RCMP Use Of Force

• Alberta Mountie placed on administrative duty after video surfaces of arrest involving use of force

  A senior RCMP official said the province's police watchdog is investigating and the officer has been placed on administrative duty.

  Crime

  May 12, 2022
  
• RCMP conducting internal review of officer’s use of force in northern Alberta

  After video surfaced on social media that showed a person being kneed by an officer seven times, the RCMP says it is conducting an internal review of the incident.

  Crime

  May 11, 2022
  
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• RCMP officers who killed Nova Scotia gunman will not face criminal charges

  Two RCMP officers who shot and killed gunman Gabriel Wortman should not face criminal charges, according to a special investigation.

  Crime

  Dec 17, 2020
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• Use of force probed after B.C. Mountie filmed kicking suspect in ‘dangerous’ high-speed chase

  Video shows an RCMP officer kicking and punching the suspect on the ground, but police allege the man put lives at risk in a "high-risk" chase from Kamloops to Williams lake.

  Crime

  Oct 26, 2020
• RCMP use of firearms far outpaces other intervention tactics, report shows

  RCMP officers pointed their firearms at people over five times as often as they pointed conducted energy weapons like Tasers.

  Canada

  Jun 18, 2020
• Jagmeet Singh booted from House of Commons for calling Bloc MP ‘racist’

  The leader of the NDP refused to apologize for the words directed at Bloc member Alain Therrien over a blocked RCMP motion.

  Politics

  Jun 17, 2020