The RCMP’s near-blanket refusal to provide information about its investigation into the shooting spree that terrorized Nova Scotians in April of last year may be to blame for a series of leaks to a Halifax magazine, policing experts told Global News.
Two experts, including a former senior RCMP officer, told Global News these kinds of leaks most often occur when individual police officers don’t trust the institutions they work for to tell the truth. Leaking this information, they said, is a way of ensuring accountability and transparency.
Davies said the RCMP’s decision to remain silent about what it knew -- and when it knew it -- about the gunman has caused significant reputational damage to the force and led people to distrust what it says.
“What it smacks of is, basically, protecting the herd,” Davies said.
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