Why the NDP have a moral obligation to demand changes to the RCMP Act

 As a criminologist who has written extensively about the need to reform the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). I often receive correspondence from present and former members of the RCMP. Recently, I received an email from an individual that clearly articulates a major problem with the RCMP Act and how it

Carleton Professor Says Minister and MPs are Failing the RCMP and Canadians

 Feature image: Former Commissioner of the RCMP Bob Paulson It appears the new tactic of dozens of Members of Parliament when they don’t want to deal with an issue is to just not respond to the inquiry. Either that or they answer an inquiry with a non-answer, or worse, answer

RCMP Commissioner’s Patronage in Final Days “An Insult to Taxpayers”

 Carleton University Criminologist and Professor Darryl Davies has written to Ralph Goodale, the Minister of Public safety and Emergency Preparedness  and is calling on him to rescind a flurry of patronage appointments and cash payments Paulsen has authorized in his final days as Commissioner of the RCMP. Paulsen’s controversial tenure

Too Little Too late: Why a Public Inquiry is Needed into the Harassment and Abuse of Officers Within the RCMP

 Photo: RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulso. (SEAN KILPATRICK / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE PHOTO) On October 6, 2016 the Commissioner of the RCMP Bob Paulson issued an apology to the hundreds of victims in the RCMP who had endured years of abuse, sexual harassment and bullying in the RCMP.  Unbelievably there

New Government Should Start by Making the RCMP More Accountable

 Photo by Flickr user Jamie McCaffrey. CC. Now that there’s a new Liberal government in power in Ottawa, one can only hope that a new public safety minister will make it a priority to address the myriad problems created by the Harper government in the criminal justice system over the past 10

The Chaos that is the RCMP

 I have read in various media reports that the RCMP officers in Moncton who responded to the call of an individual walking down a street brandishing a firearm were only equipped with pistols and shotguns. I was very shocked and dismayed to read these reports because in 2009 I was