Hope RiverJet see’s this story he will probably be able to inform us of the name of these 2 people. Lets go riverjet the fans are waiting

You know, you hear a bad news story about policing and everybody’s out there bashing.
You hear a good one and everyone stays in their computer cubbyhole doing something else. Meanwhile the police are out there taking drugs off the street on a daily basis, notifying folks of a loved one’s passing, hearing the victims cry, the frustration of another one getting acquitted because a law is poorly written. There’s so many things they go through and it’s almost as if they have to be superhuman, we know they’re not. 98% of them do a damn good job on our behalf and believe me, they have disdain for the 2%. Give ’em a wave, wish them well, tell ’em to stay safe, they may be helping you next.

My wish is that when someone is convicted of a crime and it’s reported here (or any other local website) that a link be added to the intial report of the crime and any subsequent updates of the crime.

This allows us, the reader, to associate the criminal with the crime……I know when I read the trial/conviction reports in, say, The Free Press, I couldn’t for the life of me know which crime that I’ve read about 1, 2 even 6 months ago, they were convicted of.

/rant

Slim2229, The very nature of a site such as this brings out more negativity than positive comments due to the fact that if you’re happy, there’s not much need to vent. It seems the urge to comment on something positve is just not as strong. Also, I think its very easy to criticize other people under the cover of anonymity.
I agree with you, there are always bad apples in every profession and there usually know who they are. The vast majority of the RCMP do a fantastic job against many trying circumstances and deserve many thanks.

One more thing to add though. I can imagine that screening for RCMP members is quite strict and involved but no method is 100%. Bad apples will and do get through. The difference between the 2% in the RCMP and the 2% in other professions is, IMO, the RCMP are as they should be, held to a higher standard due to the potential concequences of his/her actions.

In my line of work, I happen to know both the RCMP (no all, but quite a few) and the those who test them prior to becoming a police officer. The proess is quite rigorous, but VI is correct in that no testing/screening process is 100%. Officers also get training, but keep in mind that this training is only 6 months long, less time than it takes to train an entry-level carpenter or health care aide.
What keeps them performing at a so-called higher standard than the rest of us is the paramilitary organizational structure they answer to. When that structure fails them, problems arise and individual officer behavior becomes apparent to the rest of us in some pretty nasty ways.
This is not to say that they aren’t human and subject to human failings like the rest of us, but only to point out that it is the discipline of the chain of command that keeps the situation at the officer-on-the-street level from being far worse.