E Division Welcomes Rosenthal
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 @ 12:38 PM
Prince George, B.C. – The appointment of the new Civilian Director of the Independent Investigations Office in B.C. is being welcomed by the RCMP.
In a statement, Assistant Commissioner W. Fraser MacRae, Acting Commanding Officer "E" Division says the RCMP in B.C. has been on record for the past two years in support of such a body “We are pleased that the Independent Investigations Office (IIO) is moving forward” reads the statement, “Today’s announcement supports our commitment to providing the professional, transparent and accountable policing services that British Columbians has come to expect and rightfully deserve. This new independent investigative office will provide an additional means through which the public can maintain confidence in the investigation of police involved death or serious injury incidents. The RCMP looks forward to working closely with the newly appointed director.”
Richard Rosenthal, former Monitor of Police activity in Denver Colorado, was named the Chief of the new IIO. He says his first work will start in mid 2012, and yes, there will be people with police backgrounds as the initial investigators. He hopes those people can train civilians.
Lawyer Cameron Ward, who has represented family of some who have died at the hands of the RCMP, says he hopes the announcement of Rosenthal’s appointment “I hope this is a new dawn and that British Columbia finally emerges from the dark ages that we’ve been in where police have been investigating themselves n these serious cases of death and serious injuries. I’m hoping that Mr. Rosenthal, with all his sterling qualifications, is a strong hand on the tiller and is able to really make a difference in this challenging area.”
Rosenthal says he will head to Alberta and Ontario soon to talk with the independent investigations offices there to see if there are lessons that can be learned and possibly applied in B.C..
His initial focus will be on issues of force which have caused serious harm or death. His office will not re-examine incidents that have happened in the past “We need to look forward” says Rosenthal, “I really am expecting great things here.”
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says Rosenthal, âI really am expecting great things here.â
Like:
The police are really not as bad as the minority would like to believe –
The police make the right choose – majority of the time (I’d be guessing 98% of the time if not higher) in a matter of a split second, that the rest of the world will judge over years.
That we all live in a perfect world and get along peacefully at all times – ok this is on the wish list – happy holidays
When I listened to Opinion 250 this morning, Mr. Rosenthal sounds like a great person for the job, but I wonder: Don’t we have any Canadian who could do the job as well, or are Canadians thought to be too stupid.
He will have the power to also legitimize the ‘new ways of policing’ and this is the real danger of an office like this run from someone that isn’t even a Canadian citizen.
Kind of like creating the Cheka police powers of the Red Revolution that in effect had the powers to remove from power those that could hold a police state in check… and create a new normal in the process. A new normal that saw 30,000 people killed each day by the Cheka police state in 1922 post revolution Russia. A very real danger IMO
iehttp://www.biblebelievers.org.au/tyranny1.htm
A Russian language specialist tasked by the NYPD to work undercover with the JDL (Jewish Defense League)… writing fiction books on KGB assassinations of power figures in Manhattan, with the ultra zionist Wall Street Journal as his publisher… would not be my first choice for someone tasked with protecting us from a future police state.
In Russia the Cheka force that this new office looks to be modeled on exterminated 54,650 Army officers, 10,500 police officers (lieutenant rank and above), and 48,500 lower ranking officers… no doubt rolling heads in Denver was nothing on this scale, but by the sounds of it cause for concern by those that dealt with our new Director of Independent Investigations Office of BC during his prior role.
I would have preferred a Canadian that would have to live in Canada under Canadian law to head an office so sensitive to Canadian security.
My link above may have been offensive… it fit the profile of concern, but I can’t say I share all the views… only the concern.
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