(Chilliwack Times Letters to the Editor)
Editor:
As the operations officer and acting officer in charge of the Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment providing policing services to the City of Chilliwack, District of Kent/Agassiz, Village of Harrison Hot Springs, District of Hope and community of Boston Bar, I am compelled to respond to an article written by [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Law Enforcement'
RCMP Inspector insulted by unfair, incorrect comments
August 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: Lack of Resources · Law Enforcement · Public Complaints · RCMP
Financial gaps could compromise Olympic security
July 26th, 2007 · No Comments
Security for the 2010 Olympic Games could be compromised because the cost to police the event has been underestimated, according to RCMP documents obtained by CBC News.
The RCMP, which is co-ordinating the national effort to police the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, is acknowledging for the first time that it will cost more than the original [...]
Tags: Homeland Security · Law Enforcement · Terrorism within Canada · Your Tax Dollars In Action
Charges laid in Mayerthorpe Mountie slaying
July 8th, 2007 · No Comments
Edmonton Sun
Alberta RCMP have charged two men with four counts of first degree murder each in connection with the fatal shootings of four Mounties near Mayerthorpe in 2005.
Charged are Dennis Keegan Rodney Cheeseman, 23, and Shawn William Hennesey, 28, both of Barrhead, Alberta.
Deputy Commissioner Bill Sweeney said the two men are accused of being a [...]
Tags: Abuse Of Mounties · Law Enforcement · RCMP
Two charged in Mayerthorpe RCMP slayings
July 8th, 2007 · No Comments
Michelle Collins, Edmonton Journal
Two men have been arrested and charged with four counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of four RCMP officers near Mayerthorpe, Alta., in 2005.
Dennis Keegan Rodney Cheesman, 23, and Shawn William Hennesey, 28, both from nearby Barrhead, Alta., are accused of aiding James Roszko, the man who shot to death [...]
Tags: Abuse Of Mounties · Law Enforcement
The many lies of an RCMP informant
March 23rd, 2007 · No Comments
Greg Mcarthur and Gary Dimmock, National Post, CanWest News Service
To the RCMP in Victoria, Richard Young was a trusted informant. In exchange for his inside information on an alleged heroin ring, information that turned out to be untrue, they paid off his debts, erased his past and gave him a new identity. And then he [...]
Tags: Law Enforcement · Mounties Breaking The Law · RCMP · RCMP Oversight
RCMP takes heat over Insite
December 12th, 2006 · No Comments
Rod Mickleburgh - Globe and Mail
The RCMP is under heavy fire for its criticism of Vancouver’s pioneering supervised injection site for heroin users, a project that has won positive reviews from more than a dozen rigorous research studies.
In a critical, three-page report on the site, Staff-Sergeant Chuck Doucette questioned findings of the numerous peer-reviewed studies, [...]
Tags: Interference Into Political Process · Law Enforcement · RCMP
Asian Organized Crime Thriving in Canada
December 6th, 2006 · No Comments
Joan Delaney - Epoch Times
When organized crime is mentioned, what comes to mind for most people is the Italian Mafia. But one of the most powerful and dangerous criminal groups is the Triads, a centuries-old Chinese crime gang that has a strong and ubiquitous presence throughout the world, including Canada.
Triad societies, with their secret initiation [...]
Tags: Failing to do Their Duties · Lack of Resources · Law Enforcement · Organized Crime · RCMP · Rising Crime Rates
MP flags concerns over Zaccardelli
October 13th, 2006 · No Comments
TONDA MACCHARLES - Toronto Star
A Conservative MP has flagged concerns over RCMP Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli’s handling of would-be whistleblowers within the force to Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day and Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Edmonton East MP Peter Goldring has spoken directly to Day about his fears. Last month, he wrote a letter to Zaccardelli — copied [...]
Tags: Commissioner of the RCMP · Failing to do Their Duties · Law Enforcement · Maher Arar · RCMP · Senior Management · Shoddy Investigations
RCMP Not Immune to Crime
October 8th, 2006 · No Comments
Jason McIntyre, CFRA
According to legend, the Mounties always get their man. This time, they didn’t have to look too far.
Approximately $250 000 in goods were taken between 2003 and 2005 from the RCMP Training Academy’s store in Regina.
In recently released documents, the federal government determined the stolen amount was a loss and wrote it off.
A [...]
Tags: Law Enforcement · RCMP
Alberta needs own cops, Morton says
October 2nd, 2006 · No Comments
CALGARY SUN
Under a Ted Morton-led government, Alberta would create its own provincial police force and urge the federal government to hand power back to the provinces to appoint judges.
The Tory leadership hopeful took time away from a conservative think-tank’s conference today to renew his call for a provincial police force.
“While I have a great deal [...]
Tags: Lack of Resources · Law Enforcement · Other Law Enforcement Agencies · RCMP · Senior Management