Ooopsie, the old erroneous email

Cops planned to Taser Dziekanski: RCMP memo

 

Inquiry adjourned until Sept. 22

"He has asked investigators for a synopsis and should have it by noon tomorrow."

Rideout is the former commanding officer in charge of investigating Dziekanski's death.

Photograph by: Handout, Paul Pritchard

Lawyer Helen Roberts, who represents the RCMP, broke into tears as she told retired judge Thomas Braidwood, who is heading the inquiry, that her office received the e-mail in late April but never opened the CD for the document files until last week.

"I do say, it was by oversight that this occurred," she said. "Canada continues, as it has all along, to fully support the work of this commission."

Roberts said Bent was mistaken in his e-mail and that the officers did not formulate a plan to use the Taser as soon as possible.

"As a result of (our office's discovery) of this e-mail . . . the IHIT (Integrated Homicide Investigation Team) file has been searched and there is no evidence in the IHIT file that the members formulated a plan to use the Taser prior to the encounter with Mr. Dziekanski," Roberts said.

"It is our conclusion from these interviews that Chief Supt. Bent must have misunderstood information provided to him by Supt. Rideout."

The lawyers for the four RCMP officers said their clients deny they formulated a plan to Taser Dziekanski.

RCMP Commissioner William Elliott echoed Robert's statement that the e-mail was not released to the inquiry due to an "oversight."
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