RCMP officers face firing for ‘atrocious’ racist behaviour, harassment, documents say

The Canadian Press 20/09/2024 19:33 Three RCMP members from a Metro Vancouver detachment could be fired over alleged “atrocious,” “racist” and “horrible” behaviour detailed by a fellow officer, including text chats that bragged about “Tasering unarmed black people,” court documents say. A schedule from the RCMP shows Constables Philip Dick, Ian Solven and Mersad Mesbah are slated to appear next February for code of conduct hearings over allegations including discrimination, harassment and discrediting the police force. None of the allegations have been proven. In court filings to obtain a search warrant, an officer in the RCMP’s Professional Standards Unit in Coquitlam, B.C., says another member in the detachment trained by Dick complained about being harassed by the accused officers. Among the key complaints, according to the filings, is that officers…

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