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The RCMP: a police force in denial

Submitted by Nicole Seguin on Wed, 06/23/2010 - 2:43am
National Post editorial board
 
Last Friday was another sad day for the once-respected Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Former British Columbia Appeals Court justice Thomas Braidwood released his scathing final report into the death of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski following his confrontation with four Mounties — Monty Robinson, Kwesi Millington, Gerry Rundel and Bill Bentley — at Vancouver International Airport in October 2007.
 

RCMP to test uniform-mounted cameras

Submitted by Nicole Seguin on Thu, 02/25/2010 - 10:53pm
Tonda MacCharles Ottawa Bureau The Star
 
OTTAWA–Get out of the car with your hands up. You're on candid camera.
 
Liberal senators recommended this week that individual Mounties be equipped with miniature, uniform-mounted video cameras to enhance "transparency" in the problem-plagued force.
 
Now, the Star has learned that at least 20 police departments and detachments across Canada are already using the devices.
 
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