Category: RCMP

RCMP Supervisor During NS Mass Shooting Took Extended Leave Amid Second-Guessing

One of the Mounties who oversaw the initial response to the mass shooting in Nova Scotia was off work for at least 16 months afterwards, saying he struggled with questions about his own decisions during the rampage. Staff Sgt. Brian Rehill—a risk manager at the RCMP’s Operational Communications Centre in Truro, N.S.—told investigators with the…


Feds to Cover $35M Policing Costs Incurred During Freedom Convoy Protests

The federal government will cover policing costs incurred during the Freedom Convoy protest earlier this year, the Ottawa Police Service says. The cost of the police response to the three-week-long protests in downtown Ottawa is estimated at $35 million, with additional costs still being realized, according to a financial status report for the Ottawa Police Service…


Many Knew of NS Killer’s Replica RCMP Patrol Car but Didn’t Report to Police

A public inquiry heard today that many people knew about a replica patrol car owned by the gunman in Nova Scotia’s mass shooting, but they didn’t inform police of his activities. The killer meticulously recreated a fully marked RCMP Ford Taurus—complete with a black push bar and Mountie decals—before driving it during the April 18-19, 2020, rampage that resulted…


Public Inquiry Into Nova Scotia Mass Shooting Resumes With Focus on Replica RCMP Car

A public inquiry investigating the mass shooting in Nova Scotia is scheduled to resume today in Halifax with a focus on the replica RCMP police car the killer drove and the police gear he acquired. The perpetrator meticulously recreated a fully marked RCMP Ford Taurus—complete with a black push bar, flashing lights and a siren—before…


RCMP’s Inability to Track Officers During NS Killings Questioned at Inquiry

Lawyers at the public inquiry into Canada’s worst mass shooting are asking why—in an era when teens use apps to locate each other—the RCMP lacked technology to track their officers on foot. The topic has arisen repeatedly in the inquiry’s first two months, and a senior RCMP manager is acknowledging the absence of global positioning…


Two Years After a Gunman Killed 22 in Nova Scotia, RCMP Still Under the Microscope

HALIFAX — Two years after her father was gunned down by a man disguised as a Mountie, Charlene Bagley remains convinced he would be alive today had the Nova Scotia RCMP issued a provincewide alert early in the killer’s rampage. “He usually would check the news on Facebook,” Bagley said in a recent interview, recalling…


Mountie Recalls Killer Looked at Him as He Aimed Pistol to End NS Rampage

A Nova Scotia Mountie has testified that a single glance from the bloodied driver of a Mazda hatchback was the final confirmation that he had a mass killer lined up in his pistol sights. Const. Craig Hubley, a dog handler, joined Const. Ben MacLeod, an emergency response officer, on Thursday to tell a public inquiry…


Victim Feared NS Mass Killer Might Come to Her House, an Hour Before He Arrived

The final victim in Nova Scotia’s mass shooting knew the killer and told her daughter she was afraid he could be headed for her home, about an hour before he arrived in her driveway on April 19, 2020. A summary document released Wednesday by a public inquiry says Gina Goulet was shot at about 11…


RCMP Officer Killed in Nova Scotia’s Mass Shooting Died in Exchange of Gunfire

An RCMP officer who was killed in Nova Scotia’s 2020 mass shooting was racing to support another officer when the fatal encounter with the gunman occurred near a highway interchange. New documents tabled at the public inquiry into the killings show Const. Heidi Stevenson died following a frantic exchange of gunfire with the killer, who…


Two Mounties Started Firing at NS Mass Shooter as He Lifted RCMP Pistol: Documents

Two officers who fired rounds into the torso of a mass shooter at a Nova Scotia gas station say they started shooting as the killer raised what one believed to be an RCMP general duty pistol. Both had heard earlier the perpetrator had taken the weapon from their murdered Mountie colleague, Const. Heidi Stevenson. Details…