Preliminary issues related to the process of this commission of inquiry There are three preliminary issues related to the process of this commission of inquiry that require discussion because they shape both the factual findings we urge the Commissioners to make and the recommendations that we ask the Commission to adopt: (1) definition(s) of public safety and community safety, (2) non-involvement. [...] Complaints concerning the perpetrator’s violence and possession of illegal guns were communicated to the RCMP and not properly investigated The record reveals that complaints about the perpetrator’s violence and illegal gun possession were communicated to the RCMP and not properly investigated in the years leading up to the mass casualty. [...] Forbes was so fearful of the perpetrator and the RCMP’s inability to respond to his violence that she moved to Halifax and then moved out of the province after learning that the perpetrator was linked to Halifax.38 This decision may have saved her life given that the perpetrator killed the people who purchased her Portapique house, John Zahl and Joanne Thomas, on April 18, 2020.39 The case of Susi. [...] The RCMP attempted to get the Truro Police not to release material information to the public and to make it “go away.” The Chief of the Truro Police refused on the grounds that this request was “not ethically and morally correct” and amounted to a request that he “lie” to the public.44 A request for a formal external review of H-Division’s conduct was allowed to “die on the vine.”45 Once it was cl. [...] Sustainably funding community organizations is directly relevant to the provincial Minister of Justice’s duties per section 5(2) of Nova Scotia’s Police Act, which requires that the Minister promote the preservation of peace, the prevention of crime, the efficiency of police services, and the improvement of police relationships with community.
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