Recommendation to phase out RCMP Depot in Regina: N.S. Mass Casualty Commission report
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The recommendations would phase out the depot, and instead implement a degree-based system that could be done across the country, rather than only in Regina.
For nearly 140 years, the RCMP Depot in Regina Sask. has been training the next generation of officers.
In 2023 however, some are calling for major systematic changes to RCMP training.
“The future of the RCMP and of provincial policing requires focused re-evaluation.”
That was one of the comments made in the long-anticipated Mass Casualty Commissions (MCC) final report into the 2020 Nova Scotia Shooting, which spans more than 3,000 pages.
Over the course of 13 hours on April 18-19, 2020, a gunman killed 22 people, including a pregnant woman, across three Nova Scotia counties. He was at times dressed like a Mountie and driving a replica RCMP vehicle.
It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern Canadian history.
“We need to rethink the role of the police in a wider ecosystem of public safety,” the report read.
The recommendations include heavy changes to RCMP training, which traditionally takes place at the depot in Regina.
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