MONCTON, N.B. — The RCMP has been ordered to pay $550,000 for failing to provide its members with proper equipment and training in the wake of a fatal shooting rampage four years ago in Moncton, N.B.
Judge Leslie Jackson handed down the sentence today in Moncton provincial court, which was packed with media and relatives of some of the officers who were gunned down in 2014.
Jackson fined the national force $100,000, along with $450,000 in charitable donations for scholarships at the Universite de Moncton and an education fund for the children of the fallen officers.
The Crown had asked that a $1-million penalty include a $100,000 fine to the court, memorial scholarships, educational trust funds as well as other donations.
Constables Doug Larche, Fabrice Gevaudan and Dave Ross were killed, and constables Eric Dubois and Darlene Goguen were injured, when gunman Justin Bourque went hunting police officers in a Moncton neighbourhood.
The force was convicted of failing to provide its members with adequate use-of-force equipment and user training.