Uptick in RCMP use of force in 2019
According to RCMP numbers, the frequency of use of force in the NWT is about the same as the national average.
In 2019, RCMP in the Northwest Territories used force 116 times — the highest total in the last three years. In 2018, officers used force 70 times and 90 times in 2017. Earlier this year, the Globe and Mail published an article on national RCMP use of force statistics. CKLB…