CBC reported today that Paul Kennedy, a former prosecutor reviewed the RCMPs taser policy four months before the death of Robert Dziekanski. Mr. kennedy had concluded that the force was “too casual” with it’s use of the stun gun. Mr. Kennedy has been given a mandate to examine the use of tasers by police in Canada.
“One of my goals is not only to improve policing, but it is to restore and maintain the public’s confidence in police, because if you do not have the public’s confidence, the police will not be as effective as they can be.”
I don’t see how public confidence can be restored by more policies or training for police. I don’t think anything shy of criminal charges against the four officers involved in the YVR incident will satisfy.