The RCMP must pay a penalty of $550,000 after Judge Leslie Jackson ruled the national police force failed its officers during the June 2014 shooting in Moncton, N.B., that left three of them dead. "A sentence must speak to future leadership of RCMP that duty to ensure member safety should be given high priority," Jackson said. In September, Jackson ruled the police force failed to provide adequate equipment and training to the Mounties who responded to the shootings by Justin Bourque as he made his way through a Moncton neighbourhood on the evening of June 4, 2014. RCMP Constables Fabrice Gevaudan, Doug Larche and Dave Ross were killed. Two more officers were shot but survived.
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The judge said high-powered carbine rifles could have made a difference for RCMP officers targeted by gunman Justin Bourque as he roamed a Moncton neighbourhood in 2014. The carbines were approved in 2011, but their rollout was repeatedly delayed. "It is clear to me, and accepted by both parties, that the provision of carbines to responding members on June 4, 2014, could have reduced the number of deaths and/or injuries," Jackson said. Carbine rifles were not available to general duty officers at the time of the Moncton shootings, and numerous witnesses said at trial they could have made a difference. Then-commissioner Bob Paulson testified during the RCMP's trial that management had concerns over the possible militarization of the force. He told the court he worried the carbines could "distance the public from the police."
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