New category of complaint aimed at helping RCMP track discrimination by officers -CBC

Nov 12, 2024

CBC found more than 50 allegations — categorized as improper attitude — in 8 years of N.B. data

Police and Public Trust, a project of the CBC News Atlantic investigative unit, scrutinizes the largely off-limits police complaint and discipline systems across the region. Journalists are using access to information laws and, in some cases, court challenges to obtain discipline records and data.

Eight years ago, a woman filed a complaint about two New Brunswick RCMP constables in Moncton. She accused them of having “an improper and racist attitude” and of discriminating against her and her husband during an investigation into a stolen truck and trailer.

The couple’s allegations aren’t described in detail in the complaint. But the RCMP’s description of the complaint itself, contained in data sent to CBC News, uses a derogatory term to describe the man’s race, while also noting the complaints against both officers were “unsupported.”

Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/rcmp-nb-complaints-part-two-1.7373571