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By Philip John-c Chris Jones, chairman of the Waterloo region police commis- sion, says he will resign from the commission rather than be party to the reinstatement of Syd Brown as chief of the region's police force. If Brown were to return to duty, Jones says "the only thing for me to do is leave (the commission)." Jones, a provincial appointee from Cambridge, has decided to break the official silence among commissioners and openly take a stand in opposition to the possibility of Brown's return. In an interview yesterday, he said “I would not be a party to reinstating Brown. Period." And because of his public stand on the issue, the chairman said he couldn‘t work with Brown if he were returned. adding “it would also put IF BROWN RETURNS k GiiiiiyuchhtTediGadiJr'iieiii, When the writ was denied. Brown per hour appealed that decision to the Ontario (Commued on page 3) 126th Year No. 53 Wodmtdly, Dmmbor 31, 1980 25c At the News“ Jones says he’ll resign Although police. under a re- cent court ruling. cannot conduct indiscriminate checks. spokes- men say they will apply speeding laws stringently in order to stop as many careless drivers as pos- sible for checks Police say a driver can be pulled over for exceeding the limit by as little as one kilometre per hour Police say they will be con- ducting spot checks this New Year's eve and lorewarn re- vellers to drive carefully If a driver IS found to be Im- patetl. he will be charged Radar traps will be used to pull over speeding vehicles. while others will be stopped for visible mechanical defects Drive carefully Ted makes his resolution SEE PAGE - 7 him in an impossible situation, as I'm a commissioner who's openly de- clared an anti-Brown situation.", Brown appealed his dismissal in Di- visional Court. which ruled that he be reinstated. while refusing to quash the OPC report that led to his dismissal. as Brown had requested. The court also ordered a new hearing. Jones said “I will pursue all legal means to prevent Mr. Brown retum- ing as chief of police" Brown has been waging a legal bat- tie to get his job back since he was dis- missed almost two years ago on Jan. 3, 1979. The local commission fired him on the basis of a recommendation from the Ontario Police Commission (OPCl. which had conducted an in- quiry into allegations of police brutali- ty and the overall management of the region's force, A series of lengthy and complicated court proceedings followed Brown's firing. Lawyers for Brown and the com- mission went back to court for a clari- fication of that ruling and the court basically reiterated its stand in a Nov. 20. 1979 ruling. Brown was subsequently reinstated to the payroll, but ordered not to per- form any police duties. When the commission then laid plans to conduct its own hearing into Brown's case. the former chieCs lawyers applied for a writ of prohibi- tion to stop the proceedings. Magician Danny Orleans makes it look easy and enjoyable, but floating in the air must be more difficult than that. Orleans will bring his special brand of magic for kids to the Humanities -Theatre, University of Waterloo this month. See story in this week's Enter- tainment section. _ TAKING IT EASY He's tops in racquetball SEE PAGE __ 13 Rt