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RCMP PUBLIC COMPLAINTS COMMISSION

CHAIR'S INTERIM REPORT

SUBMITTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUBSECTION 45.43(3) OF THE RCMP ACT IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTIGATION IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION 45.43(1) OF THE RCMP ACT

WITH RESPECT TO THE EVENTS
OF MAY 2 TO 4, 1997
IN THE COMMUNITIES
OF SAINT-SAUVEUR AND SAINT-SIMON IN NEW BRUNSWICK

NOTE: This copy of the Chair's Interim Report Following an Investigation in the Public Interest has been edited. Specifically, if any information appeared in the original version of this Interim Report which would identify any young person who committed or was alleged to have committed an offence, that information has been deleted. Further, if the original version contained any information which may have had the effect of threatening the safety of any individual, such information has also been deleted.

March 28, 2000

PART I : THE INVESTIGATION

I. TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE INVESTIGATION

II. SUMMARY OF COMPLAINTS

III. CONDUCT OF THE INVESTIGATION

PART II: THE EVENTS

IV. BACKGROUND

V. THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE IN NEW BRUNSWICK

VI. EVENTS IN SAINT-SAUVEUR

VII. EVENTS OF MAY 3 AND 4

VIII. EVENTS IN SAINT-SIMON

IX. THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES

X. SOME CRIMINAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS

PART III : COMPLAINT PROCESSING

XI. COMPLAINT PROCESSING

PART IV: FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

XII. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

APPENDICES