HALIFAX – An attorney representing victims of the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting told a public inquiry today that it should recognize that the RCMP made fundamental errors in responding to respond to murders.
Sandra McCulloch, the company that represents the majority of victims’ families, said in its final submission that officers had “tunnel vision,” causing them to miss important information for two days 18- April 19, 2020, the murder of 22 people.
She said it was “incomprehensible” hours after the killings began in Portapique, NS, that the commander of the case was unaware of two witnesses who told responding officers that the killer was at in a fake police car.
McCulloch said that the RCMP did not have some basic resources and did not properly utilize the resources they had, noting that the Mounties helicopter was “sick” and that senior officers could not access the programming technology. map to track down the killer.
She concluded that the force was essentially unprepared, untrained, and unfit for a large mass shooting to occur outdoors.
McCulloch also spoke of the RCMP’s poor approach to communications, citing police who waited until 10:17 a.m. after the shootings began to warn the public that the killer was inside. a fake police car.
This report by the Canadian Press was first published on September 20, 2022.
