Editor:
Re: KTW’s front-page story of Sept. 18 on the trial of Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Rick Brown (‘Trial hears of ‘bully’ heading ‘dysfunctional detachment’):
I feel the story was in poor taste and attacked the character and reputation of former superintendent Yves Lacasse when he was in charge of the Kamloops RCMP detachment.
Lacasse was not on trial, yet the story focused on testimony of unsubstantiated rumors by two former employees, one of whom labelled Lacasse as a “bully.”
When Lacasse was transferred to Kamloops, he was given a strong mandate to clean up the gang activity and crime- and drug-related issues, to create a safe and better community for us to raise our families .
Unfortunately, with a strong mandate like that, he was bound to step on some toes internally as not everyone was going to agree with his direction.
While Lacasse headed the Kamloops RCMP, property crime was virtually cut in half, gangs were busted for their criminal activities and sentenced to jail accordingly and drug-related crime and activities were reduced drastically.
Kamloops became a model city across Canada for its crime-reduction initiatives, all because of the hard work and dedication of this former inspector.
For anybody to label Lacasse a “bully” and not tell the whole story is a slap in the face and total insult to the former inspector for all his hard work and dedication to our community.
We owe Lacasse and the whole team at the RCMP detachment a huge thank you for all the hard work they do to make Kamloops a great place to live.
Ernie Beadle
Kamloops
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