The RCMP has an uneven record when it comes to implementing recommendations and guidelines following tragedies, according to a CBC News analysis.
Some landmark reports have looked into issues within the RCMP, such as crime scene containment and policing in rural areas. But a review of their various findings shows the RCMP has a history of not following through.
Its findings will join a collection of landmark reports that have looked into various issues within the RCMP, ranging from crime scene containment and policing in rural areas to the RCMP's internal culture. "It's tragic because this is the largest police force in the country, with 17,000 members. It's got to set the gold standard."
While many of those recommendations were acted on by the RCMP, MacNeil also pointed to policy implementation failures. "The force has an obligation to take actions to protect its members, and it must act promptly to do so, not solely for statutory reasons but because of the moral contract it has with the members it sends into harm's way."
And Chief. Supt. Chris Leather, one of the top Mounties in the province at the time of the shooting, told the commission he was not aware of any kind of formalized training plan based on MacNeil's report. Miller said one of MacNeil's recommendations — "to identify entry/exit points and major transportation routes that should be alerted and monitored in the event of a relevant crisis" — doesn't appear to have been followed during the Nova Scotia rampage, since the gunman was able to travel nearly 200 kilometres before he was killed.
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