RCMP staffing issues prevented additional searches for Lisa
Summary
Police told reporters that there were places they wanted to search for Lisa, but couldn't — due to staffing issues.
Detail
RCMP stated they lacked the manpower necessary to perform searches they would like do in Lisa's case.[1][2]
[This article is self-contradictory in terms of whether or not they have any leads in the case.]
Internal RCMP issues
The operation of the Nanaimo RCMP has been criticized in the past, including by employees of the detachment.[3]
I know firsthand that members of Nanaimo RCMP detachment are at a loss as to the rationale behind these decisions,the anonymous RCMP source said.The closure of these units had a direct result with the increase of crime here. The increase in crime is not random and it is not out of the blue. It is a direct result of the closure of these units.
An audit produced by Nanaimo RCMP reported that 72% of people living in the downtown Nanaimo area say they feel unsafe.[4]
Historically, staffing issues are documented within the Nanaimo RCMP is documented at several points, at least as far back as 1987.[5]
Learn more → Wikipedia: List of controversies involving the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
See also
- Lisa had been missing 80 days before the RCMP's first ground search
- Search was delayed 18 days due to RCMP prioritization of simple 2 day case
- RCMP's first search was focused more on officer training than on Lisa
- 2002-Sep-18 Grim Task: Police comb woods for Lisa Young Nanaimo Daily News
- 2003-Apr-30 Billboard to keep search for Lisa alive Nanaimo Daily News
- 2003-Jul-25 Divers to search for Young Nanaimo Daily News
- 2018-Mar-25 Dallas Barry Hulley obituary Nanaimo News Bulletin
- 2018-Mar-26 Man dies after being struck by a vehicle in Nanaimo Sunday CHEK News
- 2020-Jan-21 On Vancouver Island, Beaders Find a Way to Aid Search for MMIWG Tyee
- 2020-Dec-17 Nanaimo RCMP conduct new searches in nearly two-decade-old case CHEK News
- Party invitation
- 827 Nanaimo Lakes Road
- RCMP ignored neighbours' report of burial
- Burial
- File:Dallas.png (photo)
- File:Cn20180326-dallas-call.mp4 (video clip)
- File:Dallas-call-captioned.gif (animated GIF)
- Before The Jungle
- The Jungle Cabaret
- Disappearance
- Timeline: July 1, 2002
- Lisa last seen by friends, last phone call, last text message
- RCMP lied about how often they've searched for Lisa and searches they've planned
- Re-enactment: "exhaustive search by Nanaimo RCMP"
- Re-enactment: "Lisa & her friends entered..."
- Tips
- Category: RCMP searches
- Category: Family searches
- Category: RCMP delays
- Category: RCMP vs Crime Stoppers
- ▶ Watch the video → Crime Stoppers re‑enactment of Lisa's disappearance on YouTube or locally
- ▶ Watch our video → RCMP vs Crime Stoppers on YouTube or locally (More info)
- ▶ Watch our video → The Jungle: What Actually Happened on YouTube or locally (More info)
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (Nov 4, 2002),
City police continue search for Lisa Young
ndn20021104 - ↑ Ruth Olgilvie, Ha-Shilth-Sa (Aug 14, 2003),
Investigation for missing woman frustrates family
hss20030814 - ↑ Kendall Hanson, CHEK News (April 4, 2023), "Nanaimo RCMP gets criticized from within over crime increase: ‘I want the public to know’" cn20230404
- ↑ Kendall Hanson, CHEK News (October 3, 2021), "Nanaimo residents afraid to walk in their neighbourhoods at night, RCMP report suggests" cn20211003
- ↑ Jan Peterson, Heritage House Publishing (2003), "Hub City: Nanaimo, 1886-1920"
