RCMP manipulatively misrepresented Supreme Court privacy ruling

From lisamarieyoung.ca

Summary

Investigators repeatedly misrepresented Supreme Court ruling "R. v. Leipert" as being a detriment to the legal system, deterring potential tipsters and manipulating anonymous informants into identifying themselves.[1]

Detail

Cpl. Markus Muntener (the lead RCMP investigator assigned to Lisa's case) has repeatedly claimed that, because of a Supreme Court ruling called "R. v. Leipert," RCMP are now unable to work with Crime Stoppers, or accept anonymous tips, because doing so would result in any court proceedings to be thrown out.[2][3]

No similar claim can be found in reference to any other RCMP case.


R. v. Leipert

(False claim by RCMP) Facebook post on behalf of Muntener: Crime Stoppers and Nanaimo RCMP don't work together anymore … If you report a tip to Crime Stoppers, the police won't look into it… This was posted by Cyndy Hall on behalf of Nanaimo RCMP Cpl Markus Muntener. Facebook: Thurs, Feb 3, 2022 (Cyndy Hall Photos)
(False claim by RCMP) Facebook post on behalf of Muntener: Crime Stoppers and Nanaimo RCMP don't work together anymore … If you report a tip to Crime Stoppers, the police won't look into it…
This was posted by Cyndy Hall on behalf of Nanaimo RCMP Cpl Markus Muntener.
Facebook: Thurs, Feb 3, 2022 (Cyndy Hall Photos)
Collection of 23 newspaper clippings advising the public to contact Crime Stoppers with information about Lisa's disappearance. Several articles include a promise of anonymity and/or mention a potential reward.

Excerpt of BC government website, "How to report a crime anonymously"
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Full Facebook post on behalf of Muntener: Crime Stoppers and Nanaimo RCMP don't work together anymore
Facebook, February 3, 2022 (Cyndy Hall)[2]


See Also

Sources

  1. ↑ CanLII (Feb 6, 1997), 1997 CanLII 367 (SCC) - R. v. Leipert (source)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cyndy Hall, Facebook (Feb 3, 2021), Lisa Marie Young - Cyndy Hall photos (source)
  3. ↑ This information was obtained first-hand by the author. ✎ Sworn declaration can be provided as needed.
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