RCMP Watch

Christine Kearney, New York (Reuters) - A Canadian who says he was whisked off a plane in New York and sent illegally to Syria where he was tortured for a year lost his case against the U.S. government on Monday on a technicality.
Maher Arar, a Syrian-born software engineer, sued U.S. government officials in 2004 over his [...]

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Victoria Stagg Elliott, Chicago, Il., USA (American Medical News) - In response to concerns about the expanding use of Tasers and their possible impact on health, the AMA’s Council on Science and Public Health will gather scientific data on injuries and deaths that may be connected to these electronic control devices for a future report, [...]

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(Canadaeast News Service) - The RCMP wants to become more visible to the public it serves. That’s a key objective from a recent review of RCMP services in New Brunswick.
Chief Supt. Wayne Lang said one of the biggest issues RCMP members hear from the public has to do with visibility.
“It’s absolutely critical that we maximize [...]

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(250 News) Prince George, B.C. -  There is now a  third probe into the in custody  death of 42 year old Cheryl Anne Bouey of Prince George.
The Chair of the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP, Paul E. Kennedy, has initiated a complaint into the conduct of those unidentified RCMP members involved in the arrest, and [...]

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Linda Nguyen (Ottawa Citizen) - The RCMP officer who pepper-sprayed a group of aboriginals, including a seven-month-old baby, celebrating a soccer game victory on a Sechelt, B.C., reserve last July has been cleared of wrongdoing, an internal investigation concluded.
First Nations Summit Grand Chief Edward John, an independent observer during the investigation into the July 2, 2007, [...]

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TASER International Press Release:
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. USA - TASER International, Inc. (Nasdaq:TASR), a market leader in advanced electronic control devices (ECDs), issued the following NEWS ALERT:
According to an article in the June 26, 2008 edition of The Globe and Mail, a Nanaimo RCMP officer used a TASER electronic control device Saturday morning to save a man [...]

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Pieta Woolley (Straight.com) - Last year’s RCMP pepper-spraying of several Sechelt band infants, youths, and elders was “regrettable” but “appropriate in the circumstances”, according to a police report obtained by the Georgia Straight. Then-chief Stan Dixon laid a complaint into the July 2007 incident with the Sunshine Coast RCMP detachment. Of the four allegations of [...]

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Bal Brach (National Post) - A woman arrested for public intoxication died Thursday while being held at an RCMP facility in the central B.C. city of Prince George, according to an RCMP news release.
Just after midnight Thursday, police received a complaint of a half-naked man rolling around in the bushes near the College Heights pub.
When [...]

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Matt Kieltyka (24 Hours) - The use of Tasers needs to be restricted, according to the the chair of the body that oversees RCMP complaints.
Paul Kennedy, chair of the Commission for Public Complaints against the RCMP, appeared before the Braidwood Inquiry into Taser use on Wednesday and said he has a problem with the way [...]

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Vancouver, B.C. (Canadian Press) - B.C.’s police complaint commissioner says he doesn’t advocate a moratorium on the use of Tasers but they have become a “tool of convenience” and more testing, study and training is required.
Dirk Ryneveld told a B.C. public inquiry Wednesday that he’s had a long-standing concern with the Taser and how it’s [...]

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