Canadian police: 2 arrested in al Qaeda-supported terror plot - CNN.com

 

Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, of Montreal, and Raed Jaser, 35, of Toronto, are accused of conspiring to murder people on a VIA Canadian railway train, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said. While the suspects had the capacity to carry out an attack, the public was never in imminent danger, police told reporters.

Police said the suspects "were receiving support from al Qaeda elements in Iran."

no link between the Canadian investigation and the Boston bomb attack, and added there was no known link with the Canadians involved in the terror attack on the Algerian gas plant in January.

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Auxiliary police provide backup for cops across Illinois, but critics question level of training - chicagotribune.com

By Matthew Walberg, Chicago Tribune reporter

April 22, 2013

About one-third of the officers, more than 300, serve as auxiliary deputies with sheriff's departments, but they are prohibited by state law from making arrests……

Unlike auxiliary officers, state law prohibits auxiliary sheriff's deputies from being conservators of the peace, meaning they do not have the authority to arrest someone on their own. But Byland said that in an emergency, they could physically detain a person but must then call for backup and allow a sworn officer to complete the arrest, he said.

Will County's auxiliary deputies typically perform crowd and traffic control duties for the county as well as Joliet and other municipalities, providing manpower at fairs and concerts and sporting events, he said.

 

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