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A major loophole has
been discovered in Canadian law that allows for and in some cases,
even mandates that the RCMP obstruct justice for their agents. The
RCMP themselves seem to be at a loss as to what to do when one of
these "agents" goes out of control. Their victims have
little or no recourse. This law is now allowing a suspected child
killer to be set free and to be paid off by our government.
The RCMP Code of Conduct has been given priority over the criminal
code of Canada in this case. A line needs to be drawn, clearly
defining what is acceptable behavior for the RCMP to engage in when
one of their informants or agents is implicated in the murder of a
child. There is a vast difference between using the confidential
informant handling laws to assist an informant to avoid a drug
conviction and assisting an informant to avoid justice for killing a
child. Children are defenseless and totally reliant upon the laws
written for their protection and the police need to be relied upon
to enforce these laws. The ability to engage in this type of agent
handling behavior for the crime of murdering a child, needs to be
expressly prohibited by law and removed from the discretionary use
of the RCMP/agent handlers. Changes need to be made to both the RCMP
code of conduct and Canada's criminal code. Your support is
requested to ensure that changes reflecting the following are
finalized and implemented.
1/ The RCMP must immediately disclose to an independent review board
when one of their informants or agents is a suspect in the murder of
a child. Powers must be given to this board to monitor and to
intervene in the investigation if required.
2/ The RCMP must be prohibited from withholding any evidence which
identifies and implicates one of their agents, from this review
board.
3/ The handler of any RCMP agent suspected in the crime must be
immediately removed from the case and prohibited from any further
involvement in the investigation except as a witness.
4/ Any RCMP member found to be engaged in or directing actions to
assist a suspect to avoid justice for murdering a child is an
accomplice guilty of a criminal offence, and must face mandatory
criminal charges.
5/ If evidence is brought forward at any time that a suspect has
been acquitted by the previous means, the suspect will be subject to
retrial and the police members responsible must be charged with a
criminal offense.
6/ There can be no plea bargains or deals cut in the case of anyone
suspected of murdering a child or in the case of any police member
who obstructs justice in order to gain the acquittal of a child
killer.
7/ A jury must be informed of the RCMP informant/agent status of
anyone suspected of murdering a child if this information is
necessary to understand the events relating to the case.
Please forward this to your
elected officials and inform them that the current RCMP agent
handling laws are unacceptable to the vast majority of RCMP members
and Canadian citizens alike. Petition them to take immediate action
to plug this loophole before any more Canadian children meet the
same fate. Thank you!
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