Tuesday, March 24, 2009

RCMP death skilz

RCMP member (That man is no corporal.) Benjamin Montgomery Robinson,

on Tuesday told the B.C. inquiry into Dziekanski's death that he took the man's pulse and checked his breathing before firefighters arrived at Vancouver airport.

But Robinson said his first-aid training had expired in 2002, and he hadn't yet completed recertification.

Still, he took responsibility for checking Dziekanski's condition before firefighters arrived after Dziekanski was jolted five times by a Taser stun gun in October 2007.

How many fucking times a year do these walking sociopaths have to qualify with their firearms? How many times must they qualify in first aid? I'd bet Mr. Robinson has more than enough range time.

In the army, troops must rigorously qualify in weapons, fitness, and first aid to a comprehensive NATO-wide standard. This is not an option, and as I remember, occurred once a year and was not usually a problem because one's skills were continually honed by regular ongoing training and operations. One needed to be fit enough to both safely and effectively use weapons as well as treat enemy and friendly alike suffering from their effects. Maintaining these qualifications with exceptional skill was a matter not only of pride, but of life and death.

The RCMP death cult apparently stops at weapons.

Enemy wounded - the Taleban - get better treatment than unarmed victims of the RCMP.

Take away their tunics, take away the "Royal" and the crown that goes with it, and immediately fire any member who has failed to maintain their first aid qualification because they clearly aren't interested in saving lives as much as they are learning how to take them. If this means half the RCMP get turfed, so be it. Let the remainder earn back their titles.

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