Why the Hell is a Texas state trooper doing spot checks in Canada!

Somebody please tell me why we have Texas State Troopers patrolling Canadian highways?

VANCOUVER -- The long arm of a Texas state trooper is long, indeed. Just how long an off-duty Vancouver police officer discovered last summer when he was driving along the highway just beyond Hope, 150 kilometres east of here. Who should wave him over and ask to see his driver's licence and vehicle registration but a tall man with a thick Texan accent?

Yep. Sure as shootin', it was a state trooper from Texas, all right.

This story from the CBC has a bit more detail about the incident.

"We have different freedoms than they have," Laing says. "You don't want to mesh too much. You don't want your police meshing to the point where we start taking on other police jurisdictions' policies." The RCMP settled with Laing out of court when he threatened to sue for unlawful detention. But the Mounties defend the search, saying Laing looked suspicious because his eyelashes were fluttering and his eyes were flashing.

Flashing? Did you say Flashing? The HORROR!!

My eyes would have been flashing too. Do we really need their fascism up here? Didn't think so.