RCMP Watch

Keith Fraser (Vancouver Province) - A Surrey Mountie believed that his estranged brother may be a person of interest in a September 2005 firebombing of the Port Mann detachment and used the RCMP computer databases to track him down.
The sensational disclosure was made in a ruling on an application heard by B.C. Supreme Court Justice [...]

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Keith Fraser (Vancouver Province) - A Maple Ridge man is suing the owner of a horse and a Mountie after he suffered serious injuries when his motorcycle struck the animal in the middle of the Lougheed Highway in Deroche last July.
Jeffery Matthew McNair says in a statement of claim that the horse owner, Teresa Kelly, [...]

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(Toronto Star Editorial) - A human rights ruling in favour of a former RCMP cadet who suffered taunts and discrimination while at the force’s Regina training depot in 1999 should serve as a wake-up call to Canada’s national police.
In a decision this week, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal found Ali Tahmourpour, who is Muslim, was [...]

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(CBC) - The Mounties could be paying more than $1 million as a result of a human rights ruling in favour of a Muslim Iranian-Canadian who faced discrimination at the RCMP Training Academy in Regina and was terminated.
The force must also give Ali Tahmourpour, 35, another chance at becoming an RCMP officer, and introduce changes [...]

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Toronto, ON (Canadian Press) - An ex-RCMP cadet who claimed he was rejected from the force because of discrimination should be admitted back into the training program and be compensated for his suffering.
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled in favour today of Ali Tahmourpour, a 33-year-old Muslim who dreams of being a Mountie. The Tribunal [...]

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Liverpool, N.S. (Canadian Press) - A Nova Scotia RCMP officer will go to trial in the fall on two counts of assault.
Const. Addie MacCallum is accused of assaulting Terry Russell and his friend Cory Peach at their home in Port Mouton, N.S., in June 2005. MacCallum’s lawyer enter pleas of not guilty to the charges [...]

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Vancouver, B.C. (Canadian Press) - A Mountie reinstated after being accused of buying sex from two teenage prostitutes more than 10 years ago now is suing the Canadian and B.C. governments, as well as a high-ranking RCMP officer.
Const. Justin Harris wants compensation for what he claims is negligence, malicious prosecution and abuse of authority.
Harris was [...]

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Jonathan Montpetit, Montreal, Q.C. (Canadian Press) - A Quebec judge has given the RCMP free rein to use violent undercover agents whose actions go unchecked, say lawyers representing a man who saw his $47-million lawsuit against the Mounties dismissed.The allegations are made in a notice of appeal filed with the Quebec Court of Appeal by [...]

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Montreal, QC (Canadian Press) - A judge has dismissed a $47.4-million civil suit launched against the RCMP by a man who claimed the Mounties entrapped him.
Alain Olivier sued the RCMP and several former officers, alleging that he was bullied into making a drug deal in Thailand that ultimately landed him in prison.
Superior Court Justice Michel [...]

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Vancouver, B.C. (CKNW AM980) - An RCMP officer is suing a fellow mountie for damages after an alleged mishap in a weight room.
Edward Roberge claims he was in the weight room at the E-Division Explosive Disposal Unit when he was hit in the head with a three-pound hand-held weight.
In documents filed in BC Supreme Court, [...]

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