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POLICE Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon wants the Government to grant her the power to conduct random drug and alcohol testing of officers next year.
A plan for psychological, drug and alcohol testing of police working in the major drug investigation division was raised in the first report of the Ceja Taskforce in 2003 but has not progressed beyond encouraging police with drug and alcohol problems to seek help.
Ms Nixon said reform of the Police Regulations Act was needed to enable the testing to go ahead.
"We need legislation," she said. "I understand that t... Read more
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Review clears police in Winnip
Family members of Matthew Dumas said they're disappointed with an external review released Wednesday into the aboriginal teenager's death.
Officials told the family on Wednesday that a review by the Calgary Police Service cleared Winnipeg police of wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of Dumas, 18, in January 2005.
Winnipeg police Chief Jack Ewatski said in a statement that the review backs his force's earlier investigation into the incident.
Dumas was shot and killed in Winnipeg's North End last year after allegedly pulling a weapon on officers who had been chasing him as a suspect in a robbery. Police said he was shot after he refused to drop the weapon, later determined to be a screwdriver.
Although the officer involved was Métis, the shooting quickly prompted cries of racism, with some native leaders expressing concern that police targeted the teen because he was aboriginal.
In May 2005, Ewatski asked the Calgary force to review the investigation of the incident that was carried out by police in Winnipeg. Native groups had expressed concern that the Winnipeg force would not be able to fairly investigate the actions of one of its officers.
Family not happy
Jessica Paul, Dumas's sister, told CBC News on Wednesday she was not surprised by the findings, but she was disappointed that the report did not make any recommendations for Winnipeg police.
"They had nothing to say at all that was negative on their part," she said. "Everything that they told us was, you know, basically just backing up that they feel that they've done a good job in the review and that kind of stuff."
Paul said she would be considering her options. The family is speaking with the Southern Chiefs Organization about the possibility of a lawsuit.
Nahanni Fontaine, SCO's director of justice, said a police-run review, regardless of where it came from, is not independent in her eyes.
"Across the country, policing institutions share a history, share a philosophy, share policies — really share everything," she said Wednesday. "So we kind of argue that while the Calgary Police Service was independent … how independent is it when all policing institutions across the country share that history?"
The province's prosecution office has received the external report. A statement from the province said Wednesday it is forwarding the report to the Ontario Crown attorney's office for "their independent legal advice on the analysis of the incident."
The Manitoba government said it remains committed to holding a public inquest into Dumas's death.
In February, more than 100 people gathered for a vigil at the spot where Dumas was shot.
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