{"id":58348,"date":"2021-08-27T10:50:47","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T14:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=58348"},"modified":"2021-08-28T12:40:56","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T16:40:56","slug":"over-90-complaints-about-police-misconduct-at-fairy-creek-received-says-rcmp-watchdog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/over-90-complaints-about-police-misconduct-at-fairy-creek-received-says-rcmp-watchdog\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 90 complaints about police misconduct at Fairy Creek received says RCMP watchdog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">There's been over 90 complaints filed about police actions at the Fairy Creek logging blockade since June 25.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Kate McDerby<span class=\"s1\">, d<\/span>irector of strategic communications and outreach <span class=\"s1\">for the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP (CRCC), confirmed 25 of those complaints are currently being investigated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">According to their <a href=\"https:\/\/bc-cb.rcmp-grc.gc.ca\/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=2130&amp;languageId=1&amp;contentId=70887\"><span class=\"s2\">Aug. 25 press release<\/span><\/a>, the RCMP have arrested 810 people since they started enforcing the injunction to prevent people from obstructing, impeding or interfering with Teal Jones logging activities, three months ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Fairy Creek is believed to be the last intact old growth watershed in southern Vancouver Island, outside of parks. Protesters first put up a blocade on Aug. 9, 2020 to prevent logging activities in the forest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">CKTZ News contacted the CRCC after RCMP Senior Media Relations Officer S.Sgt. Janelle Shoihet emailed on Aug. 13 and again on Aug. 19 that they had not received any official complaints to date.<\/p>\n<p>\"We can also add that there have been no public complaints made to local detachments or the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP (CRCC), which is available to any member of the public if they have concerns about their interactions with police,\" Shoihet stated Aug. 13.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not aware that we have received official complaints from any arrested persons as it relates to enforcement in Fairy Creek,\" Shoihet stated Aug. 19.<\/p>\n<p>McDerby initially emailed CKTZ that there had been 21 complaints being investigated, but in a subsequent phone call added the number has risen to 25. <span class=\"s1\">At least <\/span>70 complaints do not fall within the CRCC\u2019s mandate and the individuals either have, or will be, notified in writing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The complaints being investigated <span class=\"s3\">pertain to: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s4\">Excessive use of force<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s4\">Lack of police identification<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s4\">Refusal of medical attention<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s4\">Inappropriate handling of protestors, legal observers and the media<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s4\">Improper arrest<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s4\">Mishandling of personal belongings<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s4\">Improper enforcement of exclusion zones<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s4\">Lack of PPE (personal protective equipment) <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s4\">Wearing the \u201cthin blue line\u201d emblem, a symbol which is often associated with white supremacist groups.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">After the RCMP complete their investigation, they will provide the individual who filed the complaint with a final report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">If the person making the complaint is not satisfied, they may request that the CRCC conduct an independent review of the RCMP\u2019s public complaint investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The chair of the CRCC will then decide whether the matter should be pursued and, if so, how they will proceed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_58351\" style=\"width: 732px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"dt-pswp-item\" href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/cp-pp-eng.gif\" data-dt-img-description=\"Chart showing how the the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission handle complaints - image courtesy CRCC\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58351\" class=\"wp-image-58351 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/cp-pp-eng-722x1024.gif\" alt=\"A blue and white flow chart showing how the the CRCC handle complaints from the public \" width=\"722\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/cp-pp-eng-722x1024.gif 722w, https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/cp-pp-eng-353x500.gif 353w, https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/cp-pp-eng-500x709.gif 500w, https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/cp-pp-eng-152x215.gif 152w, https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/cp-pp-eng.gif 804w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-58351\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chart showing how the the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission handle complaints. Image courtesy of the CRCC.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen below for the CKTZ story. Audio includes excerpts from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jYNdfIX-iKA\">Youtube video 'Cries from Fairy Creek'<\/a> posted on the Rainforest Flying Squad Facebook page:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s been over 90 complaints filed about police actions at the Fairy Creek logging blockade since June 25. Kate McDerby, director of strategic communications and outreach for the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP (CRCC), confirmed 25 of those complaints are currently being investigated.\u00a0 According to their Aug. 25 press release, the RCMP&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":58349,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[222,3265],"tags":[6858,599,6421,525],"radio":[252],"origine":[280,266,231],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58348"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58348"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=58348"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=58348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}