A public inquiry has found widespread failures in how the Mounties responded to Canada\u0027s worst mass shooting and recommends that Ottawa rethink the RCMP\u0027s central role in Canadian policing.
“They were too quick to embrace an explanation that discounted the clear and consistent information that several eyewitnesses had provided independently of one another,” the report says.The inquiry heard that RCMP commanders and front-line officers failed to use “basic investigative steps” and erroneously concluded the shooter’s vehicle was an old, decommissioned police car with no or very few markings.
Among other things, the commission says the national police force is badly disorganized. Its review of the RCMP’s 5,000 pages of policies and procedures found the force’s own members were unclear on proper responses to critical incidents and communication with the public. The RCMP’s other main role is federal policing, an $890-million operation that involves 5,000 employees investigating organized crime, border integrity and cybercrime. By contrast, contract policing involves 18,000 employees, an operation that cost $3.2 billion in the 2021-22 fiscal year.
The report details Wortman’s history of domestic violence in his relationships with women, including Banfield. In particular, the report notes the experience of Brenda Forbes, a neighbour in Portapique who informed the RCMP of Wortman’s violence toward Banfield. He never faced any consequences, but she dealt with years of stalking, harassment and threats from Wortman, prompting her to leave the province.
The three commissioners recommend changing the Criminal Code and firearms legislation with the aim of tightening loopholes and strengthening prohibitions on ownership of some weapons, clarifying that gun ownership is a “conditional privilege.”
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