RCMP Watch

(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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Keith Fraser (Vancouver Province) - The wife and parents of a man killed when an RCMP cruiser struck his vehicle are suing for damages, claiming the police officer behind the wheel negligently drove through a red light.
Albert Haczewski, 27, and Koyo Hara, 26, died after the cruiser went through the intersection of Kingsway and Royal [...]

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Clayton Hunt, Newfoundland (The Coaster) - The sister of a woman who was killed last summer in a murder-suicide is taking legal action against the RCMP.
Trudy Loveless of Burin, sister of the late Goldie Loveless of Hermitage, lost her sister in August, 2006 when her common-law husband Shawn Skinner murdered her with a rifle before [...]

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(Edmonton Sun) - Eric Pemberton has launched a $150,000 lawsuit against the Attorney General of Canada and six members of the Leduc RCMP after alleging he was viciously beaten and zapped with a stun gun while handcuffed in a police cell.
According to a Nov. 16 statement of claim, Pemberton had his handcuffed arms twisted behind [...]

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