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Foundational Documents
Foundational Documents share the key facts and events leading up to, during and after the mass casualty.
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Portapique, April 18-19, 2020
This document summarizes information currently available to the Commission in relation to the events on April 18 and 19, 2020, in Portapique, Nova Scotia. It addresses the homicides in the Portapique area and also discusses the shooting of a witness and an assault. Focus is placed on the observations of residents in the Portapique area. The movements of the perpetrator through the community are also considered.
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Document ID: COMM0050893
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Document ID: COMM0064786
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First Responder Actions in Portapique
This document summarizes material currently available to the Commission in relation to the events overnight on April 18 and April 19, 2020, at Portapique, Nova Scotia. It covers a period from approximately 10:00 p.m. on April 18, 2020, to 5:00 a.m. on April 19, 2020, and addresses the actions, decision-making, and communications of RCMP first responders in the Portapique community during the earliest hours of the mass casualty. It also addresses the actions of the emergency health services and emergency fire responses during this time. This document makes reference to homicides in the Portapique area. It also mentions the shooting of a witness.
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Document ID: COMM0050894
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Document ID: COMM0064507
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Containment Points in and Around Portapique
This document summarizes material currently available to Mass Casualty Commission counsel in relation to the events of April 18 and 19, 2020, in Portapique, Nova Scotia. It covers the RCMP’s containment efforts in and around Portapique from April 18, 2020, at 10:25:57 p.m. until April 19, 2020, at 9:42:30 a.m. — from when the first RCMP member arrived in Portapique to when members were alerted to the Wentworth homicide call via Colchester radio. Focus is placed on data obtained from Global Positioning System (GPS) trackers on RCMP vehicles and on the first-hand accounts of the responding members. We note that the GPS data does not show the movement of RCMP members on foot. Specific reference is made in this document of a homicide in Wentworth.
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Document ID: COMM0050895
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Document ID: COMM0064502
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Overnight in Debert
This document summarizes information currently available to the Mass Casualty Commission in relation to the April 18/19, 2020, overnight period in Debert, Nova Scotia. It addresses video surveillance and civilian witness observations of the perpetrator’s movements from approximately 10:51 p.m. on April 18, 2020, to 5:45 a.m. on April 19, 2020. This document also describes the discovery of physical evidence on April 26, 27, and 30, 2020, behind a local business in the Debert Business Park.
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Document ID: COMM0051979
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Document ID: COMM0064511
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2328 Hunter Road
This document summarizes evidence currently available to the Commission in relation to the events on April 19, 2020, at Hunter Road, Wentworth, Nova Scotia. It addresses homicides in the area. Reference is also made to the homicide in Wentworth. Focus is placed on civilian and police observations, communications and responses. The movement of the perpetrator between 5:45 a.m. and 9:23 a.m. is also addressed.
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Document ID: COMM0053599
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Document ID: COMM0064499
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Highway 4, Wentworth
This document summarizes evidence currently available to the Commission in relation to the events on April 19, 2020, at Highway 4, Wentworth, Nova Scotia, including RCMP radio communications and movements. It addresses a homicide in that area. It also references another homicide, which is detailed in the 2328 Hunter Road Foundational Document. Focus is placed on civilian and police observations, communications and responses. The movement of the perpetrator through the community is also addressed.
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Document ID: COMM0053597
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Highway 4, Glenholme
This document summarizes material currently available to the Commission in relation to the events occurring in Glenholme, Nova Scotia, between 9:00 a.m. and 10:08 a.m. on April 19, 2020. This document addresses the sighting of the perpetrator by police as he travelled south on Highway 4, the perpetrator’s attendance at a residence on Highway 4, the police response and the perpetrator’s rapid departure from this property towards Plains Road in Debert. Specific reference is made in this document to the homicide in Wentworth, homicides at Plains Road, as well as to the fire on Hunter Road. This document contains images of the perpetrator.
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Document ID: COMM0053596
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Document ID: COMM0064508
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Plains Road, Debert
This document summarizes evidence currently available to the Commission in relation to the events on April 19, 2020, at Plains Road, Debert, Nova Scotia. It covers two homicides in the area including a female victim who was pregnant at the time. Focus is placed on civilian and police observations, communications and responses. The movements of the perpetrator through the community are also addressed.
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Document ID: COMM0053598
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Document ID: COMM0064512
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Onslow Belmont Fire Brigade Hall
This document summarizes information currently available to the Mass Casualty Commission in relation to the events of April 19, 2020, at the Onslow Belmont Fire Brigade Hall. It addresses events that occurred between 8:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., and includes the “blue-on-blue” incident that occurred outside the community comfort centre set up by the Emergency Management Office at the fire hall. Focus is placed on first-hand accounts of RCMP officers, witness accounts of neighbours and travellers in the area, and fire hall volunteers who were present during the incident. Reference is also made to homicides committed by the perpetrator.
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Document ID: COMM0053832
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Document ID: COMM0064510
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Shubenacadie
This document summarizes evidence currently available to the Mass Casualty Commission in relation to the events on April 19, 2020, in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia. It covers homicides and shootings that took place in the area. Focus is placed on civilian and police observations, communications, and responses. The movement of the perpetrator through the community is also addressed. Reference is also made to the homicides in Wentworth, Plains Road and Highway 224. This document contains images of the perpetrator.
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Document ID: COMM0053830
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Document ID: COMM0064516
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Highway 224
This document summarizes material currently available to the Mass Casualty Commission in relation to events on April 19, 2020, on and around Highway 224, Nova Scotia. It addresses a homicide in that area, the movements of the perpetrator, the RCMP response to the residence, and the actions taken by RCMP members to try to intercept the perpetrator on Highway 224 south of Shubenacadie. Reference is also made to the vehicle of a previous homicide victim.
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Document ID: COMM0053831
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Document ID: COMM0064509
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Enfield Big Stop
This document summarizes material currently available to the Mass Casualty Commission in relation to the events prior to and at the Irving Big Stop gas station in Enfield, Nova Scotia, on April 19, 2020. Focus is placed on the movements and actions of the RCMP Emergency Response Team as they searched for the perpetrator through Elmsdale and on their final encounter with the perpetrator in Enfield. The document also references the attempts of general duty RCMP members to intercept the perpetrator. Multiple homicides are referenced in this document. The document discusses audio, video, witness and forensic information in relation to the killing of the perpetrator, including detailed discussion of the perpetrator’s post-mortem examination results. This document contains images of the perpetrator.
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Document ID: COMM0052490
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Document ID: COMM0064503
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Police Paraphernalia
This document summarizes material currently available to the Mass Casualty Commission Counsel in relation to the perpetrator’s access to, possession of, and use of police paraphernalia, including the decommissioned replica RCMP cruiser. The document organizes and sources references to audio, video, witness, and forensic evidence. There is some discussion of forensic evidence recovered from scenes and deceased individuals. There are images of the perpetrator in this document as well as images of the perpetrator’s clothing as found in the aftermath of the mass casualty, which may be disturbing.
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Document ID: COMM0055715
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Document ID: COMM0064513
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Confirmation of Replica RCMP Cruiser
This document summarizes material currently available to the Mass Casualty Commission in relation to the perpetrator’s use of a replica RCMP vehicle during the April 18–19, 2020, mass casualty in Nova Scotia. It includes the perceptions, understandings, and analyses of RCMP members with respect to the possibility that the perpetrator was in possession of a fully marked replica RCMP cruiser. Homicides of multiple people are referenced in this document, as is the witness encounter with the perpetrator, where the perpetrator shot and injured a resident.
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Document ID: COMM0055720
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Document ID: COMM0064515
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Firearms
This document summarizes material currently available to the Mass Casualty Commission in relation to the perpetrator’s access to firearms and associated equipment and ammunition. This includes the perpetrator’s preparation and research, his history with firearms, and his access to the firearms and associated equipment and ammunition used on April 18 and 19, 2020. This document contains images of the perpetrator’s firearms, as found in the aftermath of the mass casualty, which may be disturbing.
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Document ID: COMM0056215
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Document ID: COMM0064506
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Alert Ready in Nova Scotia
This document summarizes material currently available to the Mass Casualty Commission in relation to the policy and roll-out of Alert Ready in Nova Scotia before, at the time of, and after the mass casualty.
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Document ID: COMM0057390
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Information Seeking from Families and Next of Kin Notifications
This document summarizes evidence currently available to the Mass Casualty Commission in relation to how affected families sought information about their loved ones, and about the next-of-kin death notifications completed by the RCMP on April 18, 19, and 20, 2020. The experiences of family members of victims who have chosen to share their information with the Commission are discussed in this document, but we recognize the many other family members who were and are affected by their loss and the events of the mass casualty.
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Document ID: COMM0058972
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Document ID: COMM0064785
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Document ID: COMM0065711
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RCMP Emergency Response Team (ERT)
This document summarizes evidence currently available to the Mass Casualty Commission in relation to the movements, actions and observations of the RCMP’s Emergency Response Teams (ERT) from Nova Scotia (H-Division) and New Brunswick (J-Division) during the mass casualty of April 18 and 19, 2020. Focus is placed on the H-Division’s travel to and actions in and around Portapique including the evacuation of residents that was interrupted by the perpetrator’s re-emergence in Wentworth.
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Document ID: COMM0057766
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Document ID: COMM0064504
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RCMP Command Post, Operational Communications Centre, and Command Decisions
This document summarizes information currently available to the Mass Casualty Commission in relation to the actions, decisions, and information-sharing of the RCMP’s critical incident command personnel and dispatching staff on April 18 and 19, 2020 in Nova Scotia. Focus is placed on the information received by the RCMP during the mass casualty, and the actions, decisions, and communications made in response thereto. Consideration is given to the actions and decisions of RCMP commanding officers, Risk Managers, Critical Incident Commanders, Emergency Response Team (ERT) Team Leaders, responding Staff Sergeants, and operators at the RCMP’s Operational Communications Centre (OCC).
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Document ID: COMM0057771
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Document ID: COMM0064501
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Truro Police Services - April 19, 2020
This document summarizes information currently available to the Mass Casualty Commission in relation to the involvement of the Truro Police Service (TPS) in the mass casualty response on April 19, 2020. It includes information about the presence of TPS officers during the lockdown at the Colchester East Hants Health Centre, communications between the RCMP and the TPS, and TPS internal communications during the critical incident response. The document also describes the perpetrator’s movements through Bible Hill and Truro on the morning of April 19, 2020. Reference is made in the document to the homicide scenes of Wentworth, Portapique, Plains Road, and Shubenacadie. This document includes images of the perpetrator.
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Document ID: COMM0058837
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Document ID: COMM0064518
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RCMP Public Communications, April 18-19, 2020
This document addresses the RCMP’s communications with the public from the start of the mass casualty on April 18, 2020, until approximately 12:00 p.m. on April 19, 2020. Information on communications from the RCMP to the public that occurred after the mass casualty is contained in the Public Communications from the RCMP and Governments About the Mass Casualty Foundational Document. The current foundational document reviews interactions within the critical incident command team and interactions between the critical incident command team and the strategic communications unit of the RCMP. The document references the timing and substance of social media releases to the public. It also discusses consideration of the Alert Ready notification tool. Further information about the Alert Ready system is contained in the Alert Ready in Nova Scotia Foundational Document.
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Document ID: COMM0058836
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Document ID: COMM0064514
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Air Support
This document summarizes material currently available to the Mass Casualty Commission in relation to RCMP requests for and use of air services to support the police response to the mass casualty. It covers a time period from approximately 10:30 p.m. on April 18, 2020, to 11:45 a.m. on April 19, 2020. It addresses relevant agencies with access to air services, RCMP efforts to obtain air support, and the flightpath of the DNR helicopter. There are brief references to the homicide scenes in Portapique, Debert, and Shubenacadie. The perpetrator’s movements through Colchester, Cumberland, and Hants Counties are also referenced.
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Document ID: COMM0058856
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Document ID: COMM0064500
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Halifax Regional Police and Halifax District RCMP Operations
This document summarizes material currently available to the Mass Casualty Commission in relation to the actions, operations, and decisions of the Halifax Regional Police (HRP), the HRP’s Emergency Response Team (HRP ERT), and Halifax District RCMP during the mass casualty on April 18-19, 2020. It covers a period of roughly 13 hours, from approximately 10:30 p.m. on April 18, 2020 to 11:30 a.m. on April 19, 2020. There are brief references to the homicides in Portapique, Debert, and Shubenacadie. There are also direct references to the shooting of Cst. Chad Morrison and the homicides in Wentworth and at Highway 224.
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Document ID: COMM0058878
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Document ID: COMM0064784
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911 Call-Taking and Dispatch
This document summarizes evidence currently available to the Mass Casualty Commission in relation to how information is received from 911 callers and relayed to police agencies. This document is intended to provide context to assist the Commission and the public in understanding communications and communication decisions during the events of April 18 and 19, 2020.
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Document ID: COMM0058853
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TMR2 Radio Communications System in Nova Scotia
This document is an overview of the TMR2 radio communication system used by first responder and provincial agencies in Nova Scotia.
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Document ID: COMM0058854
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Document ID: COMM0064517
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Support Services for Survivors, Families, and Communities
The purpose of this foundational document is to provide information about the services and supports offered to inform, support, and engage those affected by the mass casualty. This foundational document does not outline every interaction between RCMP member Constable (Cst.) Wayne Bent and the families to which he was assigned.
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Document ID: COMM0059120
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Document ID: COMM0064787
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Public Communications from the RCMP and Governments after the Mass Casualty
This document captures the public communications of the RCMP and other government officials after the mass casualty, and compares those statements to material reviewed to date by Mass Casualty Commission counsel indicating what information the RCMP knew internally at the same time. The post-event period commences with the RCMP’s takedown of the perpetrator at the Enfield Big Stop at 11:25 a.m. on Sunday, April 19, 2020. Those events are described in the Enfield Big Stop Foundational Document. The reader is cautioned that there is discussion in this document about individual victims, the perpetrator, and the course of events, which may be disturbing.
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Document ID: COMM0059119
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Violence in the Perpetrator’s Family of Origin
This document summarizes evidence currently in the possession of the Mass Casualty Commission in relation to violence in the perpetrator’s family of origin. It addresses a wide range of violent conduct, including violence against children and physical, emotional, and verbal abuse. This document presents information about a history of child abuse spanning several generations in the perpetrator’s family. There is further reference to the perpetrator’s alcohol use disorder, possession of weapons, and threats of violence. This document also includes statements from the perpetrator’s family members about the perpetrator’s mental health, as well as related information from the perpetrator’s medical records.
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Document ID: COMM0059739
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Perpetrator’s Violent Behaviour Towards Others
This document summarizes evidence currently in the possession of the Mass Casualty Commission in relation to the perpetrator’s violent behaviour towards others. It addresses a wide range of violent conduct, including physical, sexual, and verbal violence, as well as aggressive, confrontational, controlling, harassing, and bullying behaviour. This Foundational Document also references victims of the mass casualty.
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Document ID: COMM0059623
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Document ID: COMM0064519
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Perpetrators Violence Towards His Common Law Spouse
This document summarizes evidence currently in the possession of the Mass Casualty Commission about the perpetrator’s violence, coercion, and controlling behaviour towards his common-law spouse, Lisa Banfield (“Ms. Banfield”), throughout their 19-year relationship. It covers the perpetrator’s physical violence and also non-physical forms of abuse, including verbal and emotional abuse and financial control, as well as his controlling and possessive behaviour towards her. The information in this foundational document includes Ms. Banfield’s description of the perpetrator’s violence and abuse towards her, as well as the observations of other people who witnessed or were aware of his violence and abuse of Ms. Banfield. The document also includes references to the perpetrator’s infidelity, alcohol use disorder, and the presence of weapons in their home.
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Document ID: COMM0059740
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Document ID: COMM0065710
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Perpetrator's Financial Misdealings
This document summarizes evidence currently in the possession of the Mass Casualty Commission in relation to the perpetrator’s financial misdealings. It addresses the perpetrator’s banking activity, corporate dealings, real estate acquisitions, improper billing practices, association with drugs and organized criminal activity, as well as his planning of a potential fraud in relation to the Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program.
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Document ID: COMM0059859
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Document ID: COMM0064505
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Investigations Supplementary Reports
Investigations Supplementary Reports were completed by the Commission’s Investigations team to support the overall understanding of the facts of what happened, how and why. Each report contains the results of further investigation into specific questions or events.
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Roads, Trails and Pathways in Portapique Community
This Investigations Supplementary Report provides a review of roads, trails, paths and terrain in the Portapique community conducted by the Commission’s legal & investigations teams.
Author: Scott Spicer
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Document ID: COMM0050889
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Further Analysis into Perpetrators Access, Use and Knowledge of Radios and Scanners
This Investigations Supplementary Report explores general radio information and history, the perpetrator’s knowledge of and access to radios, capability of the radio purchased by the perpetrator and mutual aid channel use during the mass casualty.
Author: Dwayne King
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Document ID: COMM0061747
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Analysis of RCMP Involvement in the Portapique Community on April 19th, 2020
This Investigations Supplementary Report serves as a further investigative analysis of the RCMP involvement within the Portapique community on April 19, 2020. This analysis focused on the movements of RCMP members between 9:30 a.m. and 4:46 p.m., the direction provided to them, and their resulting actions, where information is available.
Authors: Brian Corbett, Wayne Fowler, Barbara McLean
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Document ID: COMM0058252
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Projectile Located Near Corrie Ellison
This Investigations Supplementary Report explores the projectile located near Corrie Ellison and whether it was associated to any of the perpetrator's firearms.
Author: Wayne Fowler
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Document ID: COMM0015562
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Location of the perpetrator's 2017 Ford F-150 during the mass casualty
This Investigations Supplementary Report locates evidence to identify the location of the 2017 Ford F-150 owned by the perpetrator.
Author: Dwayne King
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Document ID: COMM0043065
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Examination of the Corrie Ellison Homicide Scene
This Investigations Supplementary Report further examines the circumstances and evidence surrounding the homicide of Corrie Ellison.
Author: Wayne Fowler
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Document ID: COMM0006365
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Handcuffs recovered
This Investigations Supplementary Report provides an answer from the RCMP regarding the recovery of handcuffs placed on Lisa Banfield by perpetrator.
Author: Stephen Henkel
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Document ID: COMM0015908
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Wilsons Gas Bar Video Timestamp
This Investigations Supplementary Report explores evidence in relation to the timestamp on the video supplied by the RCMP from Wilsons Gas Bar in Great Village.
Author: Christopher Lussow
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Document ID: COMM0015484
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Perpetrator’s Actions at Elmsdale Petro-Canada
This Investigations Supplementary Report further examines the perpetrator’s actions at Petro Canada in Elmsdale.
Will Crews: Author
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Document ID: COMM0050890
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Rejected Radio Transmissions - Onslow
This Investigations Supplementary Report provides information on Cst. Dave Melanson's attempts to communicate using his portable radio while he was in the vicinity of the Belmont/Onslow Fire Brigade on April 19th, 2020. It also describes what happens with a Rejected Radio Transmission.
Author: Scott Spicer
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Document ID: COMM0056435
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Confirmation of Vehicle Driven by Sarah Hughes
This Investigations Supplementary Report provides information surrounding the confirmation of the vehicle driven by Sara Hughes and Adam Griffiths on April 19, 2020.
Author: Dwayne King
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Document ID: COMM0051959
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BOLO and Dispatch Process
This Investigations Supplementary Report provides explanations of several acronyms and identifiers that are found in the source materials in relation to BOLOs (Be On Look Out) and the Communications/Dispatch Process.
Author: Christopher Lussow
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Document ID: COMM0015483
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Nature of RCMP contact, canvass and attempts to contact persons within Portapique community during the mass casualty
This Investigations Supplementary Report provides information on the nature of RCMP contact, canvass and attempts to contact persons within the Portapique Community during the events of April 18 and 19, 2020.
Author: Wayne Fowler
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Document ID: COMM0053340
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Timing Discrepancies of ERT Radio Broadcast at Enfield Big Stop
This supplementary report examines timing discrepancies between ERT’s initial radio broadcast at the Enfield Big Stop, and the beginning of audible gunfire.
Author: Brian Corbett
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Document ID: COMM0054283
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Analysis of Pictometry
This Investigations Supplementary Report analyzes both the Pictometry portal and the imagery available to the RCMP during the mass casualty events.
Author: Brian Corbett
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Document ID: COMM0056422
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Analysis of Emergency Health Services (EHS) GPS Data
This Investigations Supplementary Report analyses the timing and route of EHS vehicle Medic-86 in the Great Village and Portapique communities on April 18/19, 2020 based upon available GPS Data.
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Document ID: COMM0058894
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Emergency Health Services (EHS) Staging Near the Portapique Community based upon available GPS Data
This Investigations Supplementary Report examines where and when Emergency Health Services (EHS) staging took place near the Portapique Community on April 18/19, 2020 based upon available GPS Data.
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Document ID: COMM0059679
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Exploration of the perpetrator's Real Estate Interests
This Investigations Supplementary Report examines the perpetrator’s land titles history to determine if the perpetrator was buying and/or controlling a significant number of properties in and around Portapique.
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Document ID: COMM0003872
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Meteorological Response - April 18/19 2020, Portapique, NS
This Investigations Supplementary Report shares a summary of weather conditions on the 18th and 19th of April 2020 based on available online resources including a weather station, and tidal station within close proximity to Portapique.
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Document ID: COMM0059299
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Review of Sensitive Materials as part of Document Production provided by the Department of Justice
This Investigations Supplementary Report provides an overview of various sensitive documents and evidence that had been flagged as part of the document production provided by the Department of Justice. These documents were isolated and provided to the Commission on an encrypted USB which consisted of more than 40 documents. The report provides an overview of each of those documents.
Author: Stephen Henkel
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Document ID: COMM0015549
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Further analysis of RCMP involvement in the Portapique on April 19, 2020 (Revised July 2022)
This Investigations Supplementary Report further analyzes the RCMP involvement within the Portapique community on April 19, 2020. The analysis is focused on the movements of RCMP members between 9:30 a.m. and 4:46 p.m. ADT, the direction provided to them, and their resulting actions, where information is available.
Authors: Barbara McLean, Wayne Fowler, and Brian Corbett
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Document ID: COMM0059888
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Analysis of Non-RCMP Air Support Resources and availability on April 18 and 19, 2020
This Investigations Supplementary Report provides information relating to external non-RCMP Air Support resources available on April 18/19, 2020. It includes a background of non-RCMP agencies in and around the Atlantic region and an outline of technical specifications and availability of aircrafts.
Author: Scott Spicer
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Document ID: COMM0059778
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Analysis of Cash Deposits into Accounts held by the perpetrator and/or Lisa Banfield (Common-law Spouse)
This Investigations Supplementary Report explores the sources of cash deposits made into accounts held by the perpetrator and/or his common-law spouse, Lisa Banfield.
Author: Dwayne King
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Document ID: COMM0053337
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Follow up interview with Portapique resident Peter Griffon
This Investigations Supplementary Report provides an overview of new information from Portapique resident Peter Griffon regrading a possible source for the RCMP decals.
Author: Dwayne King
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Document ID: COMM0058996
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Review of J Division ERT ATAK being operational and in use on April 19, 2020
This Investigations Supplementary Report provides a review of the disclosure provided by the Department of Justice that denies that the ATAK system was operational and in use on April 19th, 2020.
Author: Wayne Fowler
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Document ID: COMM0058517
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Review of Follow-up with Retired Commissionaire Bob Dentremont
This Investigations Supplementary Report shares information gathered during a follow up interview with retired Commissionaire Bob Dentremont regarding his interaction with a male wanting to register a replica RCMP vehicle in 2019.
Author: Dwayne King
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Document ID: COMM0054261
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Search of Historical Financial Records of the perpetrator
This Investigations Supplementary Report describes the Commission’s attempt to locate historical financial records of the perpetrator.
Author: Dwayne King
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Document ID: COMM0056423
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Examination of Lisa Banfield’s Phone Records (perpetrator’s Common-law Spouse)
This Investigations Supplementary Report provides a review and explanation of Lisa Banfield’s cell phone record for April 18 and 19, 2020.
Author: Dwayne King
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Document ID: COMM0058988
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Review of Cheryl Blaikie’s Last Communication with the Tuck Family
This Investigations Supplementary Report shares an overview of information regarding Cheryl Blaikie’s last had communication with the Tuck Family.
Author: Dwayne King
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Document ID: COMM0058997
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Review of Disciplinary Decision from the Denturist Society of Nova Scotia regarding the perpetrator
This Investigations Supplementary Report describes the perpetrator seeking professional counselling subsequent to an investigative plea agreement related to a disciplinary decision from the Denturist Society of Nova Scotia.
Author: Dwayne King
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Document ID: COMM0015485
- Review of the Forensic Accounting Report related to the Banking Activities of the perpetrator and his Common-law Spouse
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Review of the Evidentiary Basis for the Rumour of the perpetrator being a Police Informant or RCMP Agent
This Investigations Supplementary Report reviews whether there is an evidentiary basis for the rumours related to the perpetrator being a police informant or agent for the RCMP.
Author: Stephen Henkel
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Document ID: COMM0063208
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Examination of the Replica RCMP Cruiser’s Interior
This Investigations Supplementary Report reviews the equipment displayed in photographs of the replica RCMP cruiser provided to the Commission by the perpetrator’s common-law spouse and cross references visible equipment with purchases made by the perpetrator.
Author: Dwayne King
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Document ID: COMM0059920
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Review of Burned Canadian Currency located in the Destroyed Replica RCMP Cruiser
This Investigations Supplementary Report provides a review of photographs taken of the replica RCMP cruiser, including photographs of burned Canadian currency.
Author: Dwayne King
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Document ID: COMM0059672
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Review of Disclosure regarding Witness Max Liberatore
This Investigations Supplementary Report provides an overview of items related to an investigation involving Max Liberatore. These items were included in the perpetrator’s property received from the Public Trustee for Nova Scotia.
Author: Dwayne King
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Document ID: COMM0056676
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Review of FITBIT Explanation of Readings from April 19, 2020
This Investigations Supplementary Report provides an overview of the Commission’s attempts to contact FITBIT for an explanation of readings for one of the victims of the mass casualty, Heather O’Brien.
Author: Dwayne King
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Document ID: COMM0058799
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Explanation regarding Wilsons Gas Bar Surveillance Video Timestamp and Watermark
This Investigations Supplementary Report provides an explanation and understanding of the timestamp on the video supplied by the RCMP from Wilsons Gas Bar in Great Village, Nova Scotia on April 19, 2020.
Author: Christopher Lussow
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Document ID: COMM0056190
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Efforts to Interview Sean Conlogue, Angel Patterson and Scott Shaffer
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Document ID: COMM0064724
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Regarding Follow up Re. Denture Services Payment - Max Liberatore
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Document ID: COMM0064747
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Comparison of Atlantic Denture Clinic Patient List to Known Missing/Murdered Persons
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Document ID: COMM0064880
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RCMP Exhibit PE446 - Handcuffs Located at Shubenacadie Scene
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Document ID: COMM0065073
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RCMP Air Support Assets in the Atlantic Region, Quebec and Ontario on April 18/19, 2020
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Document ID: COMM0058846
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Near 1677 Plains Road Debert DJI_0161 - Drone Footage, Orthophoto Mapping, Video, Photographic and Thermographic Imaging
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Document ID: COMM0053341
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Near 1677 Plains Road Debert DJI_0162 - Drone Footage, Orthophoto Mapping, Video, Photographic and Thermographic Imaging
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Document ID: COMM0053342
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Near 1677 Plains Road Debert DJI_0163 - Drone Footage, Orthophoto Mapping, Video, Photographic and Thermographic Imaging
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Document ID: COMM0053343
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Near 1677 Plains Road Debert DJI_0164 - Drone Footage, Orthophoto Mapping, Video, Photographic and Thermographic Imaging
View Document (PDF 647 KB)
Document ID: COMM0053344
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Near 1677 Plains Road Debert DJI_0165 - Drone Footage, Orthophoto Mapping, Video, Photographic and Thermographic Imaging
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Document ID: COMM0053345
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Debert Business Park and Plains Road (GH013841) - Drone Footage, Orthophoto Mapping, Video, Photographic and Thermographic Imaging
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Document ID: COMM0053346
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Heather O'Brien Crime Scene - Drone Footage, Orthophoto Mapping, Video, Photographic and Thermographic Imaging
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Document ID: COMM0053347
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Kristen Beaton Crime Scene - Drone Footage, Orthophoto Mapping, Video, Photographic and Thermographic Imaging
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Document ID: COMM0053348
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Drone Footage, Orthophoto Mapping, Video, Photographic & Thermographic Imaging - Plains Road Image (1)
View Document (PDF 625 KB)
Document ID: COMM0053523
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Drone Footage, Orthophoto Mapping, Video, Photographic & Thermographic Imaging - Plains Road Image (2)
View Document (PDF 635 KB)
Document ID: COMM0053525
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Drone Footage, Orthophoto Mapping, Video, Photographic & Thermographic Imaging - Plains Road Image (3)
View Document (PDF 646 KB)
Document ID: COMM0053529
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Drone Footage, Orthophoto Mapping, Video, Photographic & Thermographic Imaging - Onslow Aerial Image
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Document ID: COMM0053532
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Drone Footage, Orthophoto Mapping, Video, Photographic & Thermographic Imaging - Onslow Aerial Image
View Document (PDF 642 KB)
Document ID: COMM0053534
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Police Vehicle Dashboard Camera - Watchguard Follow up
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Document ID: COMM0065592
Policy Documents
Policy Documents include materials gathered by the Commission and shared throughout proceedings that include summaries of key information about legislation or policies relating to areas in the Commission’s mandate. Related source materials are found in the list below and/or are hyperlinked within the document.
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Legislative Brief: Policing in Nova Scotia
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Document ID: COMM0043125
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Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Firearms Policy
This document summarizes material reviewed to date by the Mass Casualty Commission regarding Canada Border Service Agency’s policies and procedures with respect to firearms. This document is subject to change as the understanding of counsel for the Participants and the Commission evolves.
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Document ID: COMM0056216
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Legislative Brief: Police Impersonation and Paraphernalia
The purpose of this document is to provide information about the law applicable to police impersonation and police paraphernalia at the time of the mass casualty in April 2020. It is intended to assist the Commission in fulfilling its mandate by providing factual information about the rules in place at the time. It does not provide any commentary, evaluations, or recommendations.
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Document ID: COMM0009543
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Legislative Brief: Firearms
The purpose of this document is to provide information about the law applicable to the acquisition, possession, transfer, import, and use of firearms at the time of the mass casualty in April 2020. The emphasis is on illegal possession, import, and use since the perpetrator did not have a firearms licence. It is intended to assist the Commission with the fulfillment of its mandate by providing factual information about the rules in place at the time. It does not provide commentary, evaluations or recommendations..
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Document ID: COMM0018403
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Legislative Brief: Alert System
The purpose of this document is to provide the law applicable to the National Public Alerting System (also called “Alert Ready”). Although this system was not used during the mass casualty in April 2020, an understanding of it is requisite to the work of the Commission. This document is intended to assist the Commission with the fulfillment of its mandate by providing factual information about the laws and regulations in place at the time.
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Document ID: COMM0034780
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Legislative Brief: Perpetrator’s Violence and Financial Dealings
The purpose of this document is to provide information about legislation applicable to gender-based violence (GBV), intimate partner violence (IPV), family violence, and coercive control, as well as additional perpetrator antecedents and financial dealings. This document is not a comprehensive overview and it does not address offences committed by the perpetrator during the mass casualty. Rather, it incorporates legislative provisions that are potentially relevant to facts documented in the Perpetrator’s Violence Towards His Common-Law Spouse and Perpetrator’s Violent Behaviour towards Others Foundational Documents. It does not provide any commentary, evaluations or recommendations.
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Document ID: COMM0059749
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RCMP National Booklet 1
This is Booklet 1 of 3 of the national, divisional, and detachment level policies that the RCMP has identified to the Commission after extensive dialogue, as those requisite to the Commission’s mandate and in force as at April 2020 (or as updated since, where indicated).
Please note:
- This document is from the RCMP’s possession internal intranet therefore the hyperlinks between policies that exist will not work.
- There are still appendices and possibly other policies still being identified as requisite to the Commission’s work. Any new material will be put into a new document and not inserted into the existing Booklets.
- Each policy contained in these binders already has an individual COMM number, which it retains within these RCMP National Booklets that have their own COMM numbers.
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Document ID: COMM0058880
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RCMP National Booklet 2
This is Booklet 2 of 3 of the national, divisional, and detachment level policies that the RCMP has identified to the Commission after extensive dialogue, as those requisite to the Commission’s mandate and in force as at April 2020 (or as updated since, where indicated).
Please note:
- This document is from the RCMP’s possession internal intranet therefore the hyperlinks between policies that exist will not work.
- There are still appendices and possibly other policies still being identified as requisite to the Commission’s work. Any new material will be put into a new document and not inserted into the existing Booklets.
- Each policy contained in these binders already has an individual COMM number, which it retains within these RCMP National Booklets that have their own COMM numbers.
View Document (PDF 263 MB)
Document ID: COMM0058882
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RCMP National Booklet 3
This is Booklet 3 of 3 of the national, divisional, and detachment level policies that the RCMP has identified to the Commission after extensive dialogue, as those requisite to the Commission’s mandate and in force as at April 2020 (or as updated since, where indicated).
Please note:
- This document is from the RCMP’s possession internal intranet therefore the hyperlinks between policies that exist will not work.
- There are still appendices and possibly other policies still being identified as requisite to the Commission’s work. Any new material will be put into a new document and not inserted into the existing Booklets.
- Each policy contained in these binders already has an individual COMM number, which it retains within these RCMP National Booklets that have their own COMM numbers.
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Document ID: COMM0058879
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RCMP H Division Policies Booklet
This booklet contains policies of H Division (Nova Scotia) that the RCMP has identified to the Commission after extensive dialogue, as those requisite to the Commission’s mandate and in force as at April 2020 (or as updated since, where indicated).
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Document ID: COMM0058881
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Intimate Partner Violence, Family Violence, and Gender-based Violence Policies
This document is an overview of the policies concerning intimate partner violence, family violence, and gender-based violence by the provincial government in Nova Scotia, as well as the relevant RCMP, municipal police, and regional police policies.
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Document ID: COMM0059858
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Source Materials and Additional Exhibits
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