Really Can't Manage to Park (RCMP)
July 30, 2010 - 7:29am
New Brunswick RCMP officers are being reminded to follow parking regulations after two photos surfaced of RCMP cruisers parked in spots reserved for the disabled
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/07/29/nb-rcmp-parking-spot-disabled-person-601.html#ixzz0vAEuaIVs
Fair enough. A (deserved) heavy fine for Joe and Jane Canadian but a "reminder" for cops. Who said Canada is not a democratic country?
ETA: And the cops' lies on top of it: "The officer didn't see the sign".
everyone knows the cops don't follow laws, they just enforce them.
Moncton city councillors voted to keep the RCMP on Monday night and vowed to continue fighting for a federal subsidy to help defray the costs.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/12/07/nb-moncton-rcmp-decision-523.html#ixzz17RAiSt8E
Dick Isabelle, an assistant deputy minister at the Department of Public Safety (N.B.), is negotiating the contract for the provincial government. Isabelle said eight provinces and the territories are all seeking more control over how the RCMP does its job in their jurisdictions.
Specifically, Isabelle said there is a push among the provinces for more transparency from the RCMP.
"Accountability for their members conduct, under a complaints commission type of approach," Isabelle said.
Isabelle said he is not sure what the federal negotiators response will be to that demand.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/12/08/nb-rcmp-contract-moncton-638.html#ixzz17WZpA8NR
The handling of this sitaution was bungled pretty much from the beginning.
Police in eastern Newfoundland are investigating how a man was able to walk away from an armed standoff with the RCMP without being noticed.
Leo Crockwell, 55, appeared in provincial court Sunday on 16 charges, including five attempted murder charges laid after RCMP officers were shot at during a weeklong standoff in Bay Bulls, just south of St. John's.
Crockwell was arrested Saturday, but not at the house where he had refused to speak with police negotiators. Instead, he was found in a house on the outskirts of St. John's
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2010/12/13/rcmp-barricade-escape-baybulls-113.html#ixzz180NHk0U2
Friends of a man charged with the attempted murder of police officers during a weeklong standoff south of St. John's say RCMP overreacted in how it dealt with Leo Crockwell.
The Bay Bulls man is expected to appear Tuesday in provincial court in St. John's for a bail hearing. The Crown opposes release for Crockwell, 55, who has an extended history of mental illness and now faces 16 criminal charges.
Neighbour Chris Ryan said the RCMP should have used different tactics rather than setting up a blockade outside the Bay Bulls house on Dec. 4 after Crockwell allegedly assaulted and threatened his sister.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2010/12/14/bay-bulls-crockwell-neighbours-114.html#ixzz185vKYLem