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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Friday, July 4, 2014 | 8 Police earn place on global map continued from p.1 ranked among the 50 most popular during the event with @HRPSRIS listed 10th in the world, @Haltonpolice getting 11th, @HRPSBurl receiving 13th and @HRPSMiltHH getting 21st. Five Halton police Twitter accounts were also recognized with being among the 50 most vocal during the event with @HRPSBurl getting fifth in the world, @Haltonpolice ranked 18th, @HRPSRIS receiving 31st, @ HRPSMiltHH getting 33rd and @ HRPSOak listed 48th. "We're very happy," said Det. Sgt. John Mans of the Halton Police Homicide and Child Abuse and Sexual Assault Unit. "We are quite pleased with how we have placed on a world stage. We have generated some discussions through this. So far, one phone call/tip on a cold case homicide has come in and we will be following up with that." Mans would not say which homicide the tip was in regard to or go into details about the tip stating it could identify the person providing the information. Among the cases listed by Halton police during the Tweet-a-thon was the murder of Raymond Michael nisina `Jan' Stonehouse and Darlene Yvonne Tucker, who both vanished from Oakville in 1983. The Oakville Criminal Investigations Bureau Tweeted about a case in which 200 pairs of new socks, which had been destined for the homeless, were stolen from the Church of the Epiphany, 141 Bronte Rd., on June 20. Sgt. Julie Craddock-Bijl said the Tweet resulted in such a surge of interest, a donation bin was set up at the Oakville police station. So far, she said, around 75 new pairs of socks have been collected. The Tweet-a-thon also provided information about a number of emergencies, which occurred in Halton on June 27 including the death of a construction worker who was killed by a dump truck in the Bronte and Derry roads area in Milton, the arrest of a youth whose alleged threats forced Oakville's West Oak Public School to go into "hold-and-secure" mode, and a shooting in the Tremaine Road and Main Street area of Milton, which sent one man to hospital. Given the popularity of the Tweeta-thon, Halton police said they plan on participating in the next one. Halton hopes to curtail SLAPP Halton Region's Administration and Finance Committee is seeking full council backing next Wednesday to ask the Province to take another look at a bill, which seeks to protect the public's ability to be heard. Bill 83, the Protection of Public Participation Act, would amend the Libel and Slander Act and the Statutory Powers of Procedure Act to shield the public from Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP). Strategic lawsuits as those, which have no merit, and are simply intended to silence or intimidate and thereby limit expression on matters of public interest. Often, a party claims another has damaged their reputation, usually through a claim of defamation. According to a June 2013 news release from the Province, in 2010, the Ministry of the Attorney General appointed an expert panel to look into the issue of strategic lawsuits. It found they could be deterring significant numbers of people from speaking out on matters of public interest. The Halton Region motion noted there exists a number of high profile environmental issues in Halton that are of public interest and have generated a great deal of debate in the community -- and underlined that public participation forums are a foundation of a democratic society. Under the proposed legislation, there would be a fast-track review process for lawsuits alleged to be strategic, including a "legal test" a judge would use to quickly determine whether a case should be dismissed or allowed to proceed. A request to dismiss would have to be heard by the court within 60 days. The aim is to minimize wasted time and resources for plaintiffs, defendants and courts on questionable claims, while allowing legitimate complaints to proceed. If successful, Halton will ask the Province to reintroduce Bill 83 in the legislature. Halton Regional Chair Gary Carr will meet with Halton's newly elected MPPs to encourage the Province take another look at the anti-SLAPP legislation. 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