CANADA - A training program in which officers observe volunteers who may be high on drugs, and is used in 30 U.S. states, has the Edmonton Police Service and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in a public relations nightmare.
Acting police chief Mike Bradshaw says "the training is meant to
help police officers identify how people behave when they are on drugs."
Bradshaw is also quoted saying police did not provide the men and
women - some of them prostitutes - with any drugs during a training
session in December.
Cpl. Wayne Oakes of the RCMP clarified the issue of who gave the
volunteers the dugs, claiming the police officers were not even present
when the drugs were administered, the volunteers used their own drugs.
Bradshaw says the police the Metis society provided the for
volunteers, however not all aboriginal. They may or may not have been
high during the session.
The volunteers were anonymous and were not promised anything in return for their participation.
An internal investigation has been launched into the program because
of one complaint -- not from any of the volunteers -- although police
said that's a standard procedure.
FROM WIKINEWS.ORG
