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 nation; stories of RCMP members killing civilians or brutally beating them for sport, stealing b … [Read more...]
Rapinder (Rob) Sidhu: Reason #6 to Dump the BC RCMP
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 RCMP has long had an affirmative action plan that requires visible … [Read more...]
Staff-Sgt. Travis Pearson: Reason #5 to Dump the BC RCMP
Staff-Sgt. Travis Pearson has gotten himself into a lot of hot water with his sexual relationship with a subordinate under his command, Constable Susan Gastaldo while she worked for him in 2009 in the "Special O" surveillance unit based in Burnaby, BC. Staff-Sgt. Pearson doesn’t get the #5 spot because I necessarily believe all of Constable Gastaldo’s story. After digging in … [Read more...]
Constable Nick Sharma disgraces himself and the RCMP
Constable Nick Sharma is a member of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, whose mandate is to stop gangs and drug dealers. From their website: The mission of CFSEU-BC is to facilitate the disruption and suppression of organized crime which affects British Columbians. The mandate is to investigate, prosecute, disrupt and suppress criminal organizations, consistent … [Read more...]
CTV News Story on corruption in BC’s Chief Firearms Office
The CTV did a story on the lawsuit filed recently by Travis Bader against numerous RCMP members and the provincial government. It was through filing the lawsuit that Bader learned about the involvement in his case by Constable David Clarke, now suspended (with pay) and facing about 15 charges, including theft of police property, theft and sales of marijuana, and possession of … [Read more...]