Banff mayor urges police restraint during environment meeting

November 21, 2001
Source: Miami Herald
Original story - link verified on November 21, 2001

The mayor of a picturesque Rocky Mountain town doesn't want to see baton-wielding, heavily armored police patrolling its streets during next April's meeting of G-8 environment ministers. Deputy Mayor John Stutz is urging RCMP to refrain from overt shows of force during the two-day meeting, which starts April 11. That meeting is about two months prior to the G-8 summit meeting in Kananaskis Country, where security will be an issu

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