Unanimous support passed for Regina RCMP Depot despite report recommendations | 24CA News
Opposition Leader Carla Beck’s movement to oppose the closure of province’s RCMP Depot unanimously handed on the Saskatchewan Legislature on Monday.
Anyone hoping to turn out to be an RCMP officer in Canada should undergo coaching on the depot in Regina.
A brand new Mass Casualty Commissions report advisable the phasing out of the Regina Depot by 2032 and implementing a degree-based system that might be accomplished throughout the nation, slightly than solely in Regina.
“The future of the RCMP and of provincial policing requires focused re-evaluation,” learn the report.
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That was one of many feedback made within the long-anticipated MCC remaining report into the 2020 Nova Scotia Shooting, which spans greater than 3,000 pages.
Over the course of 13 hours on April 18-19, 2020, a gunman killed 22 folks, together with a pregnant girl, throughout three Nova Scotia counties. He was at occasions dressed like a Mountie and driving a reproduction RCMP car.
It was the deadliest mass taking pictures in fashionable Canadian historical past.
“The tragedy in Portapique, Nova Scotia led to a necessary and thoughtful review of the RCMP,” mentioned Beck.
“While we oppose the closure of Depot, we welcome improvements that lead to more transparent, open and honest policing, including training that sets up RCMP officers for better relationships with the communities they serve and, in particular, with Indigenous people.”
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Christine Tell, minister for Corrections, Policing, and Public Safety mentioned she thought the advice was slightly bit harsh, noting the historical past of the depot.
“The RCMP are going to have to be trained, training will continue, whatever form that looks like and so why not continue using a training facility that is already here in Regina and has history and has been here for a long time? I think that the report actually suggested that they spread out training throughout the country,” mentioned Tell.
“Training needs to change as our times change. You can’t stick with the ’70s model and continue teaching those types of things because society has changed.”
Beck famous that closing the depot would contain the lack of greater than 500 jobs.
“The RCMP Depot has been an important job creator in our province for decades,” mentioned Beck. “We can’t afford to see it phased out. There’s already a shortage of officers and our province is dead last in Canada in terms of job growth. This would be a devastating loss to the city of Regina and to the province.
“There is a way to incorporate the (report) findings and incorporate those into a path that sees depot in a new and improved way right here in Regina.”
— with recordsdata from Global News’ Andrew Benson
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