"A sentence must speak to future leadership of RCMP that duty to ensure member safety should be given high priority," Jackson said. "My hope is that the RCMP officers in charge will put members' safety first when making decisions so that those RCMP members that are out there today to protect us, will be better protected themselves." 'We will never forget our member, their family, their loved one,' says RCMP officer Larry Tremblay 1:34Larry Tremblay, commanding officer of the New Brunswick RCMP, said he didn't know whether RCMP would appeal the judge's decision, and that was up to their lawyers. It affects the community and officer safety." Crown respects court's decisionAt a hearing in November, the Crown argued the force should pay the maximum penalty of $1 million.

Source: CBC News January 26, 2018 13:00 UTC