Yellowknife parole officer murdered.YELLOWKNIFE, NT -- Louise Pargeter, a parole parole (pərōl`), in criminal law, release from prison of a convict before the expiration of his term on condition that his activities be restricted and that he report regularly to an officer. officer with the Correctional Services of Canada lost her life in tragic circumstances. Her body was found in an apartment after a co-worker stated that she had failed to return from a home visit to an offender. The Yellowknife man, in whose apartment she had been found was charged with first degree murder. MP Peter MacKay Peter Gordon MacKay, Conservative, QC, MP (born September 27, 1965) serves as the member of Parliament (MP) for Central Nova, Nova Scotia, Canada's Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. , deputy leader of the Conservative Party, claimed the case highlights the dangers associated with statutory release and with some of the lax controls in place for protecting parole officers. Parole officers visit parolees in their home settings from time to time and this was her first visit to the man. Louise Pargeter was featured in the CSC's magazine, Let's Talk, in 2001 visiting parolees in a native treatment facility in a remote camp in the Territory. A spokesperson for the CSC (Card Security Code) A three- or four-digit number printed on the back of credit cards for security purposes. Called "Card Verification Value" (CVV) by Visa, "Card Validation Code" (CVC) by MasterCard and "Card Identification (CID) by American Express and Discover, said the death is being investigated "to see if something can be done to prevent something like this from happening again." Louise Pargeter is the second parole officer in Canada to be killed in the line of duty In the Line of Duty may refer to:
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