tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post8606178479853859746..comments2024-03-21T00:43:40.171-07:00Comments on Paying attention: RCMP's political response to budget cuts, or give us the money or we shoot the police dogUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-4636868796787835902014-08-25T13:17:12.336-07:002014-08-25T13:17:12.336-07:00I think cuts to military-type raids on mom&pop...I think cuts to military-type raids on mom&pop herb gardens and medical marijuana compassion clubs would take priority over more important files like missing Aboriginal women. But I can see the difference: for attacking a natural, easily grown medicine, probably soon to be legalized, police get sophisticated weapons and chopper time. For taking on a huge file of missing women, police get hours, days and years of tedious forensic spadework and frostbitten fingers from shuffling through reams of cold-case files concerning the unexplained disappearances of racially prejudiced women.<br /><br />RCMP rationale and target for cuts is despicable. scotty on denmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-87710010323100459282014-08-22T05:50:55.201-07:002014-08-22T05:50:55.201-07:00"RCMP management has decided to make all the ..."<i>RCMP management has decided to make all the cuts in the budgets of the special enforcement unit, including the squad investigating biker gangs, and the major crimes section, responsible for the missing women file, among other things.</i>" - Paul Willcocks<br /><br />"<i>The RCMP has said itself in its study, the vast majority of these cases are addressed, and they're solved through police investigations. We'll leave it in their hands.</i>" - Prime Minister Stephen HarperAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com