Craig Babstock (Times & Transcript) - A motorist was stopped by an RCMP officer in September 2006 on Highway 2 (the Trans-Canada Highway), near Berry Mills, with two duffel bags full of marijuana.
He was charged with being in possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking, but a Moncton judge recently acquitted him after ruling [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Shoddy Investigations'
Police searches can be tricky
July 8th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Failing to do Their Duties · Shoddy Investigations
Animosity between cops damages Hell’s Angels investigation
July 5th, 2008 · No Comments
Chad Skelton and Allison Cross (Vancouver Sun) - Animosity between the RCMP and the Organized Crime Agency of B.C. resulted in the failure of a multi-million-dollar investigation into the Hells Angels, a former lead investigator with the OCABC has alleged in a wrongful dismissal suit.
The investigation, known as Project Phoenix, targeted several high-profile members of [...]
Tags: Attempted Cover Up · Broken Force · Failing to do Their Duties · Lack of Resources · Organized Crime · Other Law Enforcement Agencies · Political/Government Interference or Involvement · Shoddy Investigations · Your Tax Dollars In Action
High court ruling that the RCMP “knowingly and deliberately” violated the Charter of Rights, quashes conviction for child molesting
June 5th, 2008 · 8 Comments
Ottawa, ON (Canadian Press) The Supreme Court of Canada has quashed the conviction of a British Columbia man for molesting three children, ruling that the RCMP “knowingly and deliberately” violated the Charter of Rights during their investigation.
In a 9-0 judgment Thursday, the court ordered a new trial for Dieter Wittwer, 73, described at a Kelowna, [...]
Tags: Abuse By Mounties · Failing to do Their Duties · Mounties Breaking The Law · Shoddy Investigations
Couple accused of human trafficking sues police, Crown
May 21st, 2008 · No Comments
Anne Sutherland (Montreal Gazette) - A Laval des Rapides couple who were the first people in Canada to be charged with human trafficking have fired back at the Crown, the Laval police and the RCMP with a $5-million civil lawsuit claiming damages for wrongful arrest and mental anguish.
In May 2007, Nichan Manoukian and Manoudshag Saryboyadjian [...]
Tags: Shoddy Investigations · Wrongfully Accused · Your Tax Dollars In Action
Merritt manhunt botched: retired officer
April 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments
(ctvbc.ca) - More than a week after someone killed three children in Merritt, a man who was once an inspector with the RCMP says the police could have done more to catch their prime suspect.
Police didn’t employ basic tools such as a roadblock to catch fugitive Allan Schoenborn, said Bill Majcher, a retired RCMP officer.
“I [...]
Tags: Failing to do Their Duties · Shoddy Investigations
RCMP misplace report of Schoenborn sighting
April 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Patrick Brethour, Vancouver, B.C. (Globe and Mail) - Any stranger sticks out in tiny Cherryville, B.C., population 900, where the gas station doubles as the local liquor store.
But to the two clerks working at the Cherryville Emporium on Wednesday afternoon, the diminutive slow-speaking man who came in looking to cash in 10 beer cans stuck [...]
Tags: Failing to do Their Duties · Shoddy Investigations · Your Tax Dollars In Action
Senior Mountie calls Parliament contempt process ‘kangaroo court’
April 13th, 2008 · 5 Comments
(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 [...]
Tags: Attempted Cover Up · Corruption within the RCMP · Failing to do Their Duties · Mounties Breaking The Law · Mounties Charged · Political/Government Interference or Involvement · Senior Management · Shoddy Investigations · Your Tax Dollars In Action
Video of YVR taser victim erased - Border services says it deleted security footage inadvertently
April 11th, 2008 · 7 Comments
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 [...]
Tags: Attempted Cover Up · Death While In Custody · Excessive use of Force · Other Law Enforcement Agencies · Public Complaints · RCMP Oversight · Robert Dziekanski · Shoddy Investigations · Taser · Your Tax Dollars In Action
RCMP defend 20-hour delay in naming suspect
April 11th, 2008 · No Comments
Neal Hall, Merrett, B.C. (Vancouver Sun) - The commander of RCMP criminal operations in B.C. faced some tough questions Thursday about the police handling of a murder investigation involving three children found killed here Sunday.
During a news conference, reporters repeatedly asked RCMP Assistant Commissioner Al Macintyre why it took police 20 hours before publicly announcing [...]
Tags: Shoddy Investigations · Your Tax Dollars In Action
Kafka in Canada: RCMP’s secret files fuel controversy
April 10th, 2008 · 5 Comments
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 [...]
Tags: Abuse By Mounties · Attempted Cover Up · Big Brother · Breach Of Trust · Broken Force · Commissioner of the RCMP · Corruption within the RCMP · Human Rights · Mounties Breaking The Law · Mounties Investigating Mounties · Public Complaints · RCMP Oversight · Senior Management · Shoddy Investigations · Your Tax Dollars In Action