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Membership has its Privileges: the Constable Adree Mohammed Zahara Story

Published February 5, 2021 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Domestic Violence, Police, RCMP Hall of Shame


On October 15, 2006, RCMP Constable Adree Mohammed Zahara fired nine bullets from her RCMP-issued pistol into the wall of her home during a domestic dispute with her partner, Constable Chuck Simm.

A December 21, 2006, Saskatoon Star-Phoenix news report, shown below, informed readers that Constable Sahara pleaded guilty to a lone charge of careless use of a firearm related to a domestic dispute in her home.

RCMP Constsable Adree Mohammed Zahara pleads guilty to careless use of a firearm

On February 7, 2007, Constable Zahara was handed a conditional sentence and probation. She also received a two-year Firearm Prohibition Order that came with one bizarre exception – she would be permitted to carry her RCMP-issued sidearm while on duty.

How is this possible?

This is a woman who, in a fit of rage, fired nine bullets from her RCMP-issued handgun into the wall of the home she shared with her partner and child.

Simply put, Crown prosecutors did not proceed by indictment, which carries a maximum prison term of two years.

By proceeding summarily, the harshest sentence possible was six months in jail, a $2,000 fine or a both, plus probation.

According to a news report reproduced on BlueLine.ca’s forum:

Constable Zahara’s case raised the hackles of some senior officers who say she landed a “plum job” after committing a serious crime.

“Should she be a police officer? . . . Simply put, no. She stepped over the line,” said one police source who did not want to be identified.

Const. Zahara, who is not allowed to carry her gun, has been working on administrative duties in metro Halifax since Nov. 3, RCMP spokesman Sgt. Frank Skidmore said. He couldn’t elaborate, but sources said she is working at the force’s Bedford office doing administrative work for the VICLAS (violent crime linkage analysis system) unit. She is not working as a VICLAS specialist, which would require expert training.

The decision not to suspend the officer from her $72,000-a-year job was made by the country’s top cop, who makes the final decision on all internal disciplinary matters.

Another news report reproduced on the BlueLine.ca forum said:

A Mountie who had “a bit of a meltdown” and fired nine bullets from her service pistol into the wall of her home has been put on probation for a year and will have no criminal record so she can continue what the judge called “an exemplary career.”

“The public interest is best served here by allowing a good officer to continue her career,” Judge Crawford said as she agreed to the joint recommendation from the Crown and defence for a conditional discharge and a year on probation.

Last week, two senior RCMP officers spoke to The Chronicle Herald on condition of anonymity. They said they thought Const. Zahara was getting preferential treatment, both in the criminal case and the internal investigation, and that it was damaging to the rank-and-file members and the public’s perception of the RCMP.

“Their credibility is totally destroyed,” one veteran officer said of RCMP management and the force’s handling of the investigation.

“She should have no credibility as a police officer. Period.”

Const. Zahara’s work with the VICLAS unit, at full pay, is a job that “80 per cent of front-line officers would give their you-know-what to have,” one officer said.

Mr. Nicholson said the shooting incident came to light when Const. Chuck Simm reported it to his detachment on Oct. 16. Const. Simm had been living common law with Const. Zahara and their three-year-old son until a few months before.

He said that on Oct. 15, Const. Zahara invited him to her home in Chester Grant to talk about their son and they got into an argument. He was working and in uniform. Const. Zahara was also in uniform, getting ready for her 4 p.m. shift.

Mr. Nicholson said Const. Zahara got “very upset,” went into her room and started smashing things. Const. Simm reported that he heard a gunshot, followed by several other shots. He kicked in the door and took her gun until she calmed down, then gave it back to her and she went to work.

When she didn’t report the incident, he did.

The issues I (and other mere citizens who legally own firearms) have with this slap-on-the-wrist sentence should be obvious to even the most ardent gun-hater.

Constable Zahara was permitted, by a judge in a court of law, to continue carrying her police-issue sidearm while on duty.

Constable Zahara didn’t serve a single day in jail, despite endangering the lives of everyone present during her ‘meltdown.’

Constable Zahara was transferred out of the Bridgewater RCMP detachment to Halifax and given a cushy desk job – one coveted by almost everyone in the RCMP.

Ouch.

I can’t imagine a scenario where a mere citizen would be treated with such velvety-soft judicial gloves.

Were any of Canada’s 2.2 million licensed firearm owners to fire nine shots from one of their legally-possessed handguns into the wall during a domestic dispute, I guarantee they would not be treated so gently.

They would have every gun they owned confiscated and destroyed and, at a minimum, face a slew of serious criminal charges that would probably include attempted murder.

If, by some miracle they weren’t convicted of the most serious charges, they would still spend a few years behind bars.

Not RCMP Constable Adree Mohammed Zahara.

Constable Zahara is an RCMP Member and RCMP Membership most certainly has its privileges.

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Comments

  1. Dale says

    February 5, 2021 at 6:41 am

    Very interesting indeed. She, Zahara, fires her pistol into the wall and does not report the use of her firearm. RCMP Commissioner, Beverly Busson, she had the power to suspend and did not. The judge, Crawford, she knew that public interest was best served by allowing Zahara to be armed when dealing with the unarmed public. She, she and she: perhaps we should add “mere male” to “mere citizen”.

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  2. Karl says

    February 5, 2021 at 7:59 am

    Not to excuse or diminish the obvious injustice, but it’s always been the case that people and organizations look out for their own – that is, those in their in-group or family. This is rather an extreme example of such a case.
    I’m surprised, however, that some bright criminal lawyer has not raised this and similar incidents as precedents when defending charges arising from similar emotion-driven firearms events.

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  3. Paul Hulme says

    February 5, 2021 at 8:30 am

    This is the one that burns me — the back alley police dog left on the kid and the other kid appears being kicked on the the other side of the vehicle.

    IIO Files Report to Crown Counsel for Consideration of Charges (2016-051)

    I kept the video from CBC on that one if you want it — there was never any accountability to my knowledge. I know there is also a problem with punks over on your side , but you need to see the video. Prince George back-alley where kid was clearly being used for practice by the handler.

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    • Christopher di Armani says

      February 5, 2021 at 11:26 am

      Hey Paul, yes, please send me the info through https://ChristopherDiArmani.org. Thanks.

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  4. Jay says

    February 6, 2021 at 4:26 am

    I don’t agree with this “punishment” but, that being said the slap on the wrist she got is the same slap on the wrist we give gang bangers in Toronto that are caught with guns. We don’t lock them up, pick a case and follow it. Are the cops messed up, 100% but it’s our soft justice system and judges that are the issue.

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