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		<title>Nanaimo RCMP officer facing assault charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Nanaimo Daily News) &#8211; NANAIMO &#8212; An RCMP officer serving in the Nanaimo RCMP detachment on Vancouver Island has been charged with assaulting a 47-year-old woman who was being fingerprinted at the city detachment.
Police announced the charges on Thursday and said the officer, Const. Derek Brown, used excessive force on the woman while in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RCMP to pursue allegations of disgraceful conduct against officer involved in shooting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RCMP Watch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Matthew Gauk, Nanaimo, B.C. (Nanaimo Daily News) &#8211; Allegations pertaining to an internal code of conduct investigation into a Nanaimo RCMP officer in connection with the September 2009 shooting of a Chemainus man have been substantiated, police said Wednesday.
The RCMP will pursue the allegations of disgraceful conduct on Const. David Pompeo in an adjudication hearing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surrey RCMP pull dog and handler after suspect bitten</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RCMP Watch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Surrey, B.C. (NEWS1130) &#8211; An RCMP dog handler is riding a desk and his canine partner is off work after a 16-year-old robbery suspect was bitten in the face and arm over the weekend in Surrey.
The mounties have now asked New Westminster Police to handle the case
The teen was taken down by the canine early [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tasering of man by RCMP ‘unnecessary and excessive,’ police watchdog says</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RCMP Watch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kenyon Wallace (Toronto Star) &#8211; The simultaneous use of two tasers by RCMP officers on a Prince George, B.C. man who later died in police custody was “unreasonable, unnecessary and excessive,” says a new report by the force’s watchdog.
The Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP says Constables Glenn Caston and Kevin O’Donnell violated police [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surrey RCMP review police dog arrest</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RCMP Watch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[British Columbia (CBC News) &#8211; The RCMP is reviewing the arrest of a 16-year-old boy from North Surrey who was apparently mauled in the face by a police dog during his arrest.
According to reports the boy was hospitalized with deep gashes to his face sustained during his arrest. The boy&#8217;s parents told CTV News they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Central Saanich police to investigate RCMP complaint</title>
		<link>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/central-saanich-police-to-investigate-rcmp-complaint/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RCMP Watch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Victoria Times Colonist) &#8211; The RCMP have called in the Central Saanich police to investigate allegations that a Nanaimo Mountie injured a man during an impaired-driving arrest.
The 54-year-old Nanaimo man was arrested on Dec. 5, 2009, for impaired driving. Almost two years after the arrest, in November 2011, the man filed a complaint with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Complaint filed against RCMP officer</title>
		<link>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/complaint-filed-against-rcmp-officer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Penticton Western News) &#8211; A Penticton man has lodged a complaint against an RCMP officer after suffering a broken leg at the time of his arrest.
Sgt. Rob Vermeulen, senior media relations officer, said an independent investigation is being conducted by the Nelson Police Department into the arrest of the man on New Year&#8217;s Eve in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RCMP officer docked pay after assault on prisoners</title>
		<link>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/rcmp-officer-docked-pay-after-assault-on-prisoners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/rcmp-officer-docked-pay-after-assault-on-prisoners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 04:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RCMP Watch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gary Dimmock, Ottawa (Ottawa Citizen) &#8211; A Mountie whose blog was shut down by the national police force earlier this year for calling aspiring models “second-class, working whores” and “skanks” has been docked 10 days pay after admitting to assaulting two inmates in a cellblock.
One of the inmates was handcuffed when RCMP Const. Shawn Kropielniski [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mountie docked 10 days&#8217; pay for assault</title>
		<link>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/mountie-docked-10-days-pay-for-assault/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/mountie-docked-10-days-pay-for-assault/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RCMP Watch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gary Dimmock (Ottawa Citizen) &#8211; A Mountie whose blog was shut down by the national police force earlier this year for calling aspiring models &#8220;second-class, working whores&#8221; and &#8220;skanks&#8221; has been docked 10 days pay after admitting to assaulting two inmates in a cellblock.
One of the inmates was handcuffed when RCMP Const. Shawn Kropielniski lost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Mountie delivers candid, scathing view of force at the brink</title>
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		<comments>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/top-mountie-delivers-candid-scathing-view-of-force-at-the-brink/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Colin Freeze (Globe and Mail) &#8211; Admitting to a culture of bullying and a legacy of botched investigations, the Mounties’ new commander says his police force faces obsolescence if it doesn’t get its act together – and quickly.
RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson says his mandate is to “clear-cut” problems that have taken root so deeply in [...]]]></description>
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