Lynda Reil (Opinion, The Province) – As a recently retired RCMP member I think it’s disgusting Michael Smyth is lumping all RCMP members into the same category as those who have had difficulty with doing the “right” things. The rest of us don’t agree with the behaviour of these members either.
Smyth should at the very least show a true picture of what is occurring. There are over 15,000 serving RCMP members in Canada, nearer to 20,000 if you count civilian members.
Fifteen members on administrative duty out of 15,000 amounts to .001 per cent of the RCMP that are a problem. The rest of us are, or in my case were, dedicated police officers who faithfully serve our communities.
Smyth’s comments are unfair to those of us who’ve worked hard all our careers to be part of the “Queen’s cowboys,” as one of your readers put it. Have some respect for the rest of us and provide a true picture of what is going on.
Yes, the RCMP needs to revamp its disciplinary procedures to be able to rid themselves of these “problem children” as soon as they reveal themselves. Hiring of personnel is not the problem because it’s impossible to weed out that .01 per cent of people who don’t belong, but still get hired.
Fire them as soon as there is an issue and there won’t be any more of these incidents.
Make the RCMP Act clear on issues like impaired driving, etc. so that officers know they won’t have a job if they become involved in these types of incidents.
are those thousands who serve with honour deliberatly trying to gather statutory crime contracts on people who really dont know the difference betweent statute and law, and soliciting money for their corporation through the use of their position. if a man tells u he has no first or last name or date of birth, what say u??
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Denial of fundamental dysfunction is the syndrome keeping RCMP in the dark ages. Successful organizations treat individuals with respect and aims to maximize their contributions. Paramilitaries do not.
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all is not well, obviously.
minor note: one in a thousand would be represented as .001 OR .1 %.
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