Public Complaints Investigation Bureau
951 Wilson Avenue,
Unit 5,
Toronto, Ontario
M3K 2A7
Telephone: (416) 808-4652 William G. Hagglund
2237 Munns Ave., West,
Oakville, Ontario
L6H 3M9
Telephone: 905 844 6216
Email: elrond1@home.com
Dear Sirs: This is a complaint regarding what I perceive to be the improper, excessive, and dangerous use of force by MTPD Detectives Bonenfant and Glavin of 22 Division (fugitive squad) using the Halton Police ETF on Monday, May 28, 2001, to arrest my houseguest Mr. Henson. In fact, I characterize the arrest and the actions around the arrest as an unusual example of police terror against a citizen of Canada and his guest. After a month I still have nightmares of guns shoved in my face. First, however, I consider Halton Police blameless. Even the incredibly bad choice of location, right outside the main doors of the Oakville Place Mall, was under the control of Detective Bonenfant. The location put the public at serious risk had one of the EFT members tripped and accidentally discharged a weapon. These are serious allegations of professional misconduct and I do not make them lightly. I have a documented history of strong support of law enforcement. I would not make these allegations if I did not think they merited investigation. Therefore, in order to understand the circumstances preceding this misconduct I must explain briefly events leading up to what I characterize as "the improper, excessive, and dangerous use of force" at the direction of MTPD officers. The reason that my houseguest Mr Henson (subject of the fugitive warrant executed May 28th) is Canada is well documented. He and I have been involved for a number of years in exposing the criminal activities of Scientology. Scientology is multi-national corporation posing as a "church." It is, in actuality, a front for a wide range of criminal scams, and has been known to infiltrate or corrupt various levels of governments, endeavouring to insulate itself from prosecution. It has had both successes and reverses in the world's courts. In the US the FBI's threat assessment group considers it organized crime, even though the IRS granted Scientology 501c3 charity status. (Now under investigation.) In Canada Scientology has a criminal record for Breaches of the Public Trust and there was judicial finding of egregious sustained libellous persecution by Scientology of former Crown Prosecutor Casey Hill. I first met Mr. Henson 1976 at a science fiction convention in Kansas City when I was providing security with a group known as the Dorsai Irregulars, and Mr. Henson was speaking on the latest research progress from a study being conducted by NASA on space colonies. In recent years our paths crossed again as both of us were attracted to the major battle being fought in cyberspace between free speech advocates and the "Church" of Scientology. This battle spills out of cyberspace since pickets and demonstrations are organized there to protest the abuses of the cult. I have personally organized or attended more than 50 uniformly peaceful demonstrations in Toronto and elsewhere. I was also principally involved in supplying part of the information that led to the rejection by Revenue Canada of Scientology's application for charity status in 1997. Thereafter Scientology labelled me a "suppressive person" who was, by their internal policies, "to be lied to, tricked or destroyed". Mr. Henson has also been similarly "labelled" and has picketed Scientology facilities close to 250 times. He is well known internationally as an Internet based free speech advocate of long standing. Neither Mr. Henson nor I have ever been involved in Scientology as members. I scheduled a protest picket for a Scientology event in Toronto on May 12. Mr. Henson was invited to attend. He traveled from California and had a return ticket for the next day. Mr. Henson was about to be sentenced in California to 200 days in jail for the misdemeanour (ultimately) of picketing Scientology. His trial has drawn international press attention for its kangaroo court atmosphere in a Scientology controlled town. (See attachments.) Unfortunately, Mr. Henson did not know of the obligation to inform Immigration of his misdemeanour conviction when he entered Canada for a two day visit. Regrettably, I also did not remark upon this obligation. After Mr. Henson participated in our protest picket he elected to stay an extra day and at my suggestion, consulted Mamann and Associates, Immigration law specialists. On May 14th Mr. Mamann examined the details of Mr. Henson's case, which were available on the Internet. To my amazement, Mr. Mamann's expert opinion was that Mr. Henson would qualify, uniquely, as a political refugee from the United States. Shortly thereafter a serious threat to Mr. Henson's safety, should he be imprisoned in Hemet, was posted on the Internet by a known Scientology spokesperson. Given the expert opinion of Mr. Mamann, Mr. Henson elected to stay here rather than return to California for sentencing, imprisonment and likely torture or death. He paid a retainer to Mamann and Associates. Mamann and Associates was very busy during the time from May 17th to May 28th, the day he was arrested. Mr. Henson had an appointment to file his Refugee Claim on the afternoon of May 29th. Scientology representatives in Canada complained to Immigration about Mr. Henson's presence on or after May 12th. Toronto Scientology Intelligence Officer Mr. A. Buttnor was ordered by his superiors to falsely inform Immigration that Mr. Henson posed a terrorist threat to Canadian citizens. However, Immigration apparently issued an arrest warrant for Mr. Henson based only on his failure to inform Immigration Canada, as he entered the country, of his misdemeanour conviction in California. Mr. Buttnor also falsely informed the fugitive squad that Mr. Henson had posted bomb threats on the Internet. Scientology Dept. 20, Office of Special Affairs (OSA--once known as the Guardian's Office) where Mr. Buttnor is posted, also supplied to 22 Division officers numerous documents tailored or doctored to support Scientology's complaints. These false allegations could have been shown to be untrue with very little effort, given the Internet alone, not to mention the international police information resources available to these officers. In fact, even this effort was unnecessary on the part of fugitive squad officers since it is apparent that, from their subsequent statements to the press, they were aware their source was a criminal organization: Scientology. This "reliable source" has a history in this country of attempts to deceive the Crown, subvert local law enforcement and obstruct justice and has a criminal conviction as a corporation for Breaches of the Public Trust. Part of the subsequent questionable actions and inactions of these officers demonstrates they were aware from the outset that these allegations about Mr. Henson were baseless. Certainly a routine check of CPIC would have indicated, based on my record, that Mr. Henson would have, more than likely, been surrendered quietly by me had these Officers cared to use the phone. The "reliance" of MTPD Detectives upon the unfounded claim that Mr. Henson was a "pipe bomb maker" was, in my opinion, using the barest thread of legal justification for an excessive use of force when arresting Mr Henson and detaining me. Their actions appear to have been designed either to bully or terrorize Mr. Henson and me. They certainly succeeded in terrorizing me. These officers revealed their subterfuge when, despite having exigent circumstances, they did not bother to have my vehicle searched at the time of the arrest. Nor, apparently, did they make any effort to obtain a search warrant for my home where it was known Mr. Henson was openly residing from May 12th to May 28th. It is obvious these officers knew the "pipe bomb" threat information was completely unreliable, else they would have been obligated to search my family residence as a potential "bomb factory". However, while conducting surveillance of my suburban home, these officers inexplicably informed at least one of my neighbours that I was harbouring an American fugitive wanted on "explosive related charges." MTPD officers stopped my neighbour, Mr. Keresteci (905 849 4671), at the local school where he was delivering his two young daughters and recklessly spread this alarming misinformation. (Hopefully this was only coincidentally the same kind of "noisy investigation" routinely initiated by Scientology against anyone it perceives as an Enemy.) This was an inexcusable act of domestic terrorism since these officers must have known that no such charges existed. Either that or the Officers in question displayed a level of incompetence I find unbelievable for Detective Grade Officers of the MTPD. Please read below attached public posting I made shortly after my brief detention and the arrest of Mr. Henson on May 28th at the hands of Halton ETF under the direction of Detective Bonenfant of the MTPD. On May 31st Immigration conducted a first information hearing on Mr. Henson's case. Officers Glavin and Bonenfant put in an extraordinary appearance. They falsely asserted a 52 division Sergeant's report from May 21st, somehow unavailable at that time, would show Mr. Henson was a danger. On June 7th an Immigration adjudicator examined the documentation supplied by Scientology's Dept 20, both to Immigration and MTPD. This examination was thorough. On June 8th Mr. Henson was released by Immigration and granted provisional refugee status in Canada. I request a rigorous investigation of the apparent misconduct of these officers and their apparent open collaboration with a criminal organization (Scientology in Canada). I have served the Crown myself briefly as a Customs Officer and have always supported and trusted law enforcement. It is a scandal that I now experience feelings of fear when I encounter police officers as a direct result of the inexcusable actions of Detectives Glavin and Bonenfant. I still have nightmares where police are shoving Glock handguns or machineguns in my face. It is also a scandal that other more forthright MTPD Detectives currently have sufficient evidence to lay numerous criminal charges against members, agents and corporate Scientology itself, yet can not do so due to "lack of resources". These charges include criminal harassments, assaults, and extortion. Further intensive investigation could likely develop into substantiating the charges relating to organized crime offences, fraud, tax evasion, practicing medicine without a licence and once again, breaches of the public trust by obtaining and publishing private credit information.
Sincerely,
W. G. Hagglund. P.S.: the local press including the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Hamilton Spectator, and Now Magazine has covered these events. Subsequent local press coverage will likely focus, in part, on MTPD officers apparently acting, either coincidentally or deliberately, in Scientology's criminal interest. Samples of international press coverage of Mr. Henson's unusual story are also attached. Oakville Ontario
Monday May 28, 2001. I returned to my home in Oakville at 1:15 PM from my employment. As I entered my driveway I felt, once again, the prying eyes of watchers. I glanced about and felt I had spotted Scientology Intelligence (Office of Special Affairs) or hired PI thugs watching my home. It would not be the first time. This was not unexpected. Keith and I had peacefully picketed Scientology in Toronto numerous times in the last 10 days. They had not yet come to picket my home and harass my wife and children again. At the pickets the Scientologists had stopped sending out its goons squad to harass me and *quietly walk elbow to elbow with Keith Henson* discussing his conviction on concocted OSA lies in the US. Instead, the Co$ had taken to hand wringing, hiding and wailing to the police they were being terrorized by our presence and the words of our signs and handouts. Keith and I had theorized they would begin to tail us so they would have forewarning whenever we loaded a car with Picket materials and headed into Toronto. But today it was not the OSA. It was something more terrible. Something sickening to me: Perversion of the Canadian Justice System by a Criminally Convicted Corporation: Scientology. At approximately 2:15 pm Keith Henson and I were shopping at the Oakville Place Mall. Finished, we went to my four-door Protégé, which was parked, in the lower parking lot near the main entrance to the Grocery store and the Mall Food Court. We were seated in the vehicle, which was the last car in a row of cars, with the passenger door opening onto the lane way. Immediately after I started the car, the Oakville Police ETF executed a High Risk Take Down upon myself and Keith Henson. An unmarked Van blocked the rear of my car and another unmarked van pulled up on the passenger side of the vehicle. My first reaction was that these were Scientology paid Bounty Hunters attempting to do a kidnapping of Keith, Then I saw the blue Flak jackets, uniforms and badges for a moment and after that all I saw was guns. Lots of guns. Two Officers carrying machine guns had Keith in their sights and were standing to the right of the car. Two more, with drawn Glock handguns, had me in their line of fire. We were ordered to freeze and keep our hands in view. Keith slowly raised his. As did I. Keith was ordered to exit the vehicle, hands in view and to lie prone on the ground. Keith complied without comment. He was quickly handcuffed (and shortly thereafter gently raised to his feet.) Then an officer opened my door and took control of me with a grip and twist of my left wrist. I was taken from the car to the rear of the vehicle and bent over the trunk. My pockets were emptied and fanny pack removed. I was also handcuffed. The Halton Police Emergency Task Force had acted professionally and gained total control of this situation in moments. They were, given the circumstances, courteous and considerate of the Grandfather they were arresting and the slightly overweight middle-aged local citizen they were detaining for the moment. At the scene were at least six ETF officers in battle gear, at least one of which was a woman. There were also at least three marked cruisers, besides the two unmarked vans, and another 4 to 6 uniform Oakville uniformed cops. There was also the leader of this High Risk Take Down; A Metro Toronto Police Force Detective form 22 Division. I believe his name was Bonenfant. The Detective was in plain clothes and questioned me briefly to record my particulars. He made certain statements to me, which I shall not repeat at this time, but have forwarded to Keith's Legal counsel here in Canada. The Detective stated he was executing an Immigration Canada Warrant for Keith Henson's Arrest. And had employed the Halton Police ETF and Uniformed Officers to execute the warrant. Keith was to be taken to 22 Division in Toronto and handed over to Immigration there. I later discovered he was then to be sent to the infamous Immigration Metro West Holding Centre at 111 Disco Rd in Etobicoke. This is near the Toronto International Airport. I immediately called Keith's Immigration Lawyers: Mamann and Associates. Mr. Polton was on the case immediately and shortly thereafter spoke with Keith and the Immigration Officer detaining him at 22 Division. The apparent basis of this Immigration Warrant is the allegation Keith Henson failed to disclose information to Immigration Canada, when he entered Canada on May 12, 2001. That information was an alleged Felony Fugitive Warrant in the US, and/or a misdemeanour conviction for a so-called "hate crime" (Calif 422.6) in California. The fact is Keith was not wanted at that time. And tho' he may be wanted now for a misdemeanour flight this itself is not a violation, according to the Lawyers. Also, since Keith is in process of claiming Refugee Status from Scientology oppression of Free Speech and endangerment of his life, all backed by US Government assent, then Keith's failure "to act with candour" and volunteer to immigration that he was convicted of a misdemeanour in California, is moot. This arrest was a perversion of Canadian Justice. According to Immigration and Metro Police they were acting on a "tip from a reliable source" that Keith Henson was a danger to the community. How ironic. Scientology lies are considered reliable. L. Ron Hubbard was right about some things: "You can control people by lies..." "the law can be very easily used to harass". "Find or *manufacture* enough threat ... to ruin him utterly." " To control local government overtly overwhelm them or covertly infiltrate and subvert them." " Tell acceptable truths." There was *no* justification in the law to execute this kind of high tension *armed and dangerous* arrest. Immigration and the Metro and Oakville Police Department were acting strictly on false and misleading information supplied to them from Criminal Scientology sources. Even the police at the scene finally realized that the "armed and dangerous" grandfather Keith Henson was not threat and never was because my car was never searched and neither has my home been searched for any stray ICBMs. The lies of Criminal Scientology put Officers, a Citizen and a Tourist starting a Refugee claim, at risk. One or more officials at the Immigration or Metro and Oakville Police has acted precipitously, without all the facts or doing all the homework and an incredible disability which prevent the simple use of a phone. To call me. The police knew Keith Henson was staying at my home. Had the Officer In Charge of this sickeningly dangerous circus bothered to check the CPIC system they would have found my record to be spotless. They would have found out I qualify for Airport Security clearance. They would have discovered I was instrumental in the arrest, trial and conviction of my own son on minor drug trafficking offences a few years ago. (My son has straightened out nicely.) They would have found out that they could have simply *called* me and asked for Keith to surrender himself at the Oakville Police station. And it would have been done. The ETF action was not justified, not rational, and while executed flawlessly was an unnecessary risk which put the lives or the Officers, Keith, myself and the public at large in a crowded shopping mall parking lot all in *real* jeopardy. And this jeopardy is the direct result of the Lies of Criminals in the Criminal Cult of Scientology. I think it is time for Federal, Ontario and especially Toronto Police authorities to get off the pot and act on the *volumes* of evidence supplied and at their disposal. Instead of acting on the unreliable tips of Criminally Convicted Scientology, the Police should lay charges on the Toronto Org of Scientology and specific members, for the known and evidentiary proven acts of Extortion, Violent Assault, multiple acts of Criminal Harassment over the last 5 years, Criminal Mischief, Organized Crime Gang Activity and Trademark Infringements the Scientologists have committed. Not "tips" but real hard evidence: victim interviews, videoed victim statements, audio recordings of extortion threats, video recordings of intimidation of individuals by groups of Scientology thugs, death threats, eyewitness accounts and victim complaints of assault, years of evidence of stalking and harassments by criminal Scientology OSA operatives, organized libel campaigns, threats to disrupt individuals places of employment, including public schools and investigations of teachers and staff, deliberate terrorizing of elderly parents and siblings of those critical to Scientology in Canada, video recordings of Scientology hate crimes against gay/bisexual critics, false statements by Scientology to Police and other *real* evidence. Maybe I should just call in an anonymous tip and claim Scientology has ICBMs. Why not? It worked for the Criminally Convicted Cult of Greed and Power. What is really ironic is that cash strapped Metro Toronto is partly funding these documented criminal activities by the Criminal Cult. Toronto has given and apparently continues to grant Scientology a 50% property tax break on their Yonge and St Mary property. A property that is mainly used to retail and run quid pro quo workshops called "courses" and "processing" etc. The US Supreme court, in 1993, and basing its decision on English common law, ruled that Scientology "courses and processes" were a profit making enterprise and should be taxed. (The US IRS subsequently infamously ignored this as has weak willed Congress/Senate). Charities Division of the former Revenue Canada did not grant Scientology Religious Charity Status in part because Scientology eschews charity as "rewarding the downstat." As did the Tax authorities in Great Britain. Perhaps Ottawa, Ontario and especially authorities in Toronto are less interested in justice and fair play in the courts and in the division of property tax liabilities than tackling the infamously litigious well-heeled and very criminal cult of Scientology. After all why pull the tail of the skunk? Scientology is too small a fraud and too loud an opponent to bother with, eh? Maybe if the politcos had ETF guns shoved in their faces because of Scientology lies they would get the moral backbone to do their jobs, difficult as that might be. This mess is going public with the high profile Immigration Law Firm of Mamann and Associates acting for Keith Henson. And a lot of red faces are likely on the Federal and Toronto political scene when it is shown they were duped once more by Canada's only Criminally Convicted "Church": Scientology. Wm. Gregg Hagglund
Press Secretary
Refugee Committee,
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http://freehenson.da.ru
****The goal of the [cult's] department [of governmental affairs] is to bring the government and hostile philosophies or societies into a state of complete compliance with the goals of Scientology. This is done by a high level ability to control and in its absence by a low level ability to overwhelm. Introvert such agencies. Control such agencies. -- L. Ron Hubbard