Alternate Title
Rapport suivant une enquête d'intérêt public relativement à un incident survenu dans une cellule du détachement de la GRC de Kamloops (Colombie-Britannique) : Loi sur la Gendarmerie royale du Canada, paragraphes 45.37(1) et 45.43(1).[c].
Note
Cover title.
"Complainant, Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver"--Cover.
"File No.: PC-2010-3263"--Cover.
Issued also in French under title: Rapport suivant une enquête d'intérêt public relativement à un incident survenu dans une cellule du détachement de la GRC de Kamloops (Colombie-Britannique) : Loi sur la Gendarmerie royale du Canada, paragraphes 45.37(1) et 45.43(1).[c].
Summary
"This report will examine the events and the actions of the RCMP members involved in both the initial incident in the Kamloops Detachment cells as well as the subsequent investigation of that incident. From the Commission's perspective, this incident is notable not so much as a result of the underlying conduct of the members in failing to stop sexual activity between persons detained in cells, such conduct being beyond dispute and amply recorded, but as a result of the RCMP's response to the incident. Specifically, RCMP management bore the responsibility of determining whether the conduct alleged met the "serious or sensitive" threshold mandated by the RCMP's recently implemented External Investigation or Review Policy. That determination having been made in the negative, RCMP management and the assigned investigators bore the onus of ensuring that the investigation itself was reasonably conducted, and that the assigned investigators were appropriately free of conflict. The Commission found that the basis for the determination that the threshold was not met was reasonable, as was the ensuing RCMP investigation."--Page 23.
Contents
1. Complaint and public interest investigation -- 2. Commission's review of the facts surrounding the events -- 2.1. Arrest and detention of Ms. X -- 2.2. Arrest and detention of Ms. Y -- 2.3. Activities in the RCMP cell block -- 2.4. Members' response to cell block activities -- 2.5. RCMP's initial response to the incident -- 2.6. The RCMP's External Investigation or Review Policy -- 2.6.1. Overview of the RCMP's Extern a/Investigation or Review Policy -- 2.6.2. Application of the External Investigation or Review Policy -- 2.6.3. Documentation of rationale -- 2.7. The RCMP's criminal investigation -- 2.7.1. Impartiality of the investigative team -- 2.7.2. Adequacy of the investigation -- 2.7.3. Timeliness of the investigation -- 3. Conclusion -- Appendix A. The complaint -- Appendix B. Summary of findings and recommendations -- Appendix C. Key RCMP and municipal personnel -- Appendix D. Condensed timeline.