Alternate Title
Chair's final report after Commissioner's notice : public interest investigation into the in-custody death of Robert Thurston Knipstrom
Rapport final du président après l'avis du commissaire : enquête d'intérêt public concernant la mort du détenu Robert Thurston Knipstrom.
Chair's public interest investigation re in-custody death of Robert Thurston Knipstrom : RCMP Act, Subsections 45.37(1) and 45.43(1).
Note
Cover title.
"Complainant,
Chair of the Commission for Public
Complaints Against the RCMP"--Cover.
"September 9, 2011"--Cover.
"File Nos.: PC-2007-2427, PC-2007-2624"--Cover.
Varying form of title created by cataloguer.
Issued also in French under title: Rapport final du président après l'avis du commissaire : enquête d'intérêt public concernant la mort du détenu Robert Thurston Knipstrom.
Interim report bears title: Chair's public interest investigation re in-custody death of Robert Thurston Knipstrom : RCMP Act, Subsections 45.37(1) and 45.43(1).
Summary
"The Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP (Commission) first
became engaged in the incident on November 20, 2007, when it deployed an
independent observer to the RCMP's criminal investigation into events
surrounding the death of Mr. Knipstrom. On the same date, the former chair of
the Commission also initiated a complaint to delve into the two aspects of the
incident, which are within the jurisdiction of the Commission, those being the
appropriateness of the response by the RCMP to the complaints concerning
Mr. Knipstrom’s behaviour, and the police investigation of the death of
Mr. Knipstrom. The Chair-initiated complaint was referred to the RCMP for
investigation. Having not yet received a response from the RCMP to the
Commission’s complaint, on January 30, 2009, the Commission notified the
RCMP Commissioner that it considered it advisable in the public interest for the
Commission to investigate this complaint pursuant to subsection 45.43(1) of the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (RCMP Act).
The formal parameters of the Commission’s investigation were as follows:
whether the members involved in the events, from the moment of
initial contact until Mr. Knipstrom’s transfer to the care of
emergency health personnel, complied with all appropriate policies,
procedures, guidelines and statutory requirements; and
whether the RCMP conducted an adequate investigation of the
incident."--Pages 1-2.