tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post5795724880183434917..comments2024-03-28T02:22:16.200-07:00Comments on Gangsters Out Blog: RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson retires end of JuneDennis Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06736981069304416233noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post-74770136829930616922017-05-16T23:14:36.906-07:002017-05-16T23:14:36.906-07:00The problem with the RCMP is it is run like it was...The problem with the RCMP is it is run like it was when it was formed in the 1800s and attitudes haven't changed. The next problem is they were formed to police in rural areas but wound up policing urban areas something they have never been trained to do. <br /><br />Third problem, head office is in Ottawa and as long as the problems don't bother Ottawa, nothing get done. of course after the class action lawsuite, it bothers Ottawa, it costs money. Now officers have Ottawa's attention.<br /><br />, it takes time to change a structural environment. They could however, start with simply firing the worst offenders and its easy to find out who they are, like those mentioned in the lawsuits.<br /><br />There was never a way for officers to have their complaints addressed outside of the organization unless they had enough money to go to court, which they didn't. Had the RCMP been unionized back in the 1970s with arbitration like all the other federal government workers, the problems wouldn't be there today. What they talk about today, was there in the 1970s and for fourty years it was all ignored. <br /><br />the first thing RCMP officers need to be able to do is file grievances and have them heard by third parties outside of the RCMP, when they go outside the local level. It gives notice you could be fired for wrong doing. When other federal government workers charge harassment/bullying etc. there are investigations along the way, usually by outsiders. <br /><br />The RCMP needs to unload the large detachments in Canada, anything over 25k in population ought to have its own police force. It would save taxpayers at the national level a lot of money. <br /><br />It will be nice to see the back end of Paulson who was part of the problem. It remains to see if his "friends" also leave. Of course if the appoint another problem nothing will change and policing in this country will continue to decline. Really how can police do their job if they are living in constant stress and fear and that is from their collegues, not the criminals.e.a.f.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06244666617774794918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post-41979721565465334072017-05-15T17:02:19.991-07:002017-05-15T17:02:19.991-07:00Federal Government should have retired him a day a...Federal Government should have retired him a day after his APPOINTMENT!<br />WHY does the RCMP continue to be lead by such DYSFUNCTIONAL OFFICERS!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17925673735105404346noreply@blogger.com