Posted: Mar 10, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: March 10
Two RCMP officers observe a moment of silence to honour slain Const. Heidi Stevenson and the other 21 victims of the mass killings at a checkpoint on Portapique Road in Portapique, N.S. on Friday, April 24, 2020.(Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press)
RCMP in Nova Scotia are taking steps to try to ensure no one will be able to masquerade as an officer the way a gunman did in a deadly rampage last April.
The gunman, who killed 22 people, drove a vehicle that looked like an RCMP cruiser and wore pieces of a Mountie uniform as he made his way from Portapique to Enfield, where he was killed by officers who had been searching for him.
Posted: Feb 19, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: February 19
Halifax Regional Police Chief Dan Kinsella said 66 stunting charges were laid last year.(Robert Short/CBC)
Halifax councillors believe the latest statistics on charges laid against drivers accused of speeding at least 50 km/h over the limit underlines their concerns about traffic safety. People are afraid for their children, their pets and themselves as they go out in their cars, said Coun. Becky Kent. It isn t alarmist, it s absolutely real.
Councillors Patty Cuttell, Pamela Lovelace and Iona Stoddard have all expressed similar concerns about speeding and road safety.
On Wednesday, at a budget meeting, police Chief Dan Kinsella told councillors stunting charges had increased in 2020 from the year before, from 20 to 66. Stunting is when a vehicle is travelling more than 50 km/h over the speed limit.