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Originally Published 1 year ago — by CBC.ca
A 29-year-old man has been taken into custody after five people, including three children, were found dead in three linked incidents in southern Manitoba. The deaths occurred at three different locations, and the suspect is believed to have known the victims. The RCMP have stated that there is no risk to public safety, and support is available for those affected by the tragedy.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by The Guardian
Cameron Ortis, the former head of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police intelligence unit, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for leaking state secrets, violating the country’s Security of Information Act, breach of trust, and fraudulent use of a computer. The charges followed one of Canada’s largest-ever security breaches, and Ortis, who had pleaded not guilty, had already spent three years in jail in pre-trial custody and one additional year on house arrest. His lawyer said he will appeal the decision and seek bail.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Yahoo Canada Shine On
RCMP Const. Michael Wheeler has been convicted of careless use of a firearm and pointing a firearm at a person while at a social gathering and consuming alcohol in Newfoundland. The officer pulled his police firearm and placed it against the head of a woman.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Hindustan Times
Canadian law enforcement denies allegations of a delay in the murder investigation of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Khalistani figure. The Washington Post reported that police arrived 12 to 20 minutes after the gunshots, and a turf war between Surrey police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) caused further delays. However, the Surrey detachment of the RCMP stated that officers responded within four minutes of receiving the first information. The case was handed over to the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT), and increased patrols have been implemented around gurdwaras and temples. The RCMP emphasized that the investigation is ongoing and declined to provide further details.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by CDLLife
RCMP have released information on a fatal crash in Manitoba that killed 15 people. Dash cam footage from the semi-truck involved in the crash showed that the truck had the right of way. The bus transporting senior citizens had entered the roadway where the truck had the right of way. The investigation is ongoing, and the RCMP have seized both the bus and the semi-truck for further analysis.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Yahoo! Voices
A woman caused over $500,000 in damages by keying more than 400 vehicles at two dealerships in British Columbia, Canada, over a four-month period. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are searching for the suspect, who was caught on surveillance video deliberately scratching the cars one-by-one. The suspect is believed to be a Caucasian female in her 40s or 50s with shoulder-length blonde hair, and police believe she drives a 2008-2013 Ford Escape.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by USA TODAY
A woman caused over $500,000 in damages by keying more than 400 vehicles at two dealerships in British Columbia, Canada, over a four-month period. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are searching for the suspect, who was caught on surveillance video deliberately scratching each car one-by-one. The suspect is believed to be a Caucasian female in her 40s or 50s with shoulder-length blonde hair, and police believe she drives a 2008-2013 Ford Escape.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by NPR
A public inquiry into Canada's worst mass shooting found widespread failures in how the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) responded to the incident and recommends that the government rethink the RCMP's central role in the country's policing. The report also says the RCMP missed red flags in the years leading up to the Nova Scotia rampage, which left 22 people slain by a denture maker disguised as an RCMP officer. The commission calls for a future RCMP where the current 26-week model of training is scrapped and replaced with a three-year, degree-based model of education, as exists in Finland.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by The Associated Press
A public inquiry into Canada's worst mass shooting has found widespread failures in how the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) responded to the incident and recommends that the government rethink the RCMP's central role in the country's policing. The report also says the RCMP missed red flags in the years leading up to the Nova Scotia rampage on April 18-19, 2020, which left 22 people slain by a denture maker disguised as an RCMP officer and driving a replica police vehicle. The report delves deeply into the causes of the mass shooting, including the killer's violence toward his spouse and the failure of police to act on it.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by ABC News
A public inquiry into Canada's worst mass shooting has found widespread failures in how the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) responded to the incident and recommends that the government rethink the RCMP's central role in the country's policing. The report also says the RCMP missed red flags in the years leading up to the Nova Scotia rampage on April 18-19, 2020, which left 22 people slain by a denture maker disguised as an RCMP officer and driving a replica police vehicle. The report delves deeply into the causes of the mass shooting, including the killer's violence toward his spouse and the failure of police to act on it.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by The Washington Post
A public inquiry into Canada's worst mass shooting found "significant and extensive systemic inadequacies and failures," particularly in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's response, and it assailed authorities for ignoring a litany of warnings about the gunman's history of violence and illegal firearms. The report offered recommendations such as reworking the system for alerting the public to emergencies, taking steps to prevent intimate partner violence, tightening gun laws, and potentially restructuring the RCMP in what could entail a "reconfiguration of policing in Canada." The report came nearly three years after Gabriel Wortman went on a 13-hour rampage across rural Nova Scotia on April 18 and 19, 2020, killing 22 people.