RCMP

The RCMP is facing a growing “credibility gap” and must work to “enhance public trust” by being more transparent about its use of investigative technologies, according to an internal audit.

Blacklock’s Reporter says the audit highlights concerns over the Mounties’ lack of openness regarding their use of facial recognition technology and spyware, issues that have previously drawn criticism from a Commons committee.

Does the RCMP want the truth? Can it handle the truth? The questions present themselves thanks to a bizarre entry in the Mounties’ latest “environmental scan” of ostensible risks to Canada’s security — everything from climate change to artificial intelligence, foreign conflicts and barriers to reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.

Under the umbrella of “socio-cultural” risks, we find an entirely false allegation against the National Post with respect to an alleged article “concerning increase in residential school denialism.”

The RCMP is run by lunatics and can no longer be trusted.

It’s an image as Canadian as anything on a coin — Mounties in their red serge dress uniforms, putting their horses through the complex paces of the renowned Musical Ride.

But after more than a century of entertaining summer crowds from coast to coast, the RCMP’s iconic Musical Ride is in trouble, plagued by low morale and staffing woes that threaten the program’s future, according to an internal audit conducted by the RCMP.

A looming shakeup in how the RCMP’s federal policing wing tackles national security files can’t come fast enough for the country’s top Mountie.

“If I had a magic wand, I’d want it in place by tomorrow,” Commissioner Mike Duheme said in an interview airing soon on Rosemary Barton Live.

An RCMP review of the federal police response to the 2022 Freedom Convoy reveals that officers were uncomfortable with the unprecedented invocation of the Emergencies Act and felt immense pressure from government officials.

The report titled, “National After-Action Review into the RCMP’s response to the 2022 Freedom Convoy,” was made public last week. 

The RCMP’s federal wing is at a “critical juncture” and its ability to police key files like foreign interference, terrorism and financial crime is on the line, says a recent report from the Mounties’ independent advisory board.

After studying the sustainability of federal policing for more than a year, a task force set up by the external Management Advisory Board drafted a report that says the RCMP must change to survive — and the federal government needs to step up to protect Canadians’ safety.

The RCMP’s official motto is “Maintiens le Droit” or “Maintain the Right.” However, the common belief was that it was “We Will Get Our Man.” At least that was the slogan that was used in countless newspaper articles, novels, and movies that enchanted us all in an earlier time. The “Mounties” were incredibly popular not only in Canada, but throughout the Western world. Movies, such as the 1936 classic “Rose Marie” starring Nelson Eddy and Jeannette MacDonald, captured the imagination of millions.