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Constable Garrett Styles York Regional Police Service Incident

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On June 28, 2011, Constable Garrett Styles was killed in the line of duty when after initiating a traffic stop he was dragged and pinned beneath the vehicle he had pulled over. Within hours of his death, the radio transmissions Constable Styles made while trapped beneath that vehicle, mortally wounded and clearly in pain and distress, were broadcast and published by the Canadian news media. The Canadian news media obtained these transmissions from audio feed archives from RadioReference's Live Audio Platform.

Following this, RadioReference received the following letter from Industry Canada:

RadioReference subsequently received this letter from Chief Eric Jolliff, Chief of Police of the York Regional Police Service.

RadioReference sent Chief Eric Jolliff this official response.

In summary, RadioReference's position is