Corner of Bourbon & Division

Hey, does anyone craft-oriented (i.e., arts and crafts, like knitting and such, not the other Craft) in Montreal know of a place where I can get yarn in safety orange?

Don't ask. ;)

Okay, here I am appealing to the research-types on my list again. :)

I'm trying to find some sort of documentation, or anecdotal evidence, or anything at all, about what life is like in the Montreal police force (SPVM, for those of you who want the acronym: website is here).

See, I'd like to know what the ratio of Anglophones to Francophones is, whether there's still any cultural/linguistic tensions on that front, what have you. Or, conversely, if there are new cultural and racial tensions, for that matter. Anything at all. There are roughly 42,000 police officers in Montreal, 25% of which are women, according to the official website.

However, the official website is unlikely to tell me the whole story. Also, it doesn't appear to provide the names of the various departments (they seem altogether too keen on extolling the virtues of their "police de quartier" program, which, while laudable, is really not something that interests me right now). Or anything about the hierarchy, or anything that could be remotely useful to me. Meh.

So, help?

Any information at all about the SPVM would help, really. Anything at all. :)