Pubdate: Sat, 22 Apr 2006
Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB)
Copyright: 2006 The Calgary Sun
Contact:  http://www.calgarysun.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/67
Author: Kevin Martin
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada)

COP DEVICE NO PEEPER

The device cops use to weed out dope growers doesn't peer into 
people's personal lives, a police expert said yesterday.

Const. Roger Morrison testified digital recording ammeters only 
measure household electricity use. Morrison told prosecutor Eleanor 
Funk the equipment, which has helped police find about 400 grow 
operations, can't detect goings-on inside homes.

"Can you tell when someone is sitting in a bath, or a hot tub, or 
taking a shower?" Funk asked. "No," said Morrison, head of the joint 
Calgary police and RCMP Southern Alberta Marijuana Investigation Team.

"Can you determine religious convictions ... or sexual orientation?" 
the prosecutor asked. "No," Morrison said.

The cop was testifying at the trial of suspected marijuana grower 
Daniel James Gomboc.

Gomboc, 30, faces charges of possession of marijuana for the purpose 
of trafficking and cultivation in connection with a police raid on 
his Summercrest St. S.W. home Feb. 3, 2004.
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