RCMP Watch

Edmonton, A.B. (Canadian Press) - A disciplinary hearing has cleared an Edmonton police officer of using excessive force on a woman during a potential riot following a June 2006 NHL Oilers playoff game.
Const. Shane Connor, 28, had faced charges of discreditable conduct for striking Kristin Wilson and for swearing at her. The hearing’s presiding officer, [...]

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(Canadian Press) - Lacombe, A.B. - The sister of an Alberta man who died after being zapped by an RCMP Taser hopes a fatality inquiry will explain why an officer jolted him three times and what role the stun gun may have played in his death.
Jason Doan scuffled with three Mounties just after noon on [...]

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Kevin Rollason (Winnipeg Free Press) - The chief of the Manto Sipi Cree Nation and other northern aboriginal organizations are calling for an independent investigation into a RCMP shooting of an aboriginal man.
Terrence Yellowback, 27, was wounded after a confrontation on the reserve with an RCMP officer on April 5. RCMP had been called to [...]

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( Prince Albert Daily Herald) - The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are once more facing a barraged of negative opinion. How much more can the iconic institution endure?
With the heartbreaking loss of officers in several tragic situations still fresh in recent memory, added to the needless Taser-related death of Robert Dziekanski and the bitter aftermath [...]

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(Vancouver Province) - Anger among B.C.’s Filipino community over the alleged mistreatment of a Richmond family by RCMP demands an urgent response. The circumstances, as reported to date, are deeply disturbing.
Cesar Dalde and his wife, Harlyn, were at home last Monday night when they received a call telling them their son Charle, 24, was in [...]

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Tuesday, April 15 would have been Robert Dziekanski’s 41st birthday. His mother, Zofia Cisowski, did not spend that day with her son. Instead, she went to Ottawa to speak to a House committee investigating the death of that very son.
Dziekanski was shocked with a Taser at Vancouver airport on Oct, 14, 2007. He died writhing [...]

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(Press Release) - Aspiring Mounties and the media are invited to come and learn more about what it takes to be part of Canada’s national police force.
For the first time in Oshawa, at the Fernhill/Nipigon Community Centre, RCMP Recruiting will be showcasing some of its units to the general public.
Featured will be members of the [...]

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Keith Fraser (Vancouver Province) - A Maple Ridge man is suing the owner of a horse and a Mountie after he suffered serious injuries when his motorcycle struck the animal in the middle of the Lougheed Highway in Deroche last July.
Jeffery Matthew McNair says in a statement of claim that the horse owner, Teresa Kelly, [...]

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(Toronto Star Editorial) - A human rights ruling in favour of a former RCMP cadet who suffered taunts and discrimination while at the force’s Regina training depot in 1999 should serve as a wake-up call to Canada’s national police.
In a decision this week, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal found Ali Tahmourpour, who is Muslim, was [...]

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Pictou, N.S. (Canadian Press) - A Pictou County RCMP officer accused of fraud and theft has been committed to stand trial.
A judge has determined there is enough evidence to warrant a trial for Const. Blair Francis Gorman.
The 42-year-old officer is charged with stealing gasoline from the federal government, unauthorized use of a credit card, and [...]

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