Police in N.S. were offered control over public alerts years before mass shooting

New documents from the public inquiry into Nova Scotia's mass shooting show the RCMP had turned down the ability to directly issue emergency alerts multiple times in the years before the tragedy. The documents also show that "active shooter" wouldn't have met the criteria at the time for sending an emergency alert.

Related Keywords

Cape Breton ,Nova Scotia ,Canada ,Portapique ,Washington ,United States ,Joey Webber ,Corrie Ellison ,Greg Blair ,Alanna Jenkins ,Nova Scotians ,John Zahl ,Rodney Legge ,Gina Goulet ,Jolene Oliver ,Gabriel Wortman ,Tom Bagley ,Joanne Thomas ,Heidi Stevenson ,Jamie Blair ,Mark Furey ,Kristen Beaton ,Sean Auld ,Lillian Campbell ,Frank Gulenchyn ,Heather Obrien ,Lisa Mccully ,Sean Mcleod ,Paul Mason ,Pelmorex ,Halifax Regional Police ,Twitter ,Emergency Management Office ,Weather Network ,Mass Casualty Commission ,Alert Ready ,Jason Mew ,Amber Alert ,Amber Alerts ,Dawn Gulenchyn ,Heathero Brien ,Peter Bond ,Emily Tuck ,Joy Bond ,Chris Leather ,Regional Police ,New Brunswick ,