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p4 weekender january19rl991 communities welcome police true community- policing has finally come to markham and stouffville the official opening this week of a new district head quarters at mccowan and carl ton roads in markham began a new era in policecommunity relations and as york regional police officials can attest the new dis trict headquarters will thicken the socalled blue line a symbolic barrier between law fulness and crime with the new building which police will also open to the community for various uses the blue line becomes more apparent and effective in the fight against criminals in uxbridge residents have benefited from an intown police presence for many years community detachments like these provide a foundation on which residents in the commu nity can build with the men and women who serve the pub lic trust in other terms too district detachments provide more tan gible benefits by brian basset wwbenkeifniene sue did the cqklmq bkes me iv l j1jj mirv1 j tn wcjwr 4 emergency and priority calls for police are dispatched from the community in which police serve and the presence of police should be heightened without actually increasing manpower costs or adding patrols the district detachment adds a safe ty net however illusory to the surrounding communities stouffville and markham wel come this new era of police presence in the communities and the york regional police force must be made aware of our support markham economist and sun stouffville tribune uxbridge tribune weekender edition a mainland community newspaper patricia pappaspubusher jo ann stevenson edhorhchfef paula crowell editor steve houston editor debraweller director of advertising jennifer hutt director of distraction promotions chris bertram business manager pamela nichols operations manager 2942200 6402100 6402874 7987624 798- 7625 news sales 2948244 distribution and administration 9 heritage rd markham l3p 1m2 fax 2941538 6406477 8524355 the markham economist and sun stousvsle tribune and uxbridge tribune pubished every wednesday arxl saturday is one ol the metroland printing pub- fishing and distributing group of suburban newspa pers which includes the acton free press ajax pickering news advertiser aurora banner bame banner advance brampton guardian burlington post etobicoke advertiser guardian hamilton this month georgetown independant kingston this week lindsay this week milton champion missis- sauga news newmarket era oakville beaver oshawawhitby this week peterborough this week richmond hillthornhillvaughan liberal scarborough mirror topic newsmagazine willow- dale minor metroland printing publishing and dis tributing is a division ol harlequin enterprises ltd prince faisal and other crooks dumb ladies and gentlemen it is my very great privilege to have the honor of introducing you to his royal highness prince bandra faisal of saudi arabia thats his highness over there on the steps of the knightsbridge court sand wiched somewhat indelicately between two unsmiling mem bers of the british constabu lary whats that ah no those are not matching silver bracelets prince faisal is wearing they are handcuffs in addition to being a country squire an inter national entrepreneur and a blueblooded member of the arab aristocracy prince faisal is one other thing a crook but an uncommonly auda cious one actually he isnt prince faisal at all hes really kirpal singh johl a 58yearold kenyan rent clerk who emigrat ed to britain 19 years ago mis ter johl scuffled around in marginal jobs for a few years until he decided hed had enough of life as an underdog in 1986 he quit his job collect ing rents and disappeared some weeks later he surfaced as prince faisal tycoon dandy and man about town his own mother wouldnt have recognized him prince faisal wore saville row suits gold rings and enough dia monds to bring out the green in liz taylors eyes he bought himself a million dollar country mansion com- plete with swimming pool on credit of course whod refuse a prince when the rent was a few months overdue prince faisal simply applied to the kreditforeningen bank of den mark for a 18 million dollar mortgage he got it paid his back rent made one payment to the danes and spent the rest of the cash on champagne clothes chauffeurdriven limos and of course renos on his mansion which he dubbed faisal house actually the princes whole existence was a spectacular house of cards by definition a rickety one eventually it came tumbling down but not before prince faisal had himself one jolly merrygoround most crooks dont fare nearly as well in fact if theres one characteristic that distinguishes ingenuity or luck or skill its stupidity most crooks are breathtaking- ly dumb for every prince faisal there are a hundred foolish felons like well like joseph hill of longwood florida who was recently con victed of counterfeiting more than 3000000 polish zlotys sounds impressive until you find out that 3000000 zlotys are worth a little over 300 as one of the arresting officers said the guy could have print ed a boxcar full of them and still not had enough money to buy a good suit or theres the case of earl latham a petty con who broke out of the baltimore house of correction and holed up at his mothers house when the cops knocked on the door earl answered the conversation went something like this cop are you earl earl yo cop earl latham earl uhhh no my names earl smith cop oh yeah can you spell smith for me he couldnt we have our own made-in- canada thugs of course last spring danny simpson knocked over an ottawa bank toting an old colt 45 he got 6000 unbeknownst to dim dan his gun was a rare antique worth almost 20 times that its one of lifes ironies said simpsons lawyer that at auction that gun could fetch 100000 an academic irony at best danny simpson is currently residing in a oneroom coldwa- ter flat with no conveniences surly neighbors and an extreme ly lousy view swell security system though prince faisal isnt faring any better hes doing four and a half years in similar british accommodations as an involun tary guest of her majesty which i guess improves on the old adage crime not only most cropksits not bravery or doesnt pay- it costs