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I agree with the “they just don’t understand the issues and impacts” philosophy. While in charge of a small Det (8 members 5 trucks) in northern Alberta I had to renew our fuel contract (no gas station in the community, we had our own tank). I did the documents for bids and wanted to select the...

To be fair, procurement across the whole GOC is horrible. After years of trying PW has been unable to find a manufacturer anywhere on the planet that can supply a new pistol to the RCMP. Apparently PWs standards can’t be met by any of the companies who supply every other police service and military.

You call them conspiracy theorists, we call them job security. To be fair, they also see a conspiracy behind every rainbow decaled RCMP aircraft.

Like Canada’s initial Chinooks in Afghanistan. An extended test drive.

I will echo what others have said. The RCMP used to have a form to account for what you did every shift in 15 min block. Which were to confirm that you were meeting goals. Which changed constantly. C-75Ds. Every week you checked the goals and then tailored your C-75D to match what was required...

If you agree with the position of most present First Nations that they are the government of their people, equal at a level with the Govt of Canada and have been continuously not for hundreds, but for thousands of years. Then the actions of these people under their leadership at the time were...

Most of the top tier impaired lawyers make their money on the Over 0.08 charges (and roadside screening devices). Which the OPS member wasn’t charged with. Straight impaired is all about the witnesses. Maybe you rattle the 2 civilians, but I would be curious what role the passenger OPS Member...

Most Members don’t opt for that voluntarily and in the RCMP and many other Services, it isn’t an option you can impose as a disciplinary measure. Normally an interim measures option during the investigation.

Now firing the OPS Member should have been on the table. But the Hearing Officer is bound by the joint submission ( unless clearly unreasonable) . Which was probably based on the caselaw and taking into account a number of mitigating factors specific to this case. The sanction was in line with...

Most common impaired under the CCC, 12 month Criminal Prohib, $1000 fine. But in fact a number of jurisdictions are now using Provincial sanctions instead. 90 day Prov Suspension, 1 year Interlock on vehicle and $1000 fine. No Criminal Record. Many but not all Hit and Runs get an elevated fine...

Unlimited Liability (UL); The concept of the unlimited liability contract is that when members of the military ‘sign up’ for military duty they surrender certain rights by the very nature of their military service – they must obey legal orders, are placed at an increased risk of harm or death in...

Yes it is good to see. I think the “fixes” that LRI made from the ponderous old Code were too broad and did not have appropriate and timely safeguards for the membership. Appeals of suspensions or reassignments taking months or even years often not being ruled on before the Code was done. It...

Merriam - Webster. Also in my service in the police and as a firefighter both groups did not define themselves as civilians.

I am 100% on board with charges in clearly criminal actions. Even applying a higher standard across all statutory offences since a cop should know better. But I have seen where our Management felt it would “look” better for transparency to charge a member criminally knowing the RGs were tenuous...

Different question. How are you defining citizenship? Most civilians in Canada are citizens. The vast majority of citizens are civilians. I would say practically all uniformed members are citizens, but are not civilians. Then the question becomes how do you look at civilian vs uniformed when it...

Nope. A civilian is someone who is not a member of the Fire Service, Police or Armed Forces.

I totally agree that we need better mental health supports. Some of the down the road issues are directly tied to some of the working and living conditions that we let our members and their families suffer through. Again not an excuse, just what it is. The end product of “do more with less...

I can’t say anything except that these are all examples of what is bad in policing. Like any other occupation, we have bad people. Like other occupations, we can only strive to make up for the bad with overwhelming good. I don’t think I would compare police officers holding onto a symbol of...

I don’t know what the answer is either. But my faith in the experts knowing the answer is also not high.

Some of the communities that had the highest CSIs and the worst underlying social issues were also where I made the best friends in the local population and got the most appreciation. Its where I also got used to the community leadership, vilifying us publicly and at the same time praising us...