RCMP Watch

Ottawa (Canadian Press) - A national union has lodged a formal complaint with Quebec’s police ethics commissioner over the actions of undercover police provocateurs at last year’s summit of North American leaders.
But the goal of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada is a full federal inquiry into what they see as a gross [...]

[Read more →]

Chad Skelton (Vancouver Sun) - Several hours of surveillance footage recorded at Vancouver airport the night Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski was Tasered and died were inadvertently erased by the Canada Border Services Agency a week after his death, The Vancouver Sun has learned.
The mistake is revealed in a series of internal CBSA e-mails on the [...]

[Read more →]

Jessica Leeder, Ottawa (Globe and Mail) - A high-ranking Mountie who could be cited for contempt of Parliament says she has been misunderstood by a parliamentary committee that has been misled by RCMP whistleblowers.
Deputy Commissioner Barbara George testified under oath before the House of Commons public accounts committee three times last year in an effort [...]

[Read more →]

Essica Leeder, Ottawa (Globe and Mail) - A high-ranking Mountie ensnared in the RCMP pension scandal said the House of Commons’ top legal officer privately offered her a chance to avoid becoming “roadkill” in a campaign to have her cited for contempt of Parliament.
The proposal by veteran law clerk Rob Walsh would have required that [...]

[Read more →]

Cardinal, ON (Canadian Press) - A 25-year-old man faces several charges in connection with a Friday incident in eastern Ontario when a provincial police officer was hit by a transport truck.
Chad Dimaria of Prescott appeared in a Brockville court Saturday morning and was remanded in custody until his next court appearance Monday.
A news release issued [...]

[Read more →]

Lawyers for a St. John’s Mountie accused of impaired driving told provincial court on Wednesday that breath samples were improperly taken from the accused.
Breathalyzer tests given by Const. Jackie Remillard when she was stopped two years ago were not taken within the required amount of time, defence lawyer Graham Watton argued.
Crown attorney Wendy Zdebiak said [...]

[Read more →]

(Montreal Gazette) - A former Sûreté du Québec detective is to appear in court April 22 to face drunk driving and hit and run charges, Montreal police Constable Lynn Labelle said last night. The man, 56, was spotted late Thursday driving a civilian car erratically in the city’s east end, she said. He failed [...]

[Read more →]

Sue Montgomery (Montreal Gazette) - It’s bad enough that Montreal police Sgt. Serge Germain punched a man who was in custody, but the fact he was the officer in charge that night makes it worse, a judge said in fining the cop $750.
Quebec Court Judge Rolande Matte said it will now be up to the [...]

[Read more →]

Irwin Block (Montreal Gazette) - Reports that Montreal police used Taser guns inappropriately in 11 of 53 incidents over two years add urgency to calls for a moratorium on their use, critics of the weapons say.
Internal police studies obtained by Radio-Canada found that officers did not follow operational instructions in one in five cases where [...]

[Read more →]

Iain Hunter (Times Colonist) - If you’re watering your marijuana plants in the basement, or filing the serial numbers off something you’ve stolen, or building a bomb, a knock on the door can be a bit of a bother.
It could be just a kindly neighbour with a plate of cookies, but it could also [...]

[Read more →]