November 20, 2007

RCMP OFFICERS REASSIGNED

OTTAWA–RCMP commissioner William Elliott broke his silence yesterday on the death of Robert Dziekanski, who was hit with a Taser, saying the four officers involved in the incident at Vancouver International Airport have been reassigned.

"I recognize ... that the RCMP cannot provide effective policing services without the support of the communities we serve, and I am concerned that growing misperceptions are eroding the public's confidence in the RCMP," Elliott wrote in a statement.

"I would like to make clear that this incident is being treated very seriously by the RCMP, up to and including by me as commissioner."

Elliott did not say how long the officers would be assigned to other duties.

Meanwhile, District RCMP commander Gary Bass, head of the RCMP's E Division in British Columbia, said in a news release he had invited the OPP to assist in the investigation to provide "an external and independent review."

Several other investigations are underway to get to the bottom of what happened to Dziekanski.

[p.s., there were MORE than four. Although they first said there were THREE until the video was restored and could not be REPRESSED; it is probable that others than those shown using the tasars were also RCMP on the scene. More shall be revealed, of that I am certain. The whitewash continues unless we KEEP SCREAMING IN OUTRAGE. I BLOG ON. There have been 17 deaths ALREADY. STOP! Get rid of these weapons! And take them OUT of the hands of those who work in the public sphere altogether. That idea just does not work. The need to have HUMAN BEINGS working with other HUMAN BEINGS in fairness and equality must be restored.]

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Dan Oakes
November 9, 2007

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ONE of Victoria's top-ranking police officers has been implicated in a corruption scandal and faces possible criminal prosecution after the release of secretly taped phone conversations.

In explosive allegations that have rocked the Victoria Police, Assistant Commissioner Noel Ashby has been accused of leaking sensitive information that ended up with a policeman suspected of involvement in a gangland murder.

Mr Ashby was also accused of not telling the truth at an Office of Police Integrity hearing last month, and again yesterday, after his bugged conversations with police union boss Paul Mullett and media director Stephen Linnell were played to the inquiry.

Mr Linnell, one of Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon's most trusted confidants, is also facing questions over public testimony he gave to the inquiry on Wednesday.

Potential charges against Mr Ashby include conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, perjury, unlawful release of confidential information and breaches of the Telecommunications Interceptions Act. All carry jail terms.

Apart from evidence of misconduct, the phone taps have uncovered serious tensions at the highest levels of the force, with Deputy Commissioner Simon Overland described by Mr Ashby as "that prick" and by Mr Linnell as "that c--- Overland".

Mr Ashby, once touted as a future chief commissioner, has vehemently denied the allegations against him.

Appearing before yesterday's public hearing, a visibly shocked Mr Ashby was confronted repeatedly with bugged conversations that contradicted evidence he gave under oath at a private hearing last month, and initially yesterday.

He is believed to be the most senior Australian police officer ever to have his phone tapped.

The most serious allegation is that he leaked details of an investigation into a police union delegate suspected of providing a hitman with the address of a male prostitute, Shane Chartres-Abbott, who was later murdered.

Counsel for the OPI, Greg Lyon, SC, accused Mr Ashby of passing that information to Mr Mullett, a friend of suspended Detective Sergeant Peter Lalor, who was the target of the investigation. Police Association president Brian Rix then allegedly rang Sergeant Lalor three times in an hour, saying he needed to meet him urgently.

"I'm putting it to you, Mr Ashby, the information has gone from the Deputy Commissioner, to the director of media, to an assistant commissioner, to the Police Association secretary, to the Police Association president, and into the hands of the very target of the operation," Dr Lyon said.

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/11/08/1194329414508.html

and so on.....

Counter what counter?
Wow it loaded fast today.

ladybroadoak said...

Maybe we are ahead of the curve, and can see the FOREST and the TREES?

Things are rotten in the State of Denmark, as the Bard said via Hamlet.

I am just a lonely Orphelia who keeps blogging away the EVIDENCE day by day.

And yeah, the blog seems to be being left alone today. Sure wasn't yesterday!!

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