MCC Day 67 - Best Policing Structure for NS

The Mass Casualty Commission hosted a 'roundtable discussion' today on the structure of policing in NS. There were 20 participants, which made it difficult for any real discussion to take place. Rather, there was a series of vignettes from each participant. None of the lawyers for the parties were permitted to ask questions. The three main points from today's proceedings were that the Province does not seem to want to take on the responsibility for setting up a provincial police force, that the reputation of the police has been getting worse, and that there needs to be much more robust oversight of the police by us citizens.