BREAKING: The federal government has announced Michael Duheme will lead the RCMP in the interim as they hunt for a permanent leader.
Duheme served as deputy commissioner of federal policing and will take the helm tomorrow after RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki's retirement.
When she was appointed in 2018, Lucki was tasked with modernizing a police force in the grips of a sexual assault and harassment scandal."She was given an impossible task," said Karen Adams, one of the first women to don the red serge after the force allowed women to serve back in 1974. Adams, who has written a book about her time in the force, has said she was raped by her supervisor. She said she was too afraid to report it and instead suppressed the experience, which left her to suffer from PTSD.
Lauren Bernardi, a lawyer and workplace investigator, said police culture in general has been prone to workplace harassment. Bernardi said she has seen some signs that the RCMP is moving in the right direction — like the establishment of the Independent Centre for Harassment Resolution, which has outside investigators review allegations of sexual harassment or abuse in the ranks.
Sopow said he doesn't understand why the head of a police force — even a national one — reports to the federal public safety minister. The RCMP's relationship with the federal government has plagued Lucki throughout her time as commissioner. She was accused of meddling in the RCMP's investigation of the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting by pressing investigators — on the federal government's behalf — to make public details about the weapons used by the gunman.interfering with the RCMP's investigation.
Government will take 'diversity' and 'Indigenous representation' into account in choosing a new RCMP commissioner: TrudeauAsked about Brenda Lucki's replacement, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says an independent process is taking place and will ensure that the final choice represents the 'fullness of Canada.'
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