Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Commissioner Thomas Carrique said he was “outraged” on Wednesday as he announced the charges laid against two people in the death of OPP Const. Grzegorz Pierzchala. He said that one of the suspects had been out on bail on a number of weapons-related charges and Carrique was “outraged” that the man “was provided the opportunity to take the life of an innocent officer.” He said he wanted to see changes to protect the public from violent offenders with such charges against them.
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