RCMP union tells Ottawa to stop making Mounties investigate colleagues

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The union representing RCMP officers says one way to improve accountability in the national police force is to stop tasking Mounties with investigating colleagues accused of wrongdoing. 

The federal government is working to pass a bill that would expand the mandate of the RCMP’s watchdog, the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission, before Parliament rises for the summer break. 

Brian Sauvé, president of the National Police Federation, is arguing that the bill needs amendments to make the review system “fully independent.” 

As it stands, when a member of the public feels they have been unfairly or improperly treated by an RCMP officer, they are directed to lodge a

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