NS Inquiry
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Mass shooting inquiry: Former Mountie says he quit over quashed alert system proposalMark Furey, who later served as Nova Scotia's justice minister, says that in 2012, he recommended the RCMP start using the National Public Alerting System.CanadaSep 12, 2022
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Mountie says holding back gun details was ‘no brainer’ in N.S. mass shootingChief Supt. Darren Campbell became involved on the night of April 18, 2020, as killings began in N.S., and remained involved the next day as the killer continued his rampage.CanadaJul 25, 2022
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Nova Scotia mass shooting: Public inquiry issues RCMP new subpoena for informationSenior commission counsel says the subpoena issued July 4 is one of several follow-up subpoenas sent to the RCMP for files relevant to the inquiry into the 2020 rampage.CanadaJul 7, 2022
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RCMP emergency alert policy in place nearly two years after N.S. shooting spreeThe eight-page internal policy outlines the circumstances in which a public alert can be used, including active shooter situations, terrorist attacks, riots and natural disasters.CanadaJun 17, 2022
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N.S. shooting inquiry: Half of RCMP 911 call takers and dispatchers off workBryan Green told the inquiry into the 2020 N.S. mass shooting that before the two-day rampage there was a full-time staff of 50 people.CanadaJun 14, 2022
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N.S. mass shooting: Bureaucracy and muddled advice in RCMP’s search for helicopterEarly in their 13-hour manhunt for the shooter, the Mounties requested the use of an RCMP helicopter. But it was grounded for maintenance, the inquiry has heard.CanadaJun 9, 2022
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First RCMP supervisor of N.S. mass shooting describes miscue in containing the killerThe Mountie was granted permission to testify over Zoom, after he was exempted from cross-examination by lawyers representing family of the 22 people killed in the N.S. shooting.CanadaMay 30, 2022
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‘It didn’t cross their minds’: Emergency director says RCMP didn’t consider alertThe EMO's executive director confirmed for the first time that the Mounties hadn't considered using the Alert Ready system until his organization suggested it.CanadaMay 10, 2022
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Nova Scotia mass shooting gunman drew police attention 10 years before killingsThe report tabled Tuesday by the public inquiry into the Nova Scotia killings says the gunman was the subject of police investigations on at least two occasions.CanadaMay 3, 2022
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