Detective Helen Grus charged with “discreditable conduct” for beginning an “unauthorized investigation”
Russ Cooper , Bio and Archives--January 26, 2025
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The phrase, “Houston, we have a problem”, is a famous misquote of the Apollo 13 radio call, “Houston, we've had a problem”. nevertheless, the expression of concern and potential life-threatening danger would become a staple of the English language that would be akin to signaling the fact that extreme danger is at hand. And so it is in today's Canada when one observes the crumbling of the integrity and credibility of police forces that used to be populated by larger-than-life figures like Sam Steele of the North-West Mounted Police. The legendary Steele had a “knack for leveraging public support that could see intractable situations resolved to the benefit of the good and to the detriment of the corrupt ”. What to think today as police officers such as these, like Helen Grus, seek to investigate the possibility of corruption and then are themselves hauled before disciplinary proceedings by their superiors for doing so?
In the case of Helen Grus and her persecution by the Ottawa Police Services, it would seem that both renditions of the Apollo 13 declaration are apt. Not only does the service, and by extension the country, have a problem currently but have had one for some time now. The dilemma at hand can be traced back to the loss of the sanctity of the rule of law that Sam Steele held in such high regard. The breakdown accelerated over the course of the Wuhan virus pandemic with civil liberties being allowed to slip through the fingers of Canadian society. The process was abetted by police services who signaled their tacit approval by either quietly standing by or selectively enforcing the law. What else to think as Black Lives Matter protests were allowed to amble through Canadian streets unmolested even as Freedom Convoy 2022 protesters were clubbed by the police and trampled by their horses respectively? And what to think today as supporters of a nationally designated terrorist group are given a wink and a nod by police as they vandalize and intimidate our Jewish communities? Rule of law indeed!
The move away from having the law apply equally to all Canadians is on full display in the Helen Grus proceedings. As reported by Donald Best on his own web page and during his “In Hot” interview, the inconsistencies began mounting the day that Detective Grus began her investigations of infant deaths in the late 2021/early 2022-timeframe. It is noted worthy that, even though the terms of reference associated with her position as a member of the Ottawa Police Services “Sexual Assault and Child Abuse” section gave her full authority to investigate suspicious deaths and abuse in those under the age of five years old , she was summarily taken off the case and suspended from all duties. This was a surprising development given she had already briefed the Chief of Police and his deputy on her investigative intentions and received a green light to carry on. Her situation was then further complicated when word of her investigation was leaked to the press followed in quick succession by the convening of a disciplinary review for “discreditable conduct” for having begun an “unauthorized investigation”.
Clearly, and as noted by 45-year police veteran Donald Best, Detective Grus had all the authority she needed to conduct her investigation into the cause of multiple and unusual infant deaths. Her initial research into the case would bring to light hard evidence that linked the deaths with the concomitant rollout of Wuhan virus vaccines. Indeed, it was a vaccine manufacturer's own data that would help establish such links and, arguably, lead to the circling of wagons to keep Grus from delving deeper into the vaccine/infant death relationship. The leak of her investigation, the laying of discreditable conduct charges and the eventual disallowance of her legal team to call expert witnesses in her defense were all evidence of the wagons being circled. It was obvious that no evidence capable of challenging the “safe and effective” vaccine narrative would be allowed to surface and it was equally obvious that a message was being sent to the whole of the Canadian police community – you would be wise to give this issue a wide berth during the course of your police duties!
The fact that Ottawa Police Services (OPS) are “circling the wagons” to protect sacred, unchallengeable narratives was perhaps demonstrated most clearly when the OPS found it necessary to illegally wiretap Grus and her family under the “urgent emergency provisions of the Criminal Code when no such urgent emergency existed”. The use of such tactics, normally reserved for anti-terrorist operations, is no small indication of the desperate lengths to which the service, or someone holding authority over them, was prepared to go to discredit Grus' defense. The fact that an authority above and beyond the OPS might be involved is not an unsupported notion given the unbelievable admission made by the Service's lead prosecutor during closing arguments. Jessica Barrow asserted that Grus was out of line when she opened an investigation with “massive political implications” without attaining pre-approval by those in power. Rule of law indeed!
Lest any believe the events and political considerations associated with the Grus case are limited to the Ottawa Police Services, one need only cast back to the C3RF “In Hot” interview with Natasha Gonek in April 2024. Ms. Gonek is the seasoned medical sciences investigator who blew the whistle on Edmonton Police Service (EPS) exceedances and outright law-breaking during that city's handling of the Wuhan virus pandemic. Indeed, her observations, based on EPS's own documents as secured by Freedom of Information requests and initiated by her on behalf of EPS employees, revealed the execution of operations that trashed the Service's own professional standards. These operations included mandating the injection of rank-and-file EPS employees even though the Service knew serious injury was a possible outcome! Duty of care be damned!
And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. Revelation 12:4
Given the Ottawa and Edmonton Police Service exceedances in dealing with their work forces one might assume that Canada is dealing with a clutch of localized problems. The assumption, however, fails the smell test when one looks at the actions of Canada's highest ranking federal police officer during the investigative phases of the Nova Scotia mass murder of the spring of 2020. A mere nine days after the horrific event, itself carried out by an individual posing as an RCMP officer, RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki was expressing her frustration with the failure to release information of the weapons used by the alleged killer, thereby raising the specter of political interference since such information is generally not released during an investigation. The prospect of such an ethical lapse is made clear by notes entered by Chief Supt. Derek Campbell that declared that she (Lucki) “had promised Public Safety Minister Bill Blair and the prime minister's office that such information (firearms used) would be disclosed” in an effort to aid the “looming introduction of new gun-control legislation”. The question now becomes, is there a police force in Canada that is not a part of a Praetorian Guard?
If the prospect of a Canadian Praetorian Guard dedicated to serving the political interests of the ruling class is disconcerting, what about one that stitches together police forces at the international level? This would seem to be the case given developments across the Atlantic in “Jolly Old” where the debate rages over the failure of police to deal with widespread rape gangs. The situation has been ongoing for decades now with men, mainly of the Pakistani persuasion, preying on young white girls throughout the north of England. Police stood by paralyzed by the fear that they might be called racist even as prosecution services, headed by notables like Kier Starmer, angled to sweep these atrocious crimes under the carpet. It would seem that it was not to anyone's political benefit to deal with such mass rapes, torture and even murder. After all and as Reform Party leader Nigel Farage declared, the Muslim community in the UK is growing so fast that no political party can afford to “politically alienate” it.
The disconcerting reality created by the formation of an international Praetorian Guard, through Western societies at least, can be seen to be loaded with evil intent given the defenseless victims it targets. Prime among these are the defenseless little ones whether they be the two newborns who died in the arms of their Ottawa mothers or the estimated 250,000 white schoolgirls who suffered at the hands of scurrilous men. It's as though the biblical prophesies of Revelation have come to life as police officers, formerly lauded for their dedication to “serve and protect”, are stars that have been swept from the heavens to earth by a dragon's tail. And here they are now in countries like the UK and Canada where they aid and abet the dragon that devours the innocent. Where are the Sam Steeles?
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Major Russ Cooper (Ret’d), Founding Member, Board Chair, President and CEO of Canadian Citizens for Charter Rights and Freedoms (C3RF).
Russ Cooper is retired from both the Royal Canadian Air Force and Air Canada. In his military career, he was a decorated CF18 combat pilot and served in several staff positions as a Director of major capital acquisition projects. In the civilian aviation sector, he complimented service as an international airliner pilot with national responsibilities in the field of post 9/11 civil aviation security. He is published internationally in this latter area.
Now fully retired from his follow-on career as a Human Factors Engineer and a Transport Canada Flight Test Pilot delegate, he is pursuing an abiding interest in the preservation of fundamental Canadian Charter rights. This latter pursuit has been prompted by his sense that these rights, hard-won by the sacrifice of Canadians past, are under attack and on the verge of being lost.