And back to Caledonia we go...
The Globe & Mail made a request, under the Access to Information Act, to the RCMP for documents related to the Caledonia stand off. What they received was over 250 documents relating to the RCMP's involvement. Funny that there was so much paperwork for the "few" officers that the RCMP had sent to the area. Or atleast that is what the RCMP had stated back in April, that there were a 'few officers' there.
It has now been discovered that "a few" officers to the RCMP actually means around 80! Imagine that. With the large representation of the OPP, it was necessary for the RCMP to send in 80 officers as 'manpower support'. And not just regular RCMP officers, but specially trained officers from criminal intelligence, biker intelligence, drug trafficking and border & customs control. Apparently the RCMP see the natives as gun toting, drug trafficking, harley riding smugglers. All this they decerned from a relatively (yes I am aware there were some problems) peaceful protest and occupation. Apparently these fine gentlemen are trained in an area of criminal profiling which I am not aware exists.
If you listen to Bob Paulson of the RCMP, the officers did not take part in any of the OPP attempt at forced removal and just stood around most of the time. Let me get this straight...tax payers paid well over $200,000 for 80 RCMP officers to stand around for much of April and May?? I would so love to have a job that pays me to 'hang out'....hell, I would even charged them half of what these officers did.
The whole thing stinks to high heaven.
It has now been discovered that "a few" officers to the RCMP actually means around 80! Imagine that. With the large representation of the OPP, it was necessary for the RCMP to send in 80 officers as 'manpower support'. And not just regular RCMP officers, but specially trained officers from criminal intelligence, biker intelligence, drug trafficking and border & customs control. Apparently the RCMP see the natives as gun toting, drug trafficking, harley riding smugglers. All this they decerned from a relatively (yes I am aware there were some problems) peaceful protest and occupation. Apparently these fine gentlemen are trained in an area of criminal profiling which I am not aware exists.
If you listen to Bob Paulson of the RCMP, the officers did not take part in any of the OPP attempt at forced removal and just stood around most of the time. Let me get this straight...tax payers paid well over $200,000 for 80 RCMP officers to stand around for much of April and May?? I would so love to have a job that pays me to 'hang out'....hell, I would even charged them half of what these officers did.
The whole thing stinks to high heaven.
posted by Kari at 12:34 PM
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