Canadian Police Force RCMP Shoot Dead Terror Suspect During an Anti-terror Operation

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) today shot dead a suspect in an anti-terror operation in the Canadian province of Ontario, according to several media reports.

Canadian media reports say police had raided a property in Strathroy, about 225km (140 miles) south-west of Toronto and the 'terrorist suspect' named  as Aaron Driver, 24,  was arrested last year for openly supporting ISIS on social media.

RCMP said in a statement  it had received "credible information of a potential terrorist threat".
"A suspect was identified and the proper course of action has been taken to ensure that there is no danger to the public's safety," it added.

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How Come! Canadian Police Force, RCMP Misconduct Jumps By 158%

The number of misconduct investigations the RCMP launched into their own staff went up by 158 per cent in 2015 over the previous year, leaving 56 officers facing possible dismissal over allegations of serious misconduct.

Details of the development are contained in a document posted to the RCMP website called Results and Respect in the RCMP Workplace.

The document appears to be a means of updating the public on how the national police force has followed through on the findings and recommendations from the Mounties' Gender-Based Assessment and Gender and Respect Action Plan, in 2012 and 2013 respectively.

Wounded Police Officer David Wynn Dies From His Injuries In Hospital

RCMP Const. David Wynn has died in hospital after being shot while attending a call in St. Alberta, Alta

The Canadian Press
RCMP say an officer who died Wednesday was being proactive in a stolen truck investigation when he and another officer were shot inside a casino.

Const. David Matthew Wynn should be remembered as a great police officer and citizen, RCMP Assistant Commissioner Marlin Degrand told reporters after it was announced that the 42-year-old had died in hospital.

Degrand said Wynn was taking the initiative during the slow early morning hours last Saturday, checking out vehicle licence plates in the parking lot of the Apex Casino in St. Albert, a bedroom community north of Edmonton.

Alberta RCMP officer shot while investigating a car theft dies

The Canadian Press 
An Alberta Mountie who was shot in the head while investigating a vehicle theft in a community just outside Edmonton last weekend has died.

RCMP say Const. David Matthew Wynn, a husband and father of three sons, died in an Edmonton hospital this morning.

They say the 42-year-old officer never regained consciousness after he and an auxiliary officer, Const. Derek Bond, were wounded at a casino in St. Albert early Saturday morning.
Bond was struck in the right arm and torso, but was released from hospital several hours after the shooting.

Deputy RCMP Commissioner Marianne Ryan says in a statement that the force has lost a dedicated member in the line of duty.

Mounties say there will be a regimental funeral for Wynn in the Edmonton area, with details to follow. RIP David

RCMP need more protection after St. Albert shooting, says Kash Heed

The shooting of RCMP officers Derek Bond and David Wynn in St. Albert, Alta., highlights the need for more protection for Mounties, according to B.C.'s former solicitor general.

“We need to outfit our police officers, give them the tactics, give them the training … to ensure they go home each and every day,” said Kash Heed, also a former chief of the West Vancouver Police Department.

Aux. Const. Bond and Const. Wynn were injured while trying to arrest a man in a casino early Saturday morning.

Supreme Court Canada to rule whether RCMP can unionize

The Supreme Court of Canada is seen in Ottawa. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press

Mike Blanchfield The Canadian Press
The Supreme Court of Canada gave rank-and-file RCMP members a major morale boost Friday when it affirmed their right to engage in meaningful collective bargaining.

The high court did not explicitly state that the Mounties have the right to form a union, but the justices effectively cleared a path to that possibility.

The landmark 6-1 ruling gives the federal government a year to create a new labour relations scheme, setting the stage for talks among RCMP members, Commissioner Bob Paulson and the Harper government.

The Supreme Court overturned a previous ruling of its own from the 1990s which upheld an exclusion that barred the Mounties from forming unions like federal public servants, who gained the right to collective bargaining in the late 1960s.

RCMP to act on all recommendations in Moncton shooting report

CBC - RCMP to act on all recommendations in Moncton shooting report

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The RCMP is promising to learn from the Moncton shootings on June 4 that killed three officers and wounded two others.

On Friday, the RCMP said all of the recommendations in a review by retired assistant commissioner Alphonse MacNeil will be acted upon, and promised to keep the public updated on their progress.

The MacNeil Review includes 64 recommendations.

In the RCMP response, Assistant Commissioner Bob Paulson says deadly threats to police are not going to go away.

"It is our obligation — our duty — to make sure that we can be as prepared as humanly possible to meet these threats, having regard for who we are and where we live," Paulson said.

Legendary Canadian Spymaster And Diplomat, Dead At 96. RIP John Starnes

The Canadian Press
John Starnes, a legendary Canadian spymaster who became the first civilian head of the RCMP’s Security Service Directorate, has died at the age of 96.

Starnes was an intelligence officer during the Second World War and then became embroiled in the murky world of Cold War intrigue and counter-espionage.

He moved in secretive circles within what was then known as the external affairs department, now Foreign Affairs, and worked with diplomats, senior bureaucrats, politicians and covert operators.

Alberta probe RCMP shooting

The Canadian Press
The investigation into a Christmas Day shooting by police in Alberta will be handled by the province’s police watchdog.

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team says in a news release that RCMP officers shot a lone male on Thursday morning in Vegreville when they were investigating a complaint about a robbery at an ATM machine.

They say one shot was fired, and that the male suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.

The provincial team says a replica firearm has been recovered from the scene, but they say the initial complaint about the robbery appears to have been false.

They say RCMP are handling the investigation into the false robbery complaint.

The news release says the identity of the person who was shot is not being released.
 

Police Officer From Saskatchewan Charged With Child Porn Violations

In this 2010 file photo, RCMP officers march off the parade grounds following the RCMP National Memorial Service in Regina.

The Canadian Press
A Mountie in Saskatchewan is facing charges of accessing and possessing child pornography.

The 31-year-old officer, who has been with the force for more than four years, was stationed at Fond du Lac.

RCMP say computer devices were seized during a search of the man’s home in the remote northwestern community on Oct. 16.

He was removed from the detachment and suspended with pay, but charges were not laid until yesterday following an investigation by the Saskatchewan Internet Child Exploitation Unit.

RCMP Says Liberals Paid Expert $10K To Wipe Hard Drives On Ontario Gas Plant Scandal

Keith Leslie, The Canadian Press
The Ontario Liberal caucus paid the spouse of a top aide to Dalton McGuinty $10,000 to wipe computer hard drives in the premier's office, police alleged in court documents released Thursday.

The information used by Ontario Provincial Police to obtain a search warrant that was executed in November at a provincial government cyber security office in Toronto was made public after media lawyers requested it be unsealed.

The warrant is part of an OPP investigation into deleted documents on the Liberals' decision to cancel two gas plants prior to the 2011 election, at a cost to taxpayers of up to $1.1 billion.

Computer expert Peter Faist was asked by his spouse, Laura Miller, "to wipe off personal data on approximately 20 desktop computers in the premier's office," alleges Det.-Const. Andre Duval in his application for the warrant.

Security Guards Pepper Sprayed at Winnipeg Westwood restaurant

Winnipeg A Winnipeg police cruiser is seen in this file photo. Shane Gibson/Metro

Two men and a woman are facing a number of charges after suspects involved in a mêlée at a Westwood area restaurant early Saturday sprayed pepper spray and shot a Taser at security guards trying to kick them out.

The suspects were drinking at the restaurant in the 400 block of Westwood Drive around 12:30 a.m. when police allege they became belligerent with staff and were asked to leave.

It was while two male security guards escorted the party to the door that one of the suspects sprayed them with pepper spray and another fired a Taser at one of the guards.

Neither of the guards was seriously injured, and they were able to control the suspects until police arrived.

Alvin Mason, 44, of Winnipeg is facing a number of charges including two counts of assault with a weapon.

Sheena Gagnon, 28, of Winnipeg, is also facing a long list of charges including assault with a weapon and possession of methamphetamine

A 21-year-old man is charged with possession of a weapon and unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted weapon.