual.
The first Fugitive Friday poster boy the Halton Regional Police are looking for is:
Raymond Lloyd FRENCH, 45 years from Brampton
Raymond Lloyd FRENCH – featured as Burlington’s first Friday Fugitive.
In May 2010, FRENCH stole $15,000.00 in cash from an elderly female’s home in Burlington. The accused pled guilty to this crime and was ordered to pay restitution to the victim. The accused has neglected to pay restitution and has breached his probation order.
The accused is wanted for Fail to comply with probation x 3, and is known to frequent the Halton, Brampton and Haliburton areas.
Description:
5’10, 280lbs, grey hair and hazel eyes.
Anyone with information on the accused’s whereabouts or have information that would assist investigators in identifying him are encouraged to contact Detective Constable Bulbrook – Burlington Criminal Investigations Bureau – Offender Management Team at 905-825-4747 Ext. 2305 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), or through the web at www.haltoncrimestoppers.com, or by texting “Tip201” with your message to 274637 (crimes).
The policed are sharing “Fugitive Friday” information on their website and via social media through Twitter @HRPSBurl and @HaltonPolice.
The Gazette of course will send you the latest every Friday.
