RCMP Watch

(The Leader-Post) - Having recently spent an inordinate and increasing amount of time assisting with complaints of racism from RCMP officers, cadets, and RCMP civilian staff, we are left with extra questions when tragedies such as the recent RCMP shootings at White Bear and Muskowekwan First Nations occur.
What makes us even more uneasy is that, [...]

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Frank Peebles (Prince George Citizen) - The Citizen has learned the investigation into the on-the-job behaviour of Prince George RCMP Supt. Dahl Chambers has been upgraded from a simple fact-finding review to an official disciplinary probe by the RCMP.
It is nearly complete, according to RCMP sources, and does not, in itself, determine guilt or innocence [...]

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(Halifax Herald) - The grieving mother of Robert Dziekanski, the Polish immigrant who died after being Tasered by Mounties at Vancouver’s international airport last fall, last week told a B.C. public inquiry into Taser use that the incident has “shattered” her faith in the RCMP.
Police forces across Canada which use Tasers should be paying close [...]

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(Belleville Intelligencer) - In the world of policing, when a suspect or even a witness is less than forthcoming, an officer’s radar tells him or her someone’s hiding something.
How should the Canadian public, then, react when it hears the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are steadfastly withholding information about how and when its officers use the [...]

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(CBC News) - The RCMP released an incident report about Robert Dziekanski who died at Vancouver International Airport last October, but much of the information routinely released in other cases was censored.
The name and rank of the officer who fired the Taser weapon, his supervisor’s name, details about the duration of the firing and the [...]

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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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(CTV.ca News Staff) - RCMP deputy commissioner Barbara George said Sunday that she’s being punished for refusing to apologize for something she didn’t do.
On Thursday, George became the first person in 95 years to be held in contempt of Parliament after a vote that ruled she deliberately misled MPs during an appearance before the Public [...]

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Rosie Lombardi (InterGovWorld.com) - Privacy organizations are calling for intensified scrutiny and oversight of the RCMP’s information management practices, which have failed to comply with government policy for almost 20 years.
Serious issues were brought to light in a recent audit of the RCMP’s exempt files conducted by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada [...]

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(CBC News) - MPs voted Thursday to find the RCMP’s deputy commissionerin contempt of Parliament, accusing her of misleading the House of Commons with the testimony she provided into the so-called pension scandal.
The motion to find Barbara George in contempt was introduced by Liberal Shawn Murphy, who heads the public accounts committee that heard her [...]

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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 [...]

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