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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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

RCMP deputy commissioner found in contempt of Parliament

April 10th, 2008 · 2 Comments

(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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Tags: Abuse By Mounties · Abuse Of Mounties · Attempted Cover Up · Breach Of Trust · Broken Force · Commissioner of the RCMP · Corruption within the RCMP · Failing to do Their Duties · Harassment within the RCMP · Mounties Breaking The Law · Mounties Charged · RCMP Oversight · RCMP Public Complaints Commission · Senior Management · Shoddy Investigations

Mountie felt ‘condemned’ before hearings

April 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments

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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Tags: Abuse By Mounties · Abuse Of Mounties · Attempted Cover Up · Breach Of Trust · Broken Force · Commissioner of the RCMP · Corruption within the RCMP · Mounties Breaking The Law · Mounties Charged · Mounties Investigating Mounties · Other Law Enforcement Agencies · Political/Government Interference or Involvement · Public Complaints · RCMP Oversight · Senior Management · Shoddy Investigations · Whistleblower

Fall on sword or become ‘roadkill,’Fall on sword or become ‘roadkill,’ Mountie told Mountie told

April 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments

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 […]

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Tags: Abuse By Mounties · Abuse Of Mounties · Attempted Cover Up · Big Brother · Broken Force · Commissioner of the RCMP · Corruption within the RCMP · Ex-Mounties · Failing to do Their Duties · Harassment within the RCMP · Interference Into Political Process · Mounties Breaking The Law · Mounties Charged · Mounties Investigating Mounties · Other Law Enforcement Agencies · Political/Government Interference or Involvement · Public Complaints · RCMP Oversight · Senior Management · Shoddy Investigations · Whistleblower

Taser inquest on hold

March 21st, 2008 · 10 Comments

Vancouver, B.C. (Canadian Press) – A coroner’s inquest into the death of a Polish immigrant last October at Vancouver International Airport has been delayed. That’s because the police investigation into Robert Dziekanski’s death has not yet been completed.
Dziekanski died when an RCMP officer used a Taser on him when he became agitated after spending hours […]

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Tags: Abuse By Mounties · Attempted Cover Up · Death While In Custody · Robert Dziekanski · Senior Management · Shoddy Investigations · Taser

Ontario police to probe RCMP insurance scandal

March 19th, 2008 · No Comments

(CBC News) – The Ontario Provincial Police will investigate whether there was any criminal misconduct involved in the management of the troubled RCMP insurance plan, the Mounties announced Wednesday.
“I have asked the OPP to conduct this investigation, and the RCMP will cooperate fully,” RCMP Commissioner William Elliott said in a press release.
The OPP have already […]

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Tags: Abuse By Mounties · Abuse Of Mounties · Attempted Cover Up · Commissioner of the RCMP · Corruption within the RCMP · Harassment within the RCMP · Mounties Breaking The Law · Mounties Charged · Mounties Investigating Mounties · RCMP Oversight · RCMP Public Complaints Commission · Senior Management · Shoddy Investigations · Whistleblower

N.S. Crown stays sexual assault charge over shoddy RCMP investigation

March 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Sydney, N.S. (Canadian Press) – Shoddy work by the RCMP was cited Monday as one of the reasons for staying a sexual assault charge against a Cape Breton man who was mistakenly released from jail earlier this year.
Douglas Edward Young, 23, of Eskasoni was released from custody Monday after the Crown’s decision.
Young pleaded guilty to […]

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Tags: Failing to do Their Duties · RCMP · Shoddy Investigations

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