Canada border 2 hour wait

[cybercoma]

Why would you need to know their name, if you can identify them by their badge number?

[Bryan]

Where is this database that I can look up the guards by badge number?

[cybercoma]

Why would you need to know their name, if you can identify them by their badge number?

[guyser]

If they can potentially cause trouble for me, I absolutely have a reason to know who they are.

You already do.

CBSA.

[Guest American Woman]

Where is this database that I can look up the guards by badge number?

Ask them for their number, report the number if you have an issue, and the powers that be know who it is, the idea being that you don't need to know their name; however, it sounds as if they now have to wear name tags, so you will know.

[Guest Derek L]

Ask them for their number, report the number if you have an issue, and the powers that be know who it is, the idea being that you don't need to know their name; however, it sounds as if they now have to wear name tags, so you will know.

Just went through the Peace Arch crossing a few hours ago……..all the Canadian guards that I noticed were wearing them.

[Wilber]

Our police wear their badge number and can easily be identified if necessary. There is no way they should wear their

names. It's not just for their protection, most have families as well. I think the same should go for border personnel.

Edited December 16, 2012 by Wilber

[Guest American Woman]

Our police wear their badge number and can easily be identified if necessary. There is no way they should wear their names. It's not just for their protection, most have families as well. I think the same should go for border personnel.

Front line RCMP officers wear name tags, same as is being required by front line border guards.

A badge number suffices. The problem is that the cops at the G20 removed or hid their badge numbers.

Toronto police have been required to wear name tags since 2006. The problem was that they removed their name tags.

[Wilber]

Front line RCMP officers wear name tags, same as is being required by front line border guards.

Toronto police have been required to wear name tags since 2006. The problem was that they removed their name tags.

Our guys wear their numbers sewn right on to their uniforms. The are not something you can easily remove and put back. The feds do all sorts of things in the name of PC or whatever. They also make the RCMP wear their ballistic vests on the outside of their shirts where they make a great handle for anyone they have to grapple with. The give ballistic vests to border personnel in airport arrival halls but don't let guards in maximum security prisons wear them because they might make the clientèle feel uncomfortable.

When I made the comment about cops having families, I was serious, We have first hand experience of being harassed by one of our son's former wacko clients just because we share the same name and mine was in the book and his wasn't. The calls were coming from pay phones around a West Van hospital where this worthy was a psych patient. He told me to get our number delisted when he became a cop but I didn't listen. It sure is now.

[cybercoma]

That's exactly what I mean, Wilber. There's absolutely no reason these people's names need to be public to accused persons. It's a dangerous situation for them and their families. We need to balance that with accountability for their actions, however. Individuals that are involved with the police and border guards need to be able to identify them somehow if there's an issue. This is resolved with badge numbers, which I don't believe are displayed clearly enough on the uniforms of officers anymore. They need to be plain as day and easy to remember, not a string of 20 digits. I think this is a reasonable compromise, as it protects the identity of the officer and his/her family, while still allowing someone to lodge a complaint or action against them and be able to identify the officer with his/her unique number.

[Wilber]

That's exactly what I mean, Wilber. There's absolutely no reason these people's names need to be public to accused persons. It's a dangerous situation for them and their families. We need to balance that with accountability for their actions, however. Individuals that are involved with the police and border guards need to be able to identify them somehow if there's an issue. This is resolved with badge numbers, which I don't believe are displayed clearly enough on the uniforms of officers anymore. They need to be plain as day and easy to remember, not a string of 20 digits. I think this is a reasonable compromise, as it protects the identity of the officer and his/her family, while still allowing someone to lodge a complaint or action against them and be able to identify the officer with his/her unique number.

That could be a problem with larger police departments that have been around for a long time. I don't think you will find a number much over 400 in ours. As far as size goes, the numbers are about an inch high and easily readable.