Donna Price said she intends to file a lawsuit against the force to ensure that police follow proper protocols to identify deceased people and notify their families, no matter what their life circumstances may be
A mother in New Brunswick is still reeling after she says she woke up Tuesday morning to news from the RCMP that her son had died, only to discover hours later that police had made a mistake.
“They all have their stories,” Price said in an interview. “They have parents, they have grandparents, they have siblings. And no one here in Moncton is listening.”The ordeal began some time after 1 a.m. on Tuesday when Price said she heard knocking and looked outside to see lights from a police vehicle outside her home in Dieppe, N.B. She invited the two young RCMP officers in and they told her that her son had died of an overdose in the nearby city of Moncton.
Price was composed as she recounted her own story, speaking clearly and carefully. But her voice broke when she spoke of the family of the man who died. A sergeant and constable came to her house later that afternoon and they apologized, but only after she pressed them for more information, she said. Ultimately, she was told that officers took pictures of the deceased man and sent them around the force. One or more members said they recognized the man as her son.“If this was how police were identifying deceased persons, we all should think twice. But it’s not,” Murphy said in an interview Saturday.
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