Comments on: RCMP watchdog adopts snail as symbol http://www.rcmpwatch.com/rcmp-watchdog-adopts-snail-as-symbol/ Who is keeping them accountable? Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:35:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: M.S. Thomson http://www.rcmpwatch.com/rcmp-watchdog-adopts-snail-as-symbol/comment-page-1/#comment-3732 M.S. Thomson Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:36:15 +0000 http://www.rcmpwatch.com/?p=1942#comment-3732 The CPC has a very broad mandate and limited resources. In the late 1980s, the issue of RCMP accountability was being raised in many of the contract policing provinces, particularly in B.C. Ottawa came up with the solution of the CPC to placate critics of the RCMP and to let the contract provinces off the hook. Attorney or Solicito Generals in various provinces could simply refer complaints against the RCMP to the CPC and just concentrate on complaints against municipal or regional police officers. I get the feeling that Ottawa figured that that was all they had to do. "You want us to get off our asses and do something, who do you think you are?" I dunno, the people who elect politicians and pay their saleries? The CPC has a very broad mandate and limited resources. In the late 1980s, the issue of RCMP accountability was being raised in many of the contract policing provinces, particularly in B.C. Ottawa came up with the solution of the CPC to placate critics of the RCMP and to let the contract provinces off the hook. Attorney or Solicito Generals in various provinces could simply refer complaints against the RCMP to the CPC and just concentrate on complaints against municipal or regional police officers. I get the feeling that Ottawa figured that that was all they had to do. “You want us to get off our asses and do something, who do you think you are?”

I dunno, the people who elect politicians and pay their saleries?

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]]> By: Honourable http://www.rcmpwatch.com/rcmp-watchdog-adopts-snail-as-symbol/comment-page-1/#comment-3730 Honourable Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:57:08 +0000 http://www.rcmpwatch.com/?p=1942#comment-3730 No wonder the CPC is toothless if they rely on the RCMP's credibility in any way shape and form to conclude the complaints against this police force. IF, if they must have access to all RCMP files by force, have power to initiate investigations by force, subpoena documents by force and compel testimony by force from any individual or entity it deems it possible to do it's job it is toothless to say the least and hardly needed to do the job it was called to do. It's time the Government created oversight legislation to compell the RCMP to tell the truth when it comes to matters of secrecy and criminal activities so someone to be held accountable and responsible - if this is still possible here in Canada. This should have all been done when the Commissioner resigned and disgraced the force, Canadians and showed all of us all how bad this force is really running. Then we had the Air India affair and the tazer deaths folowing the trail of destructions and all we have seen from our politicians are stalling tactics not actions showing Canadians that they are different than the RCMP in this regard..... It's sad to see our country is run by these kinds of people and I hope someone can do something soon to correct these issues. I'm so happy to see the media coming against this injustices and some of the judges attempting to corect these miscariages of justice even though their hands are tided to say the least, thry are attempting to make these attrocities right. No wonder the CPC is toothless if they rely on the RCMP’s credibility in any way shape and form to conclude the complaints against this police force.

IF, if they must have access to all RCMP files by force, have power to initiate investigations by force, subpoena documents by force and compel testimony by force from any individual or entity it deems it possible to do it’s job it is toothless to say the least and hardly needed to do the job it was called to do.

It’s time the Government created oversight legislation to compell the RCMP to tell the truth when it comes to matters of secrecy and criminal activities so someone to be held accountable and responsible – if this is still possible here in Canada.

This should have all been done when the Commissioner resigned and disgraced the force, Canadians and showed all of us all how bad this force is really running. Then we had the Air India affair and the tazer deaths folowing the trail of destructions and all we have seen from our politicians are stalling tactics not actions showing Canadians that they are different than the RCMP in this regard…..

It’s sad to see our country is run by these kinds of people and I hope someone can do something soon to correct these issues.

I’m so happy to see the media coming against this injustices and some of the judges attempting to corect these miscariages of justice even though their hands are tided to say the least, thry are attempting to make these attrocities right.

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