Today the Dzienkanski Inquiry was given the final submission of lawyer Walter Kosteckyj, representing Dziekanski's mother, Zofia Cisowski. He urged the inquiry commissioner, Thomas Braidwood, to recommend that the RCMP's use-of-force training model to be scrapped.
Two weeks ago the B.C Police Chief Association asked for Independent Reviews of Police Complaints similar to Alberta’s SIRT (Serious Incident Response Team).
Two months ago, a Crown Prosecutor resigned from the Braidwood Inquiry because she failed to realize she has "exculpatory" evidence in her possession since April 2009 that contradicted a senior RCMP officer's sworn evidence to the inquiry. His email claims the 4 officers at the scene had planned to taser Mr. Dzienkanski before arriving at the situation at the Vancouver Airport.
In his sumation, Lawyer Walter Kosteckyj suggests that more than anything the employees at the Vancouver Airport have been taught to ignore passenger questions (a typical bureaucratic passive-aggressive mannerism) and that a single odse of common-sense anywhere in the tragic farce that led to Mr. Dzienkanski would have gone a long way to saving his life.
Post Zaccardelli , can there be any doubt that the RCMP has ceased to accountable and effective to the many citizens who need their services.
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