Edmonton in the news! According to Yahoo News, the SWAT team was dispatched today to rescue an abducted woman, but it turned out to be part of a wierd abduction fetish fantasy role-playing game between her and her kidnapping boyfriend. The police complained that "It wasn't so funny for us because we burned up a lot of taxpayers' money dealing with this." I'm beginning to see Edmonton's true colors: a city that mobilized upwards of thirty police officers to patrol crowds and parades when the national Gray Cup football game was held here a few months ago. A city that instantly dispatches officers just because all evidence indicates that a woman is in mortal danger. As an American, I must ask: even if these "effective police strategies" are saving lives, and even if the city is faced with the threats of brutal gang attacks and a serial killer who abducts women from off the streets, is it really worth annoying a non-victim? If this were the US then the "abduction" would already be an episode of Cold Case Files.