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Ottawa RCMP officer sues force for $26 million

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Mike Frizzell
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Douglas Quan – June 10, 2010

An Ottawa-based RCMP officer, who was at the centre of a probe into mismanagement of the agency's pension and insurance funds, is suing the force and several current and former high-ranking members for more than $26 million.

According to a statement of claim filed June 4 in Ontario Superior Court, Staff Sgt. Mike Frizzell was assigned to the probe in 2004 and during the investigation -- dubbed Project Probity -- he and other investigators uncovered millions of dollars that had been diverted from the RCMP's insurance and pension funds to cover agency expenses.

Yet, when he started to voice concerns about the alleged improprieties, he attracted the "ire and rage" of the force, was threatened and harassed, and ultimately pulled from the investigation, according to the claim.

RCMP 'horribly broken', investigator finds

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Campbell Clark and Daniel Leblanc – June 16, 2007

Former RCMP commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli was an autocratic leader who punished whistle-blowers in the force's pension-fund scandal and dragged his feet on launching criminal investigations, a government-appointed investigator has found.

Lawyer David Brown concluded that the RCMP's management is "horribly broken" and needs to be fixed quickly.

Probe into pension fund misuse muzzled, Mountie tells MPs

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CanWest News Service – May 29, 2007

OTTAWA — A Mountie sergeant who wanted to widen an investigation into the misuse of money from the RCMP pension and insurance plans says one of the force’s senior officers muzzled the probe.

Staff Sgt. Mike Frizzell told a Commons committee Tuesday that then Assistant Commissioner David Gork told him the investigation had no mandate to try and find whether anyone profited from contracts that broke federal procurement rules to outsource the administration of the insurance plan.

RCMP Pension Scandal: How to Stop the Rot

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The repeated debacles that we have seen over the past few years are what one might expect in a third world police state, but not in a proud democracy like ours

OPINION: The Hill Times, Monday April 30, 2007

By DAVID HUTTON

Given the latest startling revelations about the RCMP Pension Fund, it is little wonder that Canadians are losing trust in our national icon. But none of this will surprise anyone who has been following the RCMP’s activities beyond the Musical Ride. The repeated debacles that we have seen over the past few years are what one might expect in a third world police state, but not in a proud democracy like ours.

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