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economist suntribune crime thursday july 4 2002 cops forbid giving media wrong info chief says by jerome watt staff writer despite the testimony of one of his officers at the ongoing maria wong murder trial york regional police chief robert middaugh said his forces policy forbids giving the media false informa tion to further an investigation never he said my position is the media get all the facts while on the witness stand last week detsgt les young admitted to giving a false composite sketch to the media in june 1999 to aid his investiga tion into mrs wongs murder chief middaugh was not chief of york regional police at the time detsgt young said he gave the media a fake composite drawing of a suspect in the markham killing as a ruse to create activity among suspect ed murderers so investigators could gather more information the drawing was actually of christian ortiz made up to look like a composite sketch mr ortiz was a sus pect police already had under investi gation we are hoping someone recog nizes this person and lets us know mr young was quoted as saying by the economist suntribune when he unveiled the sketch to the media in 1999 mr ortiz along with the womans husband shu kwan johnny wong andre jones and norman figueroa have each been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit murder and firstdegree murder they have all pleaded not guilty james pierce another suspect in the case has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder in another trial and was given a 16year sentence after agreeing to testify for the crown in a voice mail message to a reporter mr young said he couldnt comment on his use of the false com posite because he was still testifying at the trial chief middaugh also refused to comment on the issue until the case is over he said the position of his depart ment is never to mislead the media while providing certain facts that wont jeopardize the case he said hed review the situation with detsgt young at the completion of the trial there are two sides to the story he said ill look into it to find out the other side mr middaugh said releasing false information can be extremely damag ing to the relationship between police and the media its the most important accounta bility process next to the police servic es board he said david barrow chair of the police services board said hell wait until chief middaughs review before commenting i would hope we always give out factual information he said the unwritten policy should be we dont hand out misinformation giving out misleading or false infor mation damages the public perception of the police mr barrow said adding some members of the public wouldnt have a problem with the police releas ing misinformation in order to catch criminals youll have some members of the public say the ends justifies the means he said im sure youll have a mixed reaction from the public det john sheldon who was the spokesperson for york regional police in 1999 said he doesnt remember the see d0n7 page 13 sno cuts to psychiatric beds schizophrenia society of ontario 18004496367 wvwwebjietsso this message brought to you as a cornnurety service of the economist sun isfcllblhgiaisbissbsfc ssbfmlliihslfb fjlf fast track imiintti luwtt 00 70 itlbzuuzhl we think the sleeklooking acura el is a proposal everyone can get behind it features a responsive vtec engine 4wheel independent suspension and side airbags plus you get air conditioning power window and door locks keyless entry cd player and a plentiful array of standard features some decisions are quicker than others visit acura in markham with haste acura limited time lease offer based on the 2002 el touring 5spccd model es3562e and available through honda canada finance inc lease payments are 278 per month for 48 montlis oac down payment or equivalent trade of 2565 first monthly payment and security deposit required a lh 58 total lease obligation of 16711 96000 km allowance 12 per km exceeding 96000 applies destination charges 900 included taxes licence and insurance are additional option to purchase nt lease end for 10199 plus taxes dealer may lease for less sec acura in markham for details acura in markham 5201 highway 1 east markhanii 9059488866 black at participating canadian burger king roslauranls ntfrai bk you got it one toy in every kids meal limijed time offer while supplies last