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	<title>RCMP Watch &#187; Lack of Resources</title>
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	<description>Who is keeping them accountable?</description>
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		<title>RCMP struggling to fill jobs, internal documents reveal</title>
		<link>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/rcmp-struggling-to-fill-jobs-internal-documents-reveal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RCMP Watch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lack of Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senior Management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Katie Derosa (Times Colonist) &#8211; Internal RCMP documents show the force scrambling to fill jobs in B.C. despite years of warnings that chronic understaffing is putting police and the public at risk.
One in 10 Mountie positions in B.C. sits empty, says a management report obtained by the Times Colonist. Jobs left unfilled due to medical, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scandals, accountability and costs factor into B.C.&#8217;s RCMP debate</title>
		<link>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/scandals-accountability-and-costs-factor-into-b-c-s-rcmp-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/scandals-accountability-and-costs-factor-into-b-c-s-rcmp-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 04:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RCMP Watch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Broken Force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lack of Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mounties Breaking The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oversight of the RCMP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ethan Baron, Vancouver, B.C. (Vancouver Province) &#8211; Mountie misbehaviour had made many British Columbians question whether the federal force should be policing communities in their province or if there should instead be a provincial police force.
But for many elected representatives, the main concern falls closer to the bottom line: They want input and accountability.
&#8220;The only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Provincial police an option: Clark</title>
		<link>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/provincial-police-an-option-clark/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/provincial-police-an-option-clark/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 04:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RCMP Watch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Broken Force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lack of Resources]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Vancouver Province) - B.C. Premier Christy Clark said she won&#8217;t rule out a move to a provincial policing model should the province fail to strike an agreeable deal with Ottawa to extend the current RCMP contract that is set to expire next year.
Following her maiden speech to the Union of B.C. Municipalities on Friday, Clark told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RCMP contract dispute points to deeper issue</title>
		<link>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/rcmp-contract-dispute-points-to-deeper-issue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/rcmp-contract-dispute-points-to-deeper-issue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 04:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RCMP Watch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Broken Force]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Editorial, Vancouver Sun) - The public dispute between Victoria and Ottawa over a new contract for municipal policing in B.C. by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police bodes poorly for the one taxpayer who supports both levels of government.
Not since the days of the other Premier Clark have we seen such a dysfunctional display in a crucial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RCMP commissioner travels mostly on private planes, documents show</title>
		<link>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/rcmp-commissioner-travels-mostly-on-private-planes-documents-show/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/rcmp-commissioner-travels-mostly-on-private-planes-documents-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RCMP Watch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commissioner of the RCMP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lack of Resources]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Toronto Star) &#8211; In the four years after being named RCMP commissioner, Bill Elliott flew mostly the way few Canadians can — in private RCMP aircraft.
According to travel claims examined by the Star, Elliott took 97 flights on RCMP planes from July 2007 to June 2011, including short hops to Toronto or Montreal. On only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hike in stress-disorder claims by Mounties raises questions for policy makers</title>
		<link>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/hike-in-stress-disorder-claims-by-mounties-raises-questions-for-policy-makers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/hike-in-stress-disorder-claims-by-mounties-raises-questions-for-policy-makers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 04:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RCMP Watch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internal Morale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lack of Resources]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Colin Freeze (Globe and Mail) &#8211; Diagnoses of an affliction once met with only stoicism and stigma within Canada’s national police force have skyrocketed as commanders encourage officers to seek treatment for post traumatic stress disorder.
More than 1,700 Mounties have been diagnosed with PTSD, with nearly 300 officers joining the ranks last year alone.
Within police [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RCMP recruit training slashed as Ottawa grapples with budget squeeze</title>
		<link>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/rcmp-recruit-training-slashed-as-ottawa-grapples-with-budget-squeeze/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/rcmp-recruit-training-slashed-as-ottawa-grapples-with-budget-squeeze/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 01:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RCMP Watch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonda MacCharles, Ottawa (Toronto Star) &#8211; The RCMP has slashed its training of new recruits as it becomes the latest in a string of federal departments and agencies to cope with belt-tightening, the Star has learned.
Even under a self-professed law-and-order government, the budget crunch isn’t sparing the ranks of frontline cops.
The Star has learned training [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mom who ratted out Hells Angel booted from witness protection</title>
		<link>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/mom-who-ratted-out-hells-angel-booted-from-witness-protection/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/mom-who-ratted-out-hells-angel-booted-from-witness-protection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RCMP Watch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Broken Force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Failing to do Their Duties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lack of Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senior Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shoddy Investigations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gary Dimmock Ottawa (Ottawa Citizen) &#8211; The RCMP have expelled a mother and her three children from the federal witness protection program about 11 years after her testimony helped secure four murder convictions in a Hells Angels contract killing.
Tina Potts and her children have been living under a new government-issued identity since 2000, after she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RCMP budget cannot keep pace with demands, report says</title>
		<link>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/rcmp-budget-cannot-keep-pace-with-demands-report-says/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/rcmp-budget-cannot-keep-pace-with-demands-report-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RCMP Watch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lack of Resources]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tonda MacCharles, Ottawa (Toronto Star) &#8211; The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is warning that national policing services such as fingerprint and criminal records-keeping are strained to the breaking point and reviews now underway could lead to cuts.
The RCMP is “really struggling” to clear backlogs in forensic tests and criminal record checks at the expense of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sackville ramps up fight to get RCMP subsidy</title>
		<link>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/sackville-ramps-up-fight-to-get-rcmp-subsidy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/sackville-ramps-up-fight-to-get-rcmp-subsidy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 04:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RCMP Watch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lack of Resources]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Metro Moncton isn&#8217;t alone in fighting for a federal RCMP subsidy.
The Town of Sackville has been embroiled in its own battle to secure a subsidy from the federal government for several years.
But Sackville Mayor Pat Estabrooks is the first to admit that there is a fundamental difference in the two situations. All Canadian municipalities policed [...]]]></description>
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