The Untenable RCMP
Canada's Royal Canadian Mounted Police have not been looking very good, lately. Lately, and for quite some time, actually. Which is not to say that the RCMP may not be performing valuable work on behalf of the country and Canadians in safety and security. But too many parts of the whole have not been acquitting themselves well at all. In many instances they appear to have been ill trained and not at all prepared in the prosecution of their duties.
They have been selfishly cloistered, unwilling to share vital data with their counterparts representing other government agencies also engaged in public safety and security. And there have been too many instances revealed of rogue conduct, by detachments and by individuals that shine a dim light on the work of the RCMP. From the Air India disaster to Mayerthorpe to Vancouver's missing EastSide street women, the RCMP have not distinguished themselves.
With recent revelations of complaints being lodged from inside the RCMP, as women reveal the extent to which they have been haunted by male aggression, unwanted sexual overtures, and degrading demands by superiors, the RCMP has much to answer for. And much work to be undertaken to restore public trust, under the supervision of its newly-appointed head, who has declared his intention to dedicate himself to the task.
But first things first. And at the moment, on the horizon is the "explosive" testimony that Cpl. Catherine Galliford is on the cusp of revealing. She has much to tell the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry. And she has warned that in her testimony she will not be working on behalf of the RCMP, but rather supporting the wounded contentions of the families of the victims of serial killer Robert Pickton.
Chiefly, addressing what she experienced and what she concluded from readily available evidence about the failure of her superiors to address the pressing issue of a murderer left at large. That, despite a reasonable amount of witness testimony and evidence to apprehend this mass murderer; those who had the authority to act chose not to. Principally, one might argue, as has been done numberless times before, because these were only street women.
Had Robert Pickton been picked up in 1999 for interrogation and investigation of his notorious pig farm at the time that more than sufficient evidence had been acquired, fourteen women would undoubtedly still be alive. Those fourteen women were murdered by this monster between 1999 and 2002 because no one who had the authority to act bothered to do so, even when some who believed they should agitated for an investigation to take place.
As for Cpl. Galliford herself - and her personal experience as a female officer working alongside male officers, some of whom are obviously not fit to hold a position of responsibility - her additional revelations of the intolerably tortured work environment she was victim to, gives the entire RCMP a black eye they have earned. It can only be hoped that this will be another area that will be cleaned up.
As a woman, Catherine Galliford was exposed to disgustingly obnoxious behaviour on the part of some of her colleagues, tauntingly vicious comments that no mature, intelligent male would ever think of, let alone verbally ooze out of the primordial gunk they were endowed with at birth, instead of brains.
They have been selfishly cloistered, unwilling to share vital data with their counterparts representing other government agencies also engaged in public safety and security. And there have been too many instances revealed of rogue conduct, by detachments and by individuals that shine a dim light on the work of the RCMP. From the Air India disaster to Mayerthorpe to Vancouver's missing EastSide street women, the RCMP have not distinguished themselves.
With recent revelations of complaints being lodged from inside the RCMP, as women reveal the extent to which they have been haunted by male aggression, unwanted sexual overtures, and degrading demands by superiors, the RCMP has much to answer for. And much work to be undertaken to restore public trust, under the supervision of its newly-appointed head, who has declared his intention to dedicate himself to the task.
But first things first. And at the moment, on the horizon is the "explosive" testimony that Cpl. Catherine Galliford is on the cusp of revealing. She has much to tell the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry. And she has warned that in her testimony she will not be working on behalf of the RCMP, but rather supporting the wounded contentions of the families of the victims of serial killer Robert Pickton.
Chiefly, addressing what she experienced and what she concluded from readily available evidence about the failure of her superiors to address the pressing issue of a murderer left at large. That, despite a reasonable amount of witness testimony and evidence to apprehend this mass murderer; those who had the authority to act chose not to. Principally, one might argue, as has been done numberless times before, because these were only street women.
Had Robert Pickton been picked up in 1999 for interrogation and investigation of his notorious pig farm at the time that more than sufficient evidence had been acquired, fourteen women would undoubtedly still be alive. Those fourteen women were murdered by this monster between 1999 and 2002 because no one who had the authority to act bothered to do so, even when some who believed they should agitated for an investigation to take place.
As for Cpl. Galliford herself - and her personal experience as a female officer working alongside male officers, some of whom are obviously not fit to hold a position of responsibility - her additional revelations of the intolerably tortured work environment she was victim to, gives the entire RCMP a black eye they have earned. It can only be hoped that this will be another area that will be cleaned up.
As a woman, Catherine Galliford was exposed to disgustingly obnoxious behaviour on the part of some of her colleagues, tauntingly vicious comments that no mature, intelligent male would ever think of, let alone verbally ooze out of the primordial gunk they were endowed with at birth, instead of brains.
Labels: Canada, Crime, Crisis Politics, Security, Sexism
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