Brenda Lucki

• Senior Mounties involved in N.S. mass shooting response either retired or in new jobs

  Almost three years after the Nova Scotia shooting, the senior RCMP officers and staff involved in the tragic case have all either retired or moved into new jobs.

  Canada

  Mar 28
  
• The RCMP has a new interim commissioner to replace Brenda Lucki. What we know

  After almost five years on the job, Brenda Lucki announced last month that she was stepping down as the head of Canada’s national police force.

  Canada

  Mar 17
  
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• Mounties told federal government RCMP could advise Winnipeg police on landfill search: document

  A newly released document shows the head of the RCMP told Ottawa the national police force could offer guidance to Winnipeg police searching for remains of two First Nations women.

  Crime

  Mar 8
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• An Indigenous RCMP commissioner? ‘Excellent idea,’ Justin Trudeau says

  Justin Trudeau says the next RCMP commissioner will be selected through an independent process and he did not commit to ensuring Lucki's successor is Indigenous.

  Canada

  Mar 3
• N.S. premier hopeful new head of RCMP will keep mass shooting public inquiry top priority

  Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says the retirement of RCMP boss Brenda Lucki on March 17 should not impact the work of the Mass Casualty Commission, whose report is due March 31.

  Crime

  Feb 16
• RCMP’s Brenda Lucki says she will retire next month: ‘I did my best’

  Lucki, who was appointed RCMP commissioner in 2018 and was the first woman to permanently hold the role, has faced intense criticism over the RCMP's handling of multiple crises.

  Canada

  Feb 15
• RCMP says tips on shady finances ‘may not get investigated’ due to police constraints

  The Mounties make the admission in a briefing note prepared for Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino on the working relationship between the national police force and Fintrac.

  Canada

  Jan 10
• Alberta justice minister calls for RCMP commissioner to be removed

  'The commissioner of the RCMP must be held to the highest of standards. Minister Mendicino has stood idly by while Lucki has failed to meet even the most meagre of standards.'

  Canada

  Nov 23, 2022
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• RCMP warned of ‘potential for violence’ from extremists amid convoy: memo

  RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki is expected to testify Tuesday morning at the public inquiry into the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act last winter.

  Canada

  Nov 15, 2022
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• Blair, Lucki insist ‘request’ about Nova Scotia shooting info was not political pressure

  The House of Commons committee on public safety called the two officials back to drill down into details of a tense call between Lucki and RCMP staff days after the shooting.

  Canada

  Oct 31, 2022