A little late for Ian, but good all the same. They say there was video surveillance at Houston at the time of Ian's murder, but the renowned Constable Paul Koester didn't have it turned on, or, he turned it off, what ever the case may be.

So now, we are going to get all this extra surveillance equipment, but it may be turned off during a murder. Tell me that is not so!

Paul Koester should have been charged with murder, second degree at least!

Your full of crap tax. Ian bush was a small town drunkard bully, drunk, who tried to choke out a cop while whispering in his ear that he was going to kill him.

Lethal force authorized and justified.

I think the issue of cameras turned off inadvertently or on purpose is an easy one to deal with. I do not know what the protocol has been.

Cameras should be on perpetually unless a specific camera is being serviced, in which case no one occupies the cell the camera is in.

There should be a couple of extra cameras available.

The technical person who can trade out cameras must be on call and ready to fix it if the area is occupied or could be used for an activity.

No one working in the secure areas where cameras are placed should have access to allow them control of the cameras. Control of the cameras should be by a senior officer who has no direct connection with the management of the holding cell/processing area.

In smaller communities some of this may be difficult to implement. In that case, the commanding officer may have to be in direct control and non-operating cameras fixed on a high priority basis.

It is important to get even with people Imorge. Especially if they are under the influence. They deserve to die because they are stupid.

I hear Hitler had a plan for that too.

I would like to hear how the armchair critics would have reacted in the same situation if it was them in the choke hold?

I agree that cameras are a good idea, so we can see what kind of people the cops have to deal with on a day to day basis.

WRONG, thats a band aid. That is not the solution. That is admitting that the RCMP can not control their own people, thus the solution is to catch them committing the crime. The RCMP, needs to police their own actions. The majority of the good cops need to have an avenue to stop the bad cops from doing this, and destroying their reputation.

This s just more oversight, it's a good thing.

No large organization can monitor all their staff all the time. Having cameras mandated for areas where any incident could take place provides evidence for court and for disciplinary actions.

Having a camera in the booking area actually helped an associate with his DUI case, so it is not just about the RCMP, but also about anyone with any interaction with them at the station.

In some states, peace officers are required to also wear a camera while on duty. So they have dash cams, lapel cams, cell cams.

Youtube RCMP channel?

Its all a waste of time and money, just more bearuocractic bull#$%*.Lets go back to the old days...eye for an eye...tooth for a tooth!

lmorge you fresh out of training

That was not the old days TOFC. The old days were: "you take out my tooth, I take out your heart".

Escalation is the name of the game, just like those on here. "You threaten to kill me. I bypass the threat nonesense and kill you."

Imorg makes me sick to think he wears a badge. Condones a cold blooded murder without trial of an innocent until proven guilty man... for nothing more than a tribalist loyalty to his employer, and then dances on the guys grave to prove his point. The guy must live a sad decrepit life to have that kind of out look and lack of class. Unbelievable that the police employ a character like that. Its almost as if Imorg is Paul Koester himself... nothing else makes any sense for those kinds of unnecessary comments on his part.

Where did lmorg say that he was a police officer?

MrPG yes I am. Seamutt: 23 yrs on the job.
Gus: total innuendo you are spouting.
Eagleone: Totally wrong. I have been on the job long enough to not trust management as they have wrought on the problems seen with the rcmp today. Even despite the report by the public commission which is independant from the rcmp you still are screwed up. Koster was attacked and being choked out...its a well known fact that choking out someone can kill them, yet you still are warped. There is fault in that the detachment was left poorly staffed....one never brings in a prisoner and deals with them in such a setting without proper cell guards etc around...but don't blame Koster...blame RCMP management for allowing poorly staffed detachments to be operating at such levels.
Do you know Ian Bush's background? I doubt it. Do you know Koster's background? doubt it also. Just shut up.