RCMP Corporal Monty Robinson finally quits in disgrace prior to sentencing hearing
RCMP Corporal Monty Robinson has finally done something honourable… if you can call quitting in disgracebefore you’re fired as “honourable”, that is, right before you’re about to be sentenced for obstruction of justice. As regular readers of my columns will…
RCMP Cpl. Benjamin Monty Robinson will be sentenced on June 1, 2012
RCMP Cpl. Benjamin Monty Robinson, the man who killed 21-year-old Orion Hutchinson and then left the scene to have a couple of shots of vodka rather than check to see if Hutchinson was still alive, will be sentenced for obstructing…
Judge to RCMP: Citizens have Rights. You violated them. Case Dismissed.
In what is becoming a trend across Canada, judges are having less and less patience with police forces who illegally search a person’s vehicle, residence or person. The latest case involves two people who [allegedly] have known gang affiliations in…
Merritt Staff Sergeant Stuart Seib: Reason #9 to Dump the BC RCMP
Merritt, British Columbia, has the distinction of being the latest RCMP detachment run by an [alleged] criminal and also, it would appear, cocaine addict. Staff Sergeant Stuart Seib was arrested on Tuesday and charged with stealing cocaine from the RCMP…
RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson gives me hope for the RCMP
Yeah, it was an odd title for me to write, so don’t feel strange if it feels weird to read it! Over the past many years there has been very little to give any of us hope when it comes…
Christy Clark Caves in to RCMP Contract Negotiations
While hardly a surprise, I was holding out hope that the so-called “savior” of British Columbia, unelected Premier Christy Clark, would actually stand up to Ottawa and show the citizens of this fine province who is running the show. Apparently,…
Lying Staff Sergeant Ross Spenard: Reason #8 to dump the BC RCMP
We “mere citizens” have high expectations from the men and women who make up our police forces. We expect them to act with integrity, to be honourable and above all, to tell the truth. Time after time we hear reports…
Grand Forks RCMP Ineptness: Reason #7 to dump the BC RCMP
Grand Forks RCMP tries to hide their ineptness with a threat to prosecute Dion Nordick, the man who exposed that ineptness. Nordick found two motion-sensor cameras in the trees overlooking the trailer that he rents. He took them down after…
Rapinder (Rob) Sidhu: Reason #6 to Dump the BC RCMP
Rapinder (Rob) Sidhu is not a serving member of the RCMP. He is included in this list because the very fact that he WAS an RCMP member shows the complete lack of proper screening the RCMP as a whole uses…
Staff-Sgt. Travis Pearson: Reason #5 to Dump the BC RCMP
Staff-Sgt. Travis Pearson has gotten himself into a lot of hot water with his sexual relationship with a subordinate under his command, Constable Susan Gastaldo while she worked for him in 2009 in the “Special O” surveillance unit based in…
RCMP Corporal Benjamin Monty Robinson: Reason #4 for BC to Dump the RCMP
RCMP Corporal Monty Robinson is pretty much the poster-boy for everything that’s wrong with the RCMP, both here in British Columbia and across the nation. Corporal Robinson’s case shows us the stark, horrific reality of the inner workings of the…
Lisa Cheryl Dudley: Reason #3 to Dump the BC RCMP
Well, my original pick for the number 2 spot, RCMP Corporal Monty Robinson, just keeps getting kicked further down the list. Today I bring you instead my Reason #3 for British Columbia to dump the RCMP: Lisa Cheryl Dudley. Lisa Dudley…
RCMP Constable Andy Yung: Reason #2 to Dump the BC RCMP
Anyone reading my articles about thuggish RCMP constables and corporals will no doubt be a little surprised by my choice of RCMP Constable Andy Yung as my #2 reason for getting the RCMP out of British Columbia. He certainly would…
25 reasons BC should get rid of the RCMP, starting with Reason #1: Ian Bush
This is the first in a series of articles where I advance the premise British Columbia should kick the RCMP out of the province and raise the BC Provincial Police from the ashes of history. There are a ton of…