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RCMP Cpl. Benjamin Monty Robinson, the man who killed 21-year-old Orion Hutchinson and then left the scene to have a couple of shots of vodka rather than check to see if Hutchinson was still alive, will be sentenced for obstructing justice on June 1, 2012. The sentencing date was set this past Wednesday. Robinson has [...]

In what is becoming a trend across Canada, judges are having less and less patience with police forces who illegally search a person’s vehicle, residence or person.  The latest case involves two people who [allegedly] have known gang affiliations in Burnaby, BC. Damion Ryan and Theresa Latham faced a total of 30 gun charges after [...]

Merritt, British Columbia, has the distinction of being the latest RCMP detachment run by an [alleged] criminal and also, it would appear, cocaine addict. Staff Sergeant Stuart Seib was arrested on Tuesday and charged with stealing cocaine from the RCMP lockup the following day, after he was relieved of command of the Merritt RCMP Detachment. [...]

Yeah, it was an odd title for me to write, so don’t feel strange if it feels weird to read it!  Over the past many years there has been very little to give any of us hope when it comes to the RCMP.  Scandal after scandal has headlined every newspaper and television station across the [...]

While hardly a surprise, I was holding out hope that the so-called “savior” of British Columbia, unelected Premier Christy Clark, would actually stand up to Ottawa and show the citizens of this fine province who is running the show. Apparently, the answer to that is quite simple: Ottawa. Yesterday, just one hour after word leaked [...]

We “mere citizens” have high expectations from the men and women who make up our police forces.  We expect them to act with integrity, to be honourable and above all, to tell the truth. Time after time we hear reports of members of the RCMP (and almost every other police force) breaking the very laws [...]

Grand Forks RCMP tries to hide their ineptness with a threat to prosecute Dion Nordick, the man who exposed that ineptness.  Nordick found two motion-sensor cameras in the trees overlooking the trailer that he rents.  He took them down after noticing intermittent flashes coming from them. He took out the memory cards and amongst the [...]

Rapinder (Rob) Sidhu is not a serving member of the RCMP.  He is included in this list because the very fact that he WAS an RCMP member shows the complete lack of proper screening the RCMP as a whole uses when recruiting its members. Instead of hiring the best possible candidates, regardless of race, the [...]