- Aug 6, 2012
- 27,986
- 24,787
- 2,405
Only took two years. I wonder what the rush was all of a sudden?
There is some pressure for more transparency of activities against citizens and of course, deep cuts. Now THAT would get interesting.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmo...d-whitecourt-alberta-shooting-death-1.5603398
Two RCMP officers with the Whitecourt, Alta., detachment are facing criminal charges after a 31-year-old man was shot and killed at a highway rest stop in 2018.
Cpl. Randy Stenger and Const. Jessica Brown were arrested Friday and each charged with one count of criminal negligence causing death in relation to the fatal shooting of Clayton Crawford, said Susan Hughson, executive director of the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT).
The charges mark the first time in ASIRT's 11-year history that officers have been charged with criminal offences in a shooting that resulted in a death, Hughson told a news conference in Edmonton on Monday.
"This is a new step for ASIRT — not one we shirk from, but it is setting new ground for ASIRT, for sure," Hughson said.
She said in the vast majority of cases that ASIRT investigates, "it is found that the officers were acting within the lawful execution of their duty and were put in a position where lethal force was unfortunate but appropriate."
There is some pressure for more transparency of activities against citizens and of course, deep cuts. Now THAT would get interesting.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmo...d-whitecourt-alberta-shooting-death-1.5603398
Two RCMP officers with the Whitecourt, Alta., detachment are facing criminal charges after a 31-year-old man was shot and killed at a highway rest stop in 2018.
Cpl. Randy Stenger and Const. Jessica Brown were arrested Friday and each charged with one count of criminal negligence causing death in relation to the fatal shooting of Clayton Crawford, said Susan Hughson, executive director of the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT).
The charges mark the first time in ASIRT's 11-year history that officers have been charged with criminal offences in a shooting that resulted in a death, Hughson told a news conference in Edmonton on Monday.
"This is a new step for ASIRT — not one we shirk from, but it is setting new ground for ASIRT, for sure," Hughson said.
She said in the vast majority of cases that ASIRT investigates, "it is found that the officers were acting within the lawful execution of their duty and were put in a position where lethal force was unfortunate but appropriate."
