He's apparently just here to peddle his website.
He's apparently just here to peddle his website.
Semper Gumby, Always Flexible
Cpl. Patrick Bouchard said he received a document stating that comments he made Sept. 29 were unacceptable, though he disagrees. Bouchard spoke out last month following a New Brunswick judge’s decision finding the RCMP guilty of failing to provide its members with adequate weapons and training in the 2014 Moncton shootings that killed Constables Fabrice Gevaudan, Dave Ross and Doug Larche and wounded two other officers. The 15 year veteran, who is stationed at the detachment in Miramichi, N.B. said the decision exposed the divide between RCMP’s top ranks and Mounties on the ground, noting a conspicuous absence of senior managers in the courtroom. Bouchard said a performance log indicated that due to his comments, which had been televised, he did not meet the “basic competencies” required by his position. The RCMP’s code of conduct requires its members “behave in a manner that is not likely to discredit the Force.”
http://nationalpost.com/news/canada/...cton-shootings
Re: ‘RCMP shooters don’t show respect,’ (Letter, The Guardian, Oct. 24).
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/opinion...rifles-158502/
...we need the public to support our national and regional police forces to conduct training that will benefit the public. Secondly, we need logical legislation to allow the over 2,000,000 licensed firearms owners in Canada safe and adequate places to pursue their pastime without others complaining that the new house they just built next to the local range is causing their PTSD to be aggravated. If this means the legalization of sound suppressors, then perhaps it makes sense. If you have PTSD that is aggravated by noise, then why build your house nearby an operating rifle range?
<http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/opinion/dave-hanson-rcmp-training-on-new-rifles-158502/>
Also applies to race tracks.
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Not another dime.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-br...oney-1.4391231
Senior-ranking officials of the RCMP often cited budgetary constraints at the trial as being a potential issue delaying the acquisition of carbines. The trial heard that after numerous studies, beginning in 2006, backed the use of carbine rifles for front-line officers, the weapon was finally approved by the RCMP's senior executive committee in September 2011. It was then up to each division to choose how many carbines they wanted to acquire, based on need and budget. New Brunswick's J-Division requested 22 carbines in 2012, and an additional 12 carbines for each of the following four years, the trial had heard. The request for funding came from Supt. Marlene Snowman, then-officer in charge of the Codiac division, who called it a "safety issue." The local authority gave $16,399.60 to the Codiac RCMP that February, and the remainder of the money was included in the 2013 and 2014 budgets, according to Charles Léger, a Moncton city councillor and chair of the Codiac Regional Policing Authority. Minutes from the February 2012 policing authority meeting reveal a sum of $16,399.60 approved for fiscal year 2012 for buying carbines and training, and $79,699.96 overall for three years. By the deadly night of June 4, 2014, Codiac had acquired a number of carbines, but it is not clear how many, or when they were purchased. No front-line officer in the local department was yet trained in how to use the guns. The night of the shootings, the carbines and several Codiac officers were at Base Gagetown, ready for the first round of training to begin. That delay — between the money being allocated in early 2012 and the first training set for June 2014 — is something the Mounted Police Professional Association of Canada wants explained. "What did we do with that money for those two years, two years and a half?" said Louis-Philippe Thériault, national secretary of the association and an RCMP member in Moncton. "Why did we not train the members? Is there someone that stopped Supt. Snowman from training the members, from acquiring the equipment?"
<http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/codiac-regional-policing-authority-carbine-money-1.4391231>
(This was posted on TheGunBlog.ca back in August, but I didn't see it until today.)
RCMP’s Top Gun Suppliers 2016: Colt Canada, M.D. Charlton, S&W
TheGunBlog.ca Analysis Thursday 17 August 2017
<https://thegunblog.ca/2017/08/17/rcmps-top-gun-suppliers-2016-colt-canada-m-d-charlton-sw/>
Double tap...
Last edited by Casual Friday; 12-20-2017 at 11:22 AM.
I'd love to read it but I'm getting a malware warning.Originally Posted by Wendell
https://thegunblog.ca/2017/08/17/rcm...d-charlton-sw/
RCMP’s Suppliers of Weapons, Including Parts, in 2016 (Contracts > $10,000)
Rank Name Amount ($) 1 Colt Canada 2,683,866 2 M.D. Charlton 1,814,859 3 Smith & Wesson 1,049,235 4 Rampart International 576,514 5 Summit Canada 552,380 6 Mega-Tech 436,717 7 Korth Group 383,823 8 Wolverine Supplies 364,841 9 Gravel Agency 268,158 10 Calgary Shooting Centre 200,713 11 Questar International 71,102 12 911 Supply 63,090 13 C&R Developments 45,862 14 Production Case
38,724 15 Millbrook Tactical
35,962 16 Valley Associates
33,452 17 GP Tactical 20,997 18 Custom Hardware Distributors 20,684
19 Acklands-Grainger 17,157
20 Cubic Defense Applications 16,025 21 Tetragon-Tasse Distributors 13,113 TOTAL 8,707,274
https://thegunblog.ca/2017/08/17/rcm...d-charlton-sw/
Last edited by Wendell; 12-20-2017 at 02:42 PM.
MONCTON, N.B. — The RCMP faces sentencing Friday for Labour Code violations in the 2014 Moncton, N.B., shooting rampage that left three officers dead — but a spokesman for members says the real work needs to come outside the courtroom. Terry McKee of the Mounted Police Professional Association of Canada says what's needed is accountability of the force's top brass. "The policing community as a whole is a victim out of this. It's purely as a result of the incompetence of the senior executives of the RCMP," McKee said. Constables Doug Larche, Fabrice Gevaudan and Dave Ross were killed, while constables Eric Dubois and Darlene Goguen were injured when gunman Justin Bourque went hunting police officers in a Moncton neighbourhood. The force was convicted of failing to provide its members with adequate use-of-force equipment and user training. Carbine rifles were not available to general duty officers at the time of the Moncton shootings, and during the trial, numerous witnesses said they could have made a difference. The high-powered carbines were approved in 2011, but their rollout was delayed on several occasions. Then-commissioner Bob Paulson testified during the RCMP's trial that management had concerns over the possible militarization of the force. McKee said he believes there may need to be a civil suit for senior brass to become accountable. "There have to be individuals held to accountability so that there can be true closure out of this," he said. McKee said even to have the force outline the changes that have been made since the Moncton shootings, it's too little, too late. "Members are still facing daily issues with safety, and it's purely because of lack of equipment or updated equipment not being provided," he said.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/canada/...-officers-dead
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