RCMP Watch

(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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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, [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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