And maybe that's not an entirely bad thing.Seems the only mistake the Horsemen didn't make that night was shooting at each oth... wait...
While the chief and deputy chief of the Onslow Belmont Fire Brigade got the hall ready, an RCMP officer from Pictou County was outside, standing next to his cruiser, providing security.Curiously, the public doesn't get to hear a single, solitary word about the "Clouseau Twins" from any RCMP source. That's not especially reassuring.
Two other RCMP officers drove up and, believing the Pictou County officer was the suspect, opened fire on him. Clair Peers, public relations officer for the fire brigade, says the firefighters inside hit the floor.
While RCMP officers were shooting up the fire hall, unbeknownst to police, the killer was driving around the downtown business district of Truro.
Nor was the decision to not involve other local police forces in blocking roads and containing the killer...
Twelve hours after he began his rampage, he was still at large, having eluded his pursuers. Nineteen people were dead. Three more were to die.Sweet baby jebus. No wonder the "Carpet Cops" aren't saying shit to anybody about anything.
And what about Constable Heidi Stevenson?
I was extremely critical about the force and asked out loud why Stevenson a 48-year-old mother of two was alone in a car in the situation that got her killed. She joined the Mounties and was sent to the Musical Ride, even though she hadn’t ever ridden a horse. She spent 13 years there.Here's a thought... maybe dumbing down hiring standards in 2016 wasn't the answer...
When she came back to Nova Scotia, she was a press liaison. She was a community support officer, like those who go into schools.
"An internal RCMP document, obtained through access to information, flagged credit checks, the criminal background ban, the two-hour aptitude test and long stints at the training depot as potential barriers during the recruitment process."
