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RCMP apologizes for planning N.S. training exercise on anniversary of mass shooting
The exercises were mandatory tactical training, and RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme said the timing caused harm and trauma to residents.
- RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme apologized to Nova Scotia MP Alana Hirtle for scheduling tactical exercises in Debert days before the sixth anniversary of the 2020 mass shooting.
- Residents experienced increased police presence and noise from Monday to Friday this past week, creating distress as the community prepared to commemorate the 22-life tragedy that began April 18, 2020.
- Liberal MP Alana Hirtle called the decision "insensitive, tone-deaf and unacceptable," while Colchester councillor Marie Benoit reported receiving dozens of calls from grieving families who felt "shocked" and "upset."
- Acknowledging the training caused "harm and trauma," the RCMP ended the exercises early to prevent overlap with Sunday anniversary commemorations.
- Councillor Marie Benoit is now requesting written assurance from the RCMP to prevent future training near the anniversary, stating, "To me a verbal assurance is not enough anymore.
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Top Mountie apologizes for RCMP exercises in Debert before N.S. mass shooting anniversary
Canada’s top Mountie is apologizing for the RCMP’s decision to hold training exercises in Debert, N.S., just days before the sixth anniversary of the country’s worst mass shooting, which claimed the lives of 22 Nova Scotians in April 2020.
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RCMP apologizes for planning N.S. training exercise on anniversary of mass shooting
HALIFAX - Canada’s top Mountie is apologizing for the RCMP’s decision to send officers to train in an area of Nova Scotia where residents are preparing to mark the sixth
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