I Have to Add More RCMP Shit

"Internal documents obtained through access-to-information requests show the RCMP commissioned at least two critiques from academics at a time when a growing number of reports from respected scientific journals pointed to benefits, including a reduction in drug-related deaths, from the site, Pivot Legal Society spokesman Doug King said Tuesday.

Pivot will release Wednesday details of Insite-related correspondence and ask the Auditor-General to investigate whether the RCMP paid for the research, Mr. King said.

“We have confirmation from people who wrote the articles that they were paid,” Mr. King said. “We have documents that show the RCMP requested the articles."...Asked late Tuesday evening why the reports were commissioned, an RCMP spokeswoman confirmed the Mounties were involved in research, but reserved further comment.

“I can say that, yes, we were involved in some type of research into supervised injection sites. But that's as far as I can go,” Constable Annie Linteau said. She wouldn't say who paid for the studies, or why they were sought.

The RCMP-commissioned critiques include a widely publicized 2007 study by Colin Mangham, the director of research for the Drug Prevention Network of Canada, Mr. King said."

The RCMP operates as a research arm of Conservative party policy as well as operating as Conservative party election workers.

Are we a police state yet?