Why the RCMP leadership is a disgrace to the uniform and the commission they hold

 

For several generations, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and the Northwest Mounted Police that preceded them, were famed as solid, honest and honourable law enforcement. Uniquely, their officers hold the Queen's Commission, the same Commission held by military officers in Canada, the UK and much of the Commonwealth.

In the last year, the famed and historic RCMP uniform has been brought into disrepute by commissioned officers who have failed to uphold the due process of law required by the Canadian Charter and international law.

This is a disgrace to the uniform and to the commission(s) they hold. Their actions in the last 96 hrs in Alberta are evidence that this formerly honourable service needs to be disbanded. For those of us in Alberta, that starts with getting them out of our communities and out of our province.