Mounties who had been in scorching water for pointing unloaded stun weapons at one another and a civilian worker are off the hook.
The Alberta Severe Incident Response Crew investigated a grievance from October 2019 on the Elk Island RCMP detachment east of Edmonton.
Again in 2019, a civilian worker complained {that a} stun gun was pointed at her a number of instances as a result of she might see a “crimson dot” on her physique.
One officer testified that the officers had pointed their stun weapons at one another as “a joke at instances,” nevertheless it wasn’t loaded with a cartridge so it couldn’t discharge.
The Alberta Crown Prosecution Service appeared on the case however beneficial in opposition to submitting any prices.
ASIRT assistant govt director Matthew Block says no motion will likely be taken, however that doesn’t imply it was acceptable behaviour.
“An individual can nonetheless be threatened,” he writes.
“There may be proof of misuse of performed power weapons in Elk Level detachment. Such issues are exterior of the scope of ASIRT and are extra correctly handled by the RCMP internally.”
-With information from The Canadian Press
