Demeanour

• Thieves stole several items from a woman's car. The woman believed that the offenders included two young persons who lived nearby. She went to the residence of one of these persons on two occasions to persuade the young person and his parents to return the stolen property. The parents called the RCMP to report that the woman had harassed them and that they were worried the woman would return. Three RCMP officers visited the woman at her residence. After the meeting between them, she complained that they had acted in an intimidating manner, that one of them had threatened to arrest and charge her if she returned to the residence of the young person, that one of them laughed at her and that they did not identify themselves.

On examining the evidence, the CPC found that the RCMP members advised the woman that she should not return to the residence in question and that she could be charged if she did so. In the CPC's view, this warning was proper. The CPC also found that the RCMP officers did not act in a manner designed to intimidate the woman; one officer laughed, but in the context of the particular words spoken, it was not inappropriate for him to have done so; and two officers had nametags on their uniforms and one officer identified himself orally by name. Accordingly, all complaints against the officers were determined to be unfounded.