AS A FORMER @rcmpgrcpolice (Ret'd), allow me to clarify some recent terminology appearing in the media #MSM:
IT WON'T BE OBVIOUS BUT, the use of the word «EXAMINING» is a synonym for INVESTIGATION.
#WEscandal #WECharity #cdnpoli
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IT WON'T BE OBVIOUS BUT, the use of the word «EXAMINING» is a synonym for INVESTIGATION.
#WEscandal #WECharity #cdnpoli
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When an #RCMP FILE NO. is assigned, it becomes an investigation. Period. Evidence is examined; fact patterns are investigated.
There exists strict Statistics Canada reporting requirements, including an OSR Classification - which delineates, the type of offence. Once a FILE is
There exists strict Statistics Canada reporting requirements, including an OSR Classification - which delineates, the type of offence. Once a FILE is
opened, the outcome will also be tracked and reported (i.e. Unfounded, Charges, Cleared Other), ergo an investigation.
What happens during an investigation can vary, covering a wide spectrum of considerations, everything from the approach taken to the assignment of resources.
What happens during an investigation can vary, covering a wide spectrum of considerations, everything from the approach taken to the assignment of resources.
Not all investigations receive equal treatment. It is reasonable to presume given its potential scope and obvious sensitivity, an investigation of any situation surrounding #WECharity and its affiliates, would be multi-faceted and classified as a «Major Case» with its own
concomitant procedures, occurrence management and reporting system requirements.
In closing, by employing alternate (and arguable, obscuring) phraseology like 'examining' [italics], this will raise inevitable questions, which may be viewed as a way of avoiding the readily
In closing, by employing alternate (and arguable, obscuring) phraseology like 'examining' [italics], this will raise inevitable questions, which may be viewed as a way of avoiding the readily
understood (and meaning-laden) term, "investigating".
Plainly said, words matter. Dependent on the choice of phraseology, it can become a matter of optics(and deniability) - #RCMP @rcmpgrcpolice isn't investigating "WE organization", it's merely 'examining'[italics] the matter.
Plainly said, words matter. Dependent on the choice of phraseology, it can become a matter of optics(and deniability) - #RCMP @rcmpgrcpolice isn't investigating "WE organization", it's merely 'examining'[italics] the matter.
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