RCMP Watch

Catherine Rolfsen (Vancouver Sun) - An RCMP officer is under investigation after she accidentally discharged her gun at her home Thursday morning.
“The bullet went through the wall and into the living space of the next-door neighbour where it lodged in the door frame of the bathroom,” said RCMP Const. Patrick Davies.
“The neighbours were home at [...]

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Clara Ho, Edmonton, AB (Canwest News Service) - RCMP Commissioner William Elliott volunteered to be Tasered by his staff, the Mounties revealed on Friday.
Alberta Solicitor General Fred Lindsay and his parliamentary assistant Rob Anderson, were also tasered at the force’s Edmonton K Division headquarters. The three were on a tour of the division’s emergency response [...]

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Tom Zytaruk (Surrey Now) - A knife fight between two married cops spawned a series of acrimonious litigations that included allegations of negligence and malicious prosecution against a third cop who investigated the assault.
The case centred on a knife fight between two married officers in their home in 1994. Both parties - Patrick Reilly, of [...]

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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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Matthew Ramsey, Vancouver, B.C. (Canwest News Service) - A B.C. Mountie has received informal discipline for posting a dating profile online using a picture of himself in his red serge uniform to find transgendered and transsexual mates.
“I am looking to meet mature Thai women who are interested in a sincere friendship that can develop into [...]

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Kamloops, B.C. (Canadian Press) -A B.C. judge should throw out charges stemming from a multimillion-dollar RCMP investigation into a national auto-theft ring after a security breach left crucial evidence exposed to theft and tampering, says a defence lawyer.
Alexander Watt said charges against the four accused men should be stayed due to the breach, which resulted [...]

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Whistler (CKNW AM980) - Whistler RCMP are apologizing to a man they say was wrongly identified in a series of suspect photographs.
Last Thursday, Mounties released photos of four people wanted on warrants for offenses in Whistler.
But, one of the photos of a Michael Wilson was a picture of another, innocent person of the same name.

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Dawn Roberts (Asian Pacific Post) - RCMP Recruiter Cst. Mandeep Atwal had many dreams growing up, but he had no idea that his passion for football would in time create the crucial foundation for his future job as a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
The son of new immigrants from India, Mandeep and [...]

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Dirk Meissner, Victoria, B.C. (Canadian Press) - It used to be the image of Dudley Do-Right, the squeaky-clean Mountie, that was etched into the minds of Canadians when they considered the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
But what’s more likely to come to mind now are the chilling last screams of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski as he [...]

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(CBC) - RCMP are investigating after two campus officers were caught on film playfully posing with young women and lending them handcuffs while on duty, a police spokesman confirmed Thursday night.
Sgt. Pierre Lemaitre said the RCMP are “very concerned” about the case and are taking it seriously.
Photos obtained by CBC News show the two officers [...]

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