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Bob Paulson to be named new RCMP commissioner (1)

RCMP Deputy Commissioner Bob Paulson will be named the national police force’s new commissioner. A Postmedia News source confirmed Tuesday that Paulson will be officially named commissioner Wednesday, finally putting an end to feverish speculation over who would replace former … Continue reading

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Hutchinson: Forget the political posturing, RCMP are staying in B.C.

VANCOUVER — The Mounties are not leaving British Columbia. Forget the veiled threats of abandonment, the suggestions that contract renewal negotiations between the province and the federal government will dissolve soon without agreement. There is political posturing, and there is … Continue reading

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Libin: Alberta loses as Stelmach gets his Mounties

It’s been nearly 80 years since Alberta had a provincial police force. The government operated the Alberta Provincial Police from 1917 to 1932 when the Mounties, who had been policing the Prairies, bailed out, claiming they were short on resources; … Continue reading

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Corbella: Stelmach’s RCMP deal raises eyebrows (1)

Examples of the arrogance of Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach continue at a fevered pace. Consider the following: Stelmach signed a 20-year provincial policing contract with the RCMP even though he has just one month left in his premiership and the … Continue reading

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Retired assistant commissioner wants RCMP top job

VANCOUVER — At a time when the search for a new RCMP commissioner is happening largely out of public view and supposed top contenders are keeping quiet about their intentions, a former assistant commissioner has come forward to publicly declare … Continue reading

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Police gun raid raises questions (1)

An RCMP firearms officer involved in a police raid on a Delta gun-training business has opened his own company offering similar services. Jeffrey Edward Harrison, an officer with the RCMP agency charged with enforcing gun laws, is said in a … Continue reading

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The Mounties got their man and the taxpayer paid

The trial of Allen Dalstrom versus the Organized Crime Agency of B.C. had been under way in B.C. Supreme Court for only a few days when lawyers representing both sides approached Madam Justice Catherine Wedge asking for a temporary adjournment. … Continue reading

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Stop nickel-and-diming Mounties, Tories told

RCMP labour relations are a “dinosaur” at the root of low morale among thousands of rank and file Mounties and are in desperate need of reform, Liberal Treasury Board critic Dan McTeague said Thursday. McTeague is urging the Harper government … Continue reading

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RCMP murder to cost $1.5 million in extra policing

YELLOWKNIFE – Figures in the Northwest Territories budget indicate it will cost about $1.5 million a year to beef up remote RCMP detachments in northern communities. The expense is being shared by Ottawa and the territorial government. The N.W.T.’s portion … Continue reading

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What does the force do with a wayward Mountie? (1)

One October night in 2007, Michaëlle Jean, her husband, Jean-Daniel Lafond, and their young daughter, Marie-Eden, were at ease inside Rideau Hall. An RCMP officer was on duty to protect the Governor-General and her family from unwelcome intrusion or threat. … Continue reading

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RCMP had no grounds to use Taser on N.W.T. girl: report

An RCMP officer in Inuvik, N.W.T., was not justified in jolting a teenage girl with a Taser stun gun in 2007, a federal police watchdog agency has concluded. Furthermore, the Inuvik RCMP detachment appears to have tried to cover up … Continue reading

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