She’s speaking out and you know when she speaks out there will be no sugar-coating the facts.

The 11 days of celebration that’s just kicked off in Calgary is not a blank cheque to do what you damn well please.

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Calgary top cop Katie McLellan has a message for the idiots, for the bad actors, for the pains-in-the-butt who destroy every party and rain on every parade.

You want to act like a clown, join the circus.

“This is not an opportunity to come down and act like a hooligan,” says the city police chief.

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Deputy Chief Cliff O’Brien echoes the sentiment.

“We want people to have fun but there are rules. This is not the Wild, Wild West.

Yes, dressing up as an outlaw out of a Hollywood western movie for a week and a half doesn’t mean you can play the part in real life.

The city cops will be easy to spot in the city’s core and will be a bigger presence than in past years.

These days so many events take place off the Stampede grounds, often next to heavily populated areas.

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