Some RCMP tactics during the 2013 anti-shale gas protests in New Brunswick may have broken the law, while other practices raise concerns about how Mounties conduct surveillance on protesters, according to an investigation by the force's watchdog. "In conducting 'stop checks,' RCMP members randomly stopped vehicles for a purpose other than those set out in provincial highway traffic legislation," said the report. Lucki wrote in her 19-page response, however, that while she disagrees with the recommendation, she offer a review of the relevant laws to RCMP officers "as a best practice going forward." Indigenous sensitivitiesThe commission also found that RCMP members assigned to the operation did not have sufficient training in Indigenous cultural matters. The CRCC found that RCMP members assigned to the operation near Rexton, N.B., in 2013 did not have sufficient training in Indigenous cultural matters.

Source: CBC News November 12, 2020 15:56 UTC