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Learning English with CBC

Edmonton

Monthly feature story:

Alberta’s Sheriffs

January 2013 Lesson plans created by Justine Light

http://www.cbc.ca/edmonton/learning‐english/ www.alberta.ca


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Feature Story Objectives

Alberta’s sheriffs

CLB competency outcomes Listening: Reading: Speaking: Writing:

L: Recognise main ideas and subordinate ideas and infer unstated information R: Identify purpose, main ideas and key details in a graph/chart S: (knowledge and strategies) Produce intelligible and communicatively effective pronunciation W: Develop ability to reproduce and summarize information when taking notes W: Develop control of complex sentence structures

Language skills Vocabulary: Use vocabulary words in context

Grammar: Understand meanings and uses of present perfect verbs

Pronunciation: Identify correct patterns of pronunciation – plural endings

Language Activities (in order of appearance in materials)

Answering comprehension questions and discussion questions about a short background text on Alberta Sheriffs Completing pre‐listening activities to build vocabulary and prepare learners for audio Listening to audio to identify facts and details Listening to audio to develop listening transfer skills – Cornell note‐taking method Identifying different sounds in plural endings Analysing meanings and identify uses of present perfect verbs Transfer information from a table to draw conclusions.

Using information in a chart/table to answer multiple choice and short answer questions & understand implied meaning Identifying and analyzing different types of sentences in writing


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Introduction

Background Reading:

Sheriffs play an important role in the Alberta government’s policy for policing in the province. They have a number of different responsibilities including:

Alberta security and strategic intelligence support team: Sheriffs gather information

about terrorist threats.

Court Security and Prisoner Transport: Sheriffs provide security for courts and transport

for prisoners

Executive protection services: Sheriffs provide personal security to the Premier, members

of Cabinet as required, the Lieutenant Governor and others.

Fugitive Apprehension Sheriff Support Team (FASST): Sheriffs find and arrest criminals

with outstanding warrants.

Traffic Sheriffs: Sheriffs provide highway enforcement, education and awareness

initiatives.

Food for thought

What are the differences between Alberta Sheriffs and Edmonton Police?

Have you had any interaction with the police or Sheriffs in Alberta?

What are some ways that Sheriffs improve safety in the province?


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The Audio

In this audio, you will hear CBC journalist Adrienne Lamb on the job with four Alberta Sheriffs, learning about their work in tracking people with outstanding warrants.

CBC file photo

Before you listen:

Have you ever watched TV shows that show fugitives being arrested? Have you ever seen Alberta Sheriffs working?

SPEAKER TITLE: ALBERTA’S SHERIFFS 0:00 Sheriff Sheriff Mills, if you can take the back, I can do the door knock. The other two, if you can

just assist. 0:05 Adrienne The FASST team is moving in. Paul Hunter trudges through the snow. The burly sheriff is

heading for a white mobile home. 0:13 Paul

Hunter Okay everybody in position.


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Pre‐listening vocabulary

The words below are from the audio. The definitions are next to the words. Read the definitions then complete the sentences.

WORD DEFINITION

1. trudge (verb) to walk slowly with a lot effort, often because of snow or mud

2. head for (phrasal verb) move towards something

3. suspend (verb) stop something temporarily

4. skip out (phrasal verb) to avoid responsibility by leaving

5. clash (verb) to have a conflict with

6. database (noun) A large collection of information organized for searching

7. persistence (noun) to continue doing something even when it is difficult

8. flip side (noun) the other aspect of something, like the opposite side of a coin

9. pedophile (noun) a person who has a sexual interest in children

10. teething problems (noun

phrase)

problems that happen because something is new

11. roughly (adverb) Approximately

12. in the region of (adverbial

phrase)

Approximately

13. outstanding (adjective) waiting to be dealt with

14. warrants (noun) a court document that gives the police the power to do certain

things such as arrest people or search locations.

15. dramatically (adverb) in a big way


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Use the vocabulary words on the previous page to complete the following sentences.

(Answers can be found in the appendix.)

1. After the man was caught speeding his driving licence was ____________________.

2. I got a poor grade in my math exam; on the ____________________ my grades in

English were great.

3. I have marked all of the students’ papers except for two which are

___________________.

4. I have written ____________________ 45 Christmas cards to people all around the

world.

5. My dog showed great ____________________ in trying to chew through the rug.

6. My salary has increased ____________________ since I joined this company.

7. My sons ____________________ of washing the dishes and played computer games

instead.

8. The children ____________________ through the snow from the school bus to their

house.

9. The company seems to be ____________________ bankruptcy.

10. The new ESL program for internationally trained nurses is having some

____________________ but they are sure to work them out over time.

11. The police are searching for a ____________________ in the area.

12. The police had a search ____________________ to examine the car.

13. The protesters ____________________ with police in the downtown area.

14. We have seen ____________________ 900 new patients at our clinic this year.

15. We organized our clients’ information into a computer ____________________ .


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Listening for meaning

Read and answer the following questions.

1. Which countries did Sheriff Hunter work in before coming to Alberta?

2. What is the primary task for this group of sheriffs?

3. How many people have they been able to arrest so far?

4. How many warrants are still outstanding?

5. What does Sergeant Hunter imply might be the cause for this low rate?

6. Does Sergeant Hunter believe that their arrest rate will get better, or not?

7. What major change has happened that will allow this team of sheriffs to arrest people across

the province?

8. How does the work of Sergeant Hunter’s team differ from the journalist’s original perception

of how it would be?

9. In what way does Sergeant Hunter believe he is helping the people he is trying to arrest?

(Answers can be found in the appendix.)


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Listening strategies – Note taking

The Cornell Method of note taking

This method was devised by a Cornell University professor, Walter Pauk1 to help all students improve their ability to take notes during an academic lecture. This method helps you to become an organized note taker.

How to take notes according to the Cornell Method (adapted)

• Divide the paper in two • The right hand column is the note‐taking column and should be two thirds of the page. • The left had column is the questions/key word column. • Leave 5 cm at the bottom of each page

See the example on the following page

During the listening or lecture

In the note taking column:

Take notes on the main ideas and use symbols and abbreviations.

In the question/key word column:

During the listening or lecture, record the questions and key words.

At the end of the lecture:

In the bottom section of each page:

Summarize that page of notes. This will help you study for exams. Also when you are studying for exams, you can cover the note taking section and review the questions and key words to see if you remember the main ideas.

Listen to the audio again.

Take notes using the Cornell Method.

Example notes are in the appendix.

For more information on the Cornell method see The Cornell Note‐taking system:

http://lsc.sas.cornell.edu/Sidebars/Study_Skills_Resources/cornellsystem.pdf

1 Pauk, Walter; Owens, Ross J. Q. (2010) [1962], How to Study in College (10 ed.), Cengage Learning,


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Listening/lecture title:

Question/key word column Note‐taking column

Summary of each page goes here:


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Building Speaking Skills:

Pronunciation: plural endings.

The plural endings of words sound different depend on which sound comes at the end of the word. Look at the chart below to see the different pronunciations of plural endings.

/s/ sound /z/ sound /iz/ sound

tracks

asks

tents

tops

baths

cliffs

weeks

hands

suns

clams

wells

files

labs

kings

fillers

knows

kisses*

wishes

judges

entices

beaches

*Notice that with the /iz/ pronunciation, there is always an “e” before the “s”

The following words are all spoken in the audio. Try to place the words in the correct pronunciation category on the chart. Use the examples to help you. The first one is done for you.

weeks sheriffs jobs things guys laptops folders cups months problems

upsets streets stats warrants doors charges times jackets arrests thousands


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Tip: Listen for plural endings when you are listening to the radio and watching T.V. When you are speaking, correct yourself if you make a mistake.

Now listen to this clip from the audio again. (1:43).

Pay attention to the pronunciation of the plural endings.

Adrienne Warren Posch is one of Hunter’s sheriffs. Right now, he is typing an old

address into a database. He’s in a cramped basement office, five people

sitting at a round table. It’s cluttered with laptops, file folders and coffee

cups.

1:43

Practice saying the passage at the same time as Adrienne Lamb. Try to sound exactly like her. You can practice as many times as you want!

Extra Practice: Tell someone about a time when you saw a police officer working.. While you are speaking, try to think about plural endings.


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Grammar Activity – Present Perfect verbs The present perfect tense tells us about a past event.

Julia has lived in Red Deer.

It is most common in conversation and news reporting2.

This tense is describing a fact that happened in the past and is used to connect past events to the present time.

The form of the present perfect is:

1st and 2nd person singular and 1st, 2nd, & 3rd person plural =

Subject + have + verb (past participle)

I have met him before ‐The meeting happened in the past – I am relating it to now when we are discussing him.

3rd person singular =

Subject + has + verb (past participle)

She has eaten there and she doesn’t recommend it – We are deciding where to eat

and have this information from past events that can help us decide.

Celce Murcia & Larsen Freeman (1999)3 provide the following different meanings for the present perfect:

Meaning for the present perfect Example

1. A situation that began in the past and continues

Julia has lived in Red Deer since 1989.

2. A past event which is relevant to the present I have seen that movie. Let’s go to another one.

3. A very recent past event (often with just) He has just finished washing the dishes.

4. A past event at an unspecific time I have visited France and Spain.

5. A past event that is completed very close to the time of speaking

My dog has drunk all his water.

2 Biber, D., Johansson, S., Leech, G., Conrad, S. & Finegan, E. (1999). Longman grammar of spoken and written English. Essex, England: Pearson Education. 3 3 Celce‐Murcia, M,. & Larsen – Freeman, D. (1999). The grammar book. Heinle & Heinle. Adapted.


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There are seven examples of the present perfect in the transcript.

Can you figure out for each example of the present perfect in the transcript, which meaning from the table above is correct? (Answers can be found in the Appendix.)

1. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________


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Reading Activity

Survey of Albertans 2012

Each year the Office of the Solicitor General of Alberta does a survey of Albertans to learn about how they feel about policing, security and law and order. Around 1,200 Albertans are surveyed and some of the results from the 2012 survey are below. You can read the results of the entire survey and surveys from previous years at https://www.solgps.alberta.ca/Pages/publications.aspx

Before you read:

Reading information from charts and graphs

Charts, tables and graphs present information and data in a visual form to make those facts

easier to understand. They are an essential kind of reading for working and living in Alberta.

Reading and interpreting the information in charts and graphs can help you figure out what facts

mean.

Steps in reading charts and graphs:

1. Read the title and source of the facts

Ask yourself, “Does this make sense?”

For example if you look at a graph of the population of Canada that states the

population is 33 – ask yourself does that make sense? By asking this question

you will look for extra information on the graph such as “All figures shown are in

millions”

2. Read all of the labels on the chart or graph. In this way you will find out what

each line, mark, column, axis, section means.

3. Look for a key/legend to explain what different colours or shading on the graph

might mean.

4. Analyze what the relationships are between different lines or what the columns

represent.


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Glossary:

Crime prevention: Safety and education programs that aim to reduce the occurrence of crime.

Victim services: A partner to police, that provides support and information to victims of crime and tragedy.

Offender: Someone who has committed a crime.

Rehabilitation: to help someone live a normal life again after they have been in prison.


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Reading Strategies

Complete the following table by reading the information in the tables/charts above:

The service or program that had the highest rate of public confidence in 2012

The service or program that had the lowest rate of public confidence in 2012

The year when crime prevention programs had the lowest rate of confidence

In general, has the confidence rate of sheriff highway patrol increased or decreased from 2010 to 2012

Has the confidence rate in all programs or services increased or decreased over the period 2010‐2012

Reading for meaning Answer the following questions about the graph/charts on the previous page.

Circle the best answer

1. Look at Chart 3. A majority of respondents agree…. a. the sheriff highway patrol services are making a positive difference on the

highways. b. the sheriff highway patrol services are making a negative difference on the

highways c. highway patrol services are not making any difference on the highways d. It isn’t possible to tell from this chart.

2. Chart 3 & 4 show the results from asking questions about highway safety in 2012 to…

a. 1200 people b. 1,134 people c. 1,115 people d. It isn’t possible to tell how many people were asked from this chart.

3. Chart 4 show that the number of people surveyed in 2012 was…?

a. more than 2011 b. less than 2011 c. the same as 2011 d. It isn’t possible to say from this chart.


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4. Which statement is the most accurate, according to the information in charts 3 & 4?

a. In general, people over the past four years believe the sheriffs have positively improved highway safety.

b. In general, people over the past four years believe the sheriffs have negatively affected highway safety.

c. In general, people over the past four years believe the sheriffs have made almost no difference to highway safety.

d. None of these statements are accurate.

Write the answer

5. According to Table 1, which kinds of programs seem to have the greatest confidence among the public?


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Writing Activity

Using a variety of sentences in your writing will make your essays and letters more interesting for the reader.

In English, we have three basic kinds of sentences:

• Simple sentences • Compound sentences • Complex sentences

Simple sentences

This sentence has a subject and a verb and is a complete thought. It can be only two words.

• Jenny ate.

or it can have a number of words

• Jenny quickly ate the sandwich in her car.

Compound sentences

This sentence is created by joining two complete thoughts together.

Words such as and, & but. Each of the thoughts is equally important.

• Jenny quickly ate the sandwich and she walked to her car.

Complex sentences

A complex sentence has more than one subject and verb but only one main subject and verb. The main subject and verb are called the independent clause; while the subject and verb that are not the main ones, form the dependent clause. The dependent clause is not as important as the independent clause and cannot stand alone.

• Jenny ate the sandwich because she was hungry. Main idea: Jenny ate the sandwich Supporting information: the reason why she ate the sandwich is that she was hungry

• Jenny quickly ate the sandwich while she was walking to her car. Main idea: Jenny quickly ate the sandwich Supporting idea: she ate at the same time as she was walking to her car


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Each of the following sentences is adapted from the audio about Alberta sheriffs. Each sentence is complex.

Look at each sentence. Identify the main idea and the supporting information. Remember the main idea may or may not be the first part of the sentence.

1. One time it was so cold that the jackets we were wearing cracked.

Main idea:

_____________________________________________________________

Supporting information:

_____________________________________________________________

2. Marnie Mills is on the doorstep of a two‐storey house which is the last address for the

man.

Main idea:

_____________________________________________________________


_____________________________________________________________

3. A lot of guys who are waiting to be arrested turn around and say thank you.

Main idea:

_____________________________________________________________


_____________________________________________________________


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Links

Links to the community

For more information about Alberta Sheriffs:

https://www.solgps.alberta.ca/programs_and_services/public_security/sheriffs/Pages/default.aspx

For more information about the survey of Albertans attitudes to policing and safety:

https://www.solgps.alberta.ca/Pages/publications.aspx

For more information about Edmonton Police Service, Victim support:

http://www.edmontonpolice.ca/victimsupport.aspx

To give information about a crime that has taken place (anonymously):

http://www.crimestoppers.ab.ca/edmonton/

Links for language learning

This website provides excellent information for all aspects of settlement and language training, for

immigrants: http://www.settlement.org/

This free resource from the BBC is a comprehensive site with a wide variety or resources, news

stories, blogs, quizzes, etc. all designed for English language learners. The site is updated

regularly and has an easy‐to‐use layout. Of course, being from the BBC, these materials use

British English http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/


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Appendix ‐ Answer Keys

Pre‐listening vocabulary

1. After the man was caught speeding his driving licence was suspended.

2. I got a poor grade in my math exam; on the flip side my grades in English were great.

3. I have marked all of the students’ papers except for two which are outstanding.

4. I have written in the region of/roughly 45 Christmas cards to people all around the

world.

5. My dog showed great persistence in trying to chew through the rug.

6. My salary has increased dramatically since I joined this company.

7. My sons skipped out of washing the dishes and played computer games instead.

8. The children trudged through the snow from the school bus to their house.

9. The company seems to be heading for bankruptcy.

10. The new ESL program for internationally trained nurses is having some teething

problems but they are sure to work them out over time.

11. The police are searching for a pedophile in the area.

12. The police had a search warrant to examine the car.

13. The protesters clashed with police in the downtown area.

14. We have seen in the region of/roughly 900 new patients at our clinic this year.

15. We organized our clients’ information into a computer database.

Listening for meaning

1. Which countries has Sheriff Hunter worked in before coming to Alberta? The U.K. and Kosovo

2. What is the primary task for this group of sheriffs?

They arrest people who have not come to court to face charges or have outstanding arrest warrants.

3. How many people have they been able to arrest so far? 127 people

4. How many warrants are still outstanding?

200,000

5. What does Sergeant Hunter imply might be the cause for this low rate?


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Teething problems in the start up of the new project 6. Does Sergeant Hunter believe that their arrest rate will get better, or not?

He does believe it will get better – probably double in the next year.

7. What major change has happened that will allow this team of sheriffs to arrest people across the province?

They are allowed on to the ‘turf’ of other police forces in the province to arrest people.

8. How does the work of Sergeant Hunter’s team differ to the journalist’s original perception of how it would be?

It is more boring, waiting, paperwork …not as much action like she had seen on TV.

9. In what way does Sergeant Hunter believe he is helping the people he is trying to arrest? He is helping them to face their problems, to reduce their stress or anxiety about being caught and arrested, and face up to their responsibility.

Listening strategies – Note‐taking

Listening/lecture title: Alberta Sheriffs

Question/key word column Note‐taking column

Example of fugitive being pursued by sheriffs

Who is Sergeant Paul Hunter?

Example of case study of how long it can take to catch someone

What is the arrest rate?

What are the causes of the low rate?

New rule changes &

22 year old – stole a car and was serving time on weekends – skipped out on weekend

UK police/ Kosovo UN

Works as a sheriff = hardest job he’s done

2 months all over EDM working @ restaurant/ then @ supermarket/ finally arrested

120 arrests/ 4-500 warrants out of 200,000

Teething problems/ team needs full training

Now sheriffs can follow people across the areas of any police force so can follow people ex; to Fort MacMurray


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impact

How do officers feel about work?

They are making a dent in the numbers/ helping public feel safe/ helping the people arrested to feel relieved of being chased

Summary of each page goes here:

The Alberta Sheriffs team in this audio are responsible for finding people who have skipped out on court appearances or serving sentences. They have to work very hard to search for the missing people to arrest them or bring them back to court. Their work is not exciting and involves a lot of paper work and waiting around. The team is new and just getting trained in the work. They have only found a very small proportion of the missing people but they believe their work is making a difference.

Building Speaking Skills:

/s/ sound /z/ sound /iz/ sound

tracks

sheriffs laptops cups months upsets streets stats warrants jackets arrests

hands

weekends jobs guys folders problems doors times thousands things

kisses*

charges

Grammar Activity – 1. he has skipped out: meaning 2

2. he has ever had: meaning 2/4


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3. we have arrested: meaning 1/2

4. He has failed to appear many times: meaning 4/2

5. We have had people: meaning 4/2

6. We have had them: meaning 4/2

7. They have lied to us: meaning 4/2

Reading ‐ Reading Strategies

The service or program that had the highest rate of public confidence in 2012

Policing

The service or program that had the lowest rate of public confidence in 2012

Offender rehabilitation

The year when crime prevention programs had the lowest rate of confidence

2010

In general, has the confidence rate of sheriff highway patrol increased or decreased from 2010 to 2012

Increased

Has the confidence rate in all programs or services increased or decreased over the period 2010‐2012

Increased

Reading for meaning

1. Look at Chart 3. A majority of respondents agree…. a. the sheriff highway patrol services are making a positive difference on the

highways.

2. Chart 3 & 4 show the results from asking questions about highway safety in 2012 to… b. 1,134 people

3. Chart 4 show that the number of people surveyed in 2012 was…?

b. less than 2011

4. Which statement is the most accurate, according to the information in charts 3 & 4?

a. In general, people over the past four years believe the sheriffs have positively improved highway safety.


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5. Write the answer:

Which kinds of programs seem to lead to the greatest confidence among the public?

In general, the public feels more confident about safety from the programs which include

policing, sheriffs and crime prevention. Programs and services that support victims and offenders after

crimes have taken place do not receive such high confidence ratings.

Writing activity 1. One time it was so cold that the jackets we were wearing cracked.

Main idea: It was so cold.

Supporting information: How cold? It was cold enough to crack the fabric of the jackets the police we were wearing.

2. Marnie Mills is on the doorstep of a two‐storey house which is the last address for the man.

Main idea: Mills is on the doorstep.

Supporting information: Which doorstep? The last address for the man they are searching for.

3. A lot of guys who are waiting to be arrested turn around and say thank you.

Main idea: A lot of guys say thank you.

Supporting information: Which guys? The ones that are waiting to be arrested.


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Appendix – Transcript

SPEAKER TITLE: ALBERTA’S SHERIFFS 0:00 Sheriff Sheriff Mills, if you can take the back, I can do the door knock. The other two, if you can

just assist. 0:05 Adrienne The FASST team is moving in. Paul Hunter trudges through the snow. The burly sheriff is

heading for a white mobile home. 0:13 Paul

Hunter Okay everybody in position

0:14 Adrienne They are looking for a twenty‐two‐year‐old. He was suspended from driving when he stole a car.

0:20 Hunter Ten‐four. We are just about to knock. 0:22 Adrienne He was supposed to be serving time on the weekends, but now he’s skipped out. They

wait and wonder, ‘what’s behind the door?’ 0:31 Hunter Okay there’s a tiny little yappy dog inside. 0:34 Female Who is it? 0:35 Hunter Alberta sheriffs, could you open up, please? 0:37 Adrienne They explain who they are … 0:38 Hunter The Sheriff’s department 0:39 Adrienne …and who they’re after. 0:40 Hunter Hello there. 0:41 Adrienne They search the place

0:42 Hunter My name’s Sergeant Hunter, I’m with the Sheriff’s department.

0:45 Female He doesn’t live here.

0:47 Hunter When was the last time he was here?

0:48 Adrienne They get an address for a girlfriend. Another lead they’ll chase down.

0:51 Female Actually, actually, I seen him. He walked into my house and I told him to get the hell out of it. I said he wasn't allowed in, in my house.

0:58 Adrienne It’s all in a day’s work for Paul Hunter. The police officer spent years clashing with the IRA in the UK and then working for the United Nations in Kosovo, but he says this is one of the toughest jobs he has ever had. It’s back to the brown minivan to write up a report. I watch it all go down and it’s not what I expected. (Sound from TV show)

1:29 Posch You do expect the exciting things to happen. Every time like you see on TV. They don't really show the build up and the really dreary things we have to do. We have to get where we need to be able to get these guys and put them away.

1:43 Adrienne Warren Posch is one of Hunter’s sheriffs. Right now, he is typing an old address into a database. He’s in a cramped basement office, five people sitting at a round table. It’s cluttered with laptops, file folders and coffee cups.

1:59 Trevor Menzel

Voice mail again and again and again and again.


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2:01 Adrienne Sheriff Trevor Menzel takes a file folder from Hunter. 2:05 Menzel Here’s that guy who was executed earlier. 2:08 Adrienne A file they have been able to close. Persistence pays.

2:13 Menzel One I looked for, hunted for approximately two months. And was all over the city with a piece of information here, a piece of information there. He’s working at this restaurant now, no he’s working over there, at this supermarket. Trying to piece this guy together. And finally being able to get him in, it was great. And on the flip side of that I have another pedophile that I have been looking for for almost four months now. You know that you’re getting close, you can feel it; you can almost smell it. Right now that one guy is why I show up every day.

2:44 Adrienne Paul Hunter straps on his protective vest and his gun. 2:48 Hunter One of the first in the country to do what we are doing. So as with any team you have

your teething problems and upsets. Now we are starting to get some good results and taking the people off the streets that deserve to be taken off, to make the public feel a bit safer.

3:03 Adrienne Throw some stats at me. What have you got? 3:05 Hunter I’d say roughly we’ve arrested about 120 people and executed in the region of 4‐500

warrants. 3:15 Adrienne Wow! That’s out of 200,000 outstanding warrants. 3:20 Hunter We will do better. We can do better and we will probably double that number in the next

year. 3:26 Adrienne That’s because all five members are now fully trained. Later this month, they’ll move into

a new space designed just for them. And now they’re getting the okay from police forces across the province so the team can enter their turf.

3:42 Hunter Which will open the doors dramatically for us because then the people that think they can evade capture by going to Fort MacMurray and working…we’ll be on the doors knocking saying we’re going to take you back to Edmonton or we’re going to deal with the warrants here.

3:58 Adrienne Marnie Mills is on the doorstep of a tidy two‐storey house. The last address of a man up on assault and gun charges. He’s failed to appear in court eight times.

4:09 Hunter Just from experience we have had people where they say they want nothing to do with them and we have had them where the person’s been hiding and they’ve lied to us.

4:15 Adrienne No suspect behind this door. But they get a tip that leads to yet another address. Hunter plugs in the GPS.

4:23 Hunter The wonders of modern technology. 4:26 Adrienne More paperwork. More driving. More standing outside. Waiting.


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4:30 Hunter In fact, at one point it was so cold the jackets we were wearing were starting to crinkle and break.

4:37 Adrienne Marnie Mills covers the back of the townhouse. 4:40 Hunter Copy I am in position. 4:42 Adrienne With only a 127 arrests and tens of thousands more to go, I wonder why she is not

discouraged. 4:50 Marnie

Mills Everybody could just sit around and say it’s 200,000 and that we can never arrest all those people but if we don't do something about it the number’s going to get higher and these people are just going to continue to walk around free so you know we are making a dent.

5:02 Adrienne A dent Paul Hunter believes does everyone some good. Even his prey. 5:07 Hunter These people know they have warrants. They know they’re going to be caught eventually.

They’ve been waiting for that knock on the door. And a lot of guys, and women actually, turn around and say thanks for that because now the pressure’s off. They are not turning around and looking over their shoulder, waiting for the tap on the shoulder saying you’re arrested. It’s like we’re helping them out in a way. But we’re not! Ten – four are you ready for us to knock.

5:29 Adrienne In Edmonton, I’m Adrienne Lamb.

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