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Volume 12, Issue 27, Week of July 6, 2015
Saskatoonʼs REAL Community Newspaper
More Indian Ernie
Former city police officer releases second book Ernie Louttit was a beat cop for most of his 26 years with the Saskatoon Police Service (Photo by Steve Gibb) Tammy Robert Saskatoon Express or a guy who is supposed to be retired, Saskatoon’s Ernie Louttit isn’t taking much time off. Better known around these parts as the retired Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) officer dubbed “Indian Ernie,” a nickname given to him by the children on his beat, Louttit has just released his second book in less than two years. His latest book, More Indian Ernie: Insights From the Streets, again focuses primarily on his experiences
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and knowledge gained during his 26-year tenure with the SPS. “I wrote the second book because I knew there were a lot more stories I wanted to share,” said Louttit from his home in Saskatoon, where he continues to get used to adult life as an ununiformed civilian, a first for the man who has been in uniform, in one form or another, since he was 17 years old. “Every story from this book leads into another one. People were very receptive to my first book, and encouraged me to
write a second.” Continuing in the same vein as his first book, Louttit draws back the curtain on police work, giving the reader a window into the situations and circumstances he and his colleagues face while patrolling the streets of our city. For many readers, this may be their first glimpse into what Saskatoon police officers deal with beyond traffic incidents, or the grim, even horrifying, reality of what lies behind the yellow tape. At times the stories are not for the faint of heart, such
as Louttit’s recounting of hunting for the missing brain of a gunshot suicide victim, and then finding it clear across the room from the body, lying in a mop bucket. Yet the point of his book is not to shock or titillate. Louttit masterfully weaves the power of empathy, and even potential solutions to some of the issues facing those marginalized in society, into his narrative. In fact, if he had to choose just one thing for readers to take away from this book, he knows exactly what it would be. (Continued on page 4)