Yes i’m still ranting about the NS shooting and how opaque the RCMP has been to the whole situation.  I’m glad that information is leaking out and it’s showing the absolute failure of the Nova Scotia RCMP, their inaction and lack of communication definitely costed civilians their lives and I really hope that some heads roll.  Shame on the RCMP, the federal & provincial government for dragging their feet and not calling a public inquiry on the dismal failures.

“Public safety and preservation of life are the primary duties of any peace officer,” said a former high ranking RCMP executive officer who asked for anonymity out of fear of retaliation by current and former law enforcement officials who are vigilant about any criticism of policing by those in the field. “As far as I can tell, the RCMP did nothing in Nova Scotia to save a life. They weren’t ready. It is embarrassing to me. The entire thing was an epic failure.”

Based upon interviews with other current and former police officers, witnesses, and law enforcement, and on emergency services transcripts, it seems clear that there was a collapse of the policing function on that weekend.

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Some of the frustrated Mounties wanted to follow their training, move forward and attack the situation. A RCMP tactical officer from Cole Harbour who was called to the scene became frustrated with the fact the Mounties were not attempting to move from their fixed position, save lives and possibly confront the killer. When that Mountie and another said they were going to do it on their own, an unknown supervisor told them: “If you go down there this will be your last shift in the RCMP.” The Mounties held their position.

The RCMP has refused to release its own communications from that night or transcripts of them, but interviews with and transcripts of communications from the nearby Truro Police Department and Emergency Medical Services along with other already noted sources helps fill in some of the gaps and paint a picture of the chaos inside the RCMP.

worse yet…

A local man was driving out of Portapique Beach Road when the killer in his replica cruiser approached him from the other direction and shot at him in his vehicle, wounding him in the arm. According to search warrant documents obtained by the Examiner, that man told investigators he drove up the road and met the cordon of Mounties waiting there. Police sources tell us that the man told Mounties that a man he believed was GW was in a marked police car had shot at him. This occurred sometime after 10:26 p.m. and before 10:35 p.m. when the vehicle was seen leaving the area driving across a field to Brown Loop which is about 200 metres to the east of where the police were positioned.

That man’s report is the first time, as far as we know, that the RCMP were aware that GW was in a recognizable police vehicle.

Source: Halifax Examiner

The RCMP knew early on that the shooter was driving around in a replica police vehicle and did nothing about it.  Not informing other police departments or the public that he was driving in that definitely cost lives.  Look mistakes are going to happen but the RCMP & possibly with the help of the federal and provincial governments are stalling and that’s not ok.  The only thing that can be done now is for a full public inquiry to be called so we know what exactly happened because it’s obvious that we can’t trust the authorities.

Reading the article, as long as it is was very infuriating and showed utter incompetence by the RCMP.