 
WE ALSO HAVE PARTICIPANTS IN 
THE ROOM.
>> RCMP'S COMMANDING OFFICER, 
ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER LEIGH 
BERGERMAN AND CHRIS LEATHER, 
NOVA SCOTIA'S RCMP CRIMINAL 
OFFICER WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE 
ON THE INCIDENTS OF APRIL 18 
AND 19.
[SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Interpreter: TODAY, THE 
ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER LEIGH 
BERGERMAN, COMMANDING OFFICER 
IN NOVA SCOTIA AND CES LEATHER, 
CRIMINAL OPERATIONS OFFICER FOR 
THE RCMP IN FLORIDAS PROVIDE AN 
UPDATE ON THE INCIDENTS THAT 
OCCURRED SEVERAL DAYS AGO.
>> THEN I WILL READ BOTH 
STATEMENTS IN FRENCH.
[SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Interpreter: THEY WILL MAKE 
THEIR STATEMENTS IN ENGLISH AND 
I WILL THEN READ THEM IN FRENCH.
>> QUESTIONS FOLLOWING THE 
STATEMENTS -- [SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Interpreter: WE WILL ANSWER 
YOUR QUESTIONS FOLLOW THEIR 
STATEMENTS.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
WHAT HAPPENED THIS PAST WEEKEND 
IN OUR BEAUTIFUL PROVINCE CAN 
ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS 
DEVASTATING.
THE SORROW IN COMMUNITIS FROM 
COAST TO COAST IS PALPABLE.
I FEEL IT, WE FEEL IT.
WE SEE CANDLES LIT IN THE 
WINDOWS AND ON THE PORCHES.
THE PAIN AND HEARACHE OF ALL 
FAMILIES AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE 
LOST LOVED ONES 
INCOMPREHENSIBLE AND ONLY MADE 
MORE DIFFICULT WITH COVID-19 
AMONG US.
THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME 
TOGETHER TO PROVIDE COMFORT IS 
NOT THERE.
I, AND ALL OF THIS IN 
H-DIVISION RCMP, EXTEND OUR 
SYMPATHIS TO ALL OF THOSE 
AFFECTED.
WE SEE INDIVIDUALS ACROSS 
PROVINCE IN H *N OF YOUR LOVED 
ONE AND RED CROSS THESE YOUR 
GREAT LOSS, INCLUDING THE LOSS 
OF RCMP CONSTABLE HEIDI 
STEVENSON WHO WAS DEDICATED TO 
PROTECTING NOVA SCOTIANS AND 
WHOSE FAMILY IS INTERWOVEN IN 
THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
THE IMPACT OF THE WEEKEND'S 
INCIDENTS WILL REMAIN -- 
INCIDENTS WILL REMAIN IN HOW 
IT'S CHANGED US CANNOT BE 
IGNORED.
ONE OF THESE EM PACKS IS 
UNDERSTANDABLE UNEASE AND FOR 
SOME FEAR.
THE INCIDENTS WERE UNPRESS 
DENED, NOT NONL THIS PROVINCE 
BUT IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND THERE IS NO INSTRUCTION 
BOOK ON HO WE SHOULD FEEL.
WHAT I CAN ASSURE YOU IS THAT 
ALL OF US IN EVERY PART OF OUR 
DIVISION AND IN THE COMMUNITIES 
ACROSS THE  PROVINCE ARE 
DEDICATED TO YOUR SAEFTY AND 
SECURITY AND WE'RE HERE FOR YOU.
I'M PROUD OF THE DEDICATION OF 
ALL EMPLOYEES IN THIS DIVISION 
AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO ALL 
NOVA SCOTIANS.
THIS WAS NEVER MORE ON DISPLAY 
THAN IN OUR RESPONSE THIS PAST 
WEEKEND.
FROM WHEN OR TELL COMMUNE THEY 
TOS RECEIVED THE 9-1-1 CALLS 
AND WE ARRIVED AT PORTAPIQUE TO 
THE EXTENSIVE SEARCH FOR THE 
SUSPECT TO WHEN WE STOPPED THE 
GUNMAN, OUR OFFICERS WERE THERE 
TO PROTECT NOVA SCOTIANS.
ONE OF OUR JOBS IS TO 
THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATE THIS 
TRAGIC INCIDENT AND WE AREA 
DOING JUST THAT.
WE KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE 
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.
WE DO, TOO.
WE ALSO KNOW YOU EXPECT US TO 
DO A GOOD JOB AND WE WANT TO DO 
A GOOD JOB FOR YOU.
WE WILL NEED TIME TO DO THAT.
YOU CAN BE ASSURED OUR 
INVESTIGATIVE TEAMS ARE WORKING 
AROUND-THE-CLOCK.
EMPLOYEES AT EVERY LEVEL ARE 
CONTRIBUTING TO THE 
INVESTIGATION.
WE ALSO HAVE TREMENDOUS 
RESOURCE SUPPORT FROM OTHER 
PROVINCES AND OUR FEDERAL 
COUNTERPARTS TO HELP US IN THIS 
INVESTIGATION.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR 
SUPPORT.
WE FEEL YOUR SORROW, BUT WE 
ALSO FEEL YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR 
RESILIENCE AND THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONDOLENCES, 
YOUR WELL WISHES AND THE MANY 
MESSAGES OF SUPPORT THAT WE 
HAVE RECEIVED.
NOVA SCOTIA STRONG, INDEED, 
ACCURATE AND WE ARE HERE FOR 
YOU.
I WILL NOW TURN THIS OVER TO 
CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT CHRIS 
LEATHER FOR AN UPDATE ON THE 
GAETION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY CONDO 
LENS TO ALL THE FAMILIES 
AFFECTED BY THIS TRAGEDY.
THIS IS A DIFFICULT TIME IN OUR 
PROVINCE AND WE'LL ALL FIEND 
OUR OWN WAY TO GET THROUGH THIS.
I WANT TO A SURE ALL NOVA 
SCOTIANS THAT WE ARE DEDICATING 
ALL THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO 
CONDUCT A THOROUGH 
INVESTIGATION.
THIS INVESTIGATION IS COMPLEX.
THIS WILL TAKE TIME AS WE WANT 
TO BE AS THOROUGH AS POSSIBLE.
WE HAVE ASKED FOR AND RECEIVED 
SUPPORT IN THE CANADIAN ARMED 
FORCES FOR EQUIPMENT TO HELP 
SHELTER THOSE CONDUCTING CRIME 
SCENE INVESTIGATIONS AND 
RESOURCE SUPPORT.
FROM OTHER PROVINCES AND OUR 
FEDERAL COUNTERPARTS.
NOVA SCOTIANS HAVE LOTS OF 
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, 
WHY IT HAPPENED, WHAT THINGS 
WERE DONE AND WHAT WASN'T.
YOU CAN BE ASSURED THAT WE HAVE 
THOSE SAME QUESTIONS AND WE'LL 
BE SEEKING ANSWERS THROUGH OUR 
INVESTIGATION.
THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN SEVERAL 
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY THE 
EMERGENCY ALERT WAS NOT USED 
FROM.
THAT INITIAL CALL, OUR RESPONSE 
WAS  DYNAMIC AND FLUID WITH THE 
MEMBERS USING THEIR TRAINING TO 
ASSESS WHAT WAS GOING ON, WHILE 
ENCOUNTERING THE UNIMAGINABLE.
OUR CRITICAL INCIDENT COMMAND 
STAFF WERE PROCESSING 
FAST-CHANGING INFORMATION 
RELATED TO WHAT WAS UNFOLDING 
IN FRONT OF THEM AND WHAT THEY 
WERE BEING TOLD OF.
WE RESPONDED TO A POSSIBLE 
SHOOTING AT 10:26 P.M. ON 
SATURDAY EVENING.
IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE A 
HOMICIDE AND WE IMMEDIATELY 
STARTED SEARCHING THE AREA AND 
ADVISING RESIDENTS TO STAY 
INSIDE.
WE USED TWITTER TO ALERT OUR 
RESIDENTS OF A FIRE ARMS 
COMPLAINT IN THE PORTAPIQUE 
AREA AND TO STAY IN.
AS WE SEARCHED THE AREA, WE 
DISCOVERED ADDITIONAL VICTIMS 
AND SEVERAL STRUCTURE FIRES.
WE ESTABLISHED A PERIMETER AND 
OUR SEARCH CONTINUED INTO THE 
EVENING AND EARLY MORNING HOURS 
ON SUNDAY.
IN RESPONSE TO NEW INFORMATION, 
INDICATING THAT THE SUSPECT WAS 
NOT IN THE SECURE PREMER THE.
AT 8:02 A.M. ON SUNDAY, THE 
RCMP BEGAN PROVIDING REALTIME 
INFORMATION ON ITS NOVA SCOTIA 
RCMP TWITTER ACCOUNT.
TWITTER ALLOWED OUR INFORMATION 
TO BE SHARED, FOLLOWED AND 
BROADCAST BY LOCAL, PROVINCIAL 
AND NATIONAL NEWS OUTLETS.
AT 10:15 A.M., NOVA SCOTIA 
PROVINCIAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 
OFFICIALS CONTACTED THE RCMP TO 
OFFER THE USE OF A PUBLIC 
EMERGENCY ALERTING SYSTEM.
WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF 
PREPARING AN ALERT WHEN THE 
GUNMAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY 
THE RCMP.
AS PART OF THE INVESTIGATION, 
WE ARE NOW ABLE TO SAY THAT THE 
SHOOTER ACTED ALONE.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO 
INVESTIGATE WHETHER ANYONE MAY 
HAVE ASSISTED THE HIM LEADING 
UP TO THE ENS.
THAT IS STILL PART OF THE 
ACTIVE INVESTIGATION.
WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR 
INFORMATION FROM ANYONE WHO MAY 
KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE 
INCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED ON 
APRIL 18 AND APRIL 19.
WE HAVE SET UP A TIPLINE.
THE NUMBER IS 902-720-5959.
IF YOU CALL, YOU MAY GET VOICE 
MAIL SO PLEASE LEAVE A DETAILED 
MESSAGE ALONG WITH YOUR NAME 
AND CONTACT INFORMATION.
AND AN INVESTIGATOR WILL GET 
BACK TO YOU.
INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING FOR 
ANY INFORMATION THAT CAN ASSIST 
WITH THE INVESTIGATION.
IF YOU KNOW SOMETHING, PLEASE 
CALL.
LET OUR INVESTIGATORS DECIDE 
THE VALUE OF THE INFORMATION.
BECAUSE THAT PIECE OF 
INFORMATION YOU HAVE MAY BE AN 
IMPORTANT PART OF THE PUZZLE 
FOR INVESTIGATORS.
THANK YOU.
>> [SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Interpreter: AND NOW IN 
FRENCH.
THE STATEMENT OF THE COMMANDING 
OFFICER.
WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEKEND IN 
OUR BEAUTIFUL AND WARM PROVENCE 
WAS DEVASTATING.
THE SORROW OF THE COMMUNITY 
RIGHT ACROSS THE PROVINCE IS 
PALPABLE.
I SENSE IT, AS DO OTHERS.
WE SEE IT IN THE CANDLES THAT 
ARE LET, IN PEOPLE'S WINDOWS 
AND ON THEIR PORCHES.
THE PAIN AND HEARTACHE OF ALL
FAMILIES AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE
LOST LOVED ONES INCOMPREHENSIBLE
AND ONLY MADE MORE DIFFICULT
WITH COVID-19 AMONG US.
THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME
TOGETHER TO PROVIDE COMFORT
IS NOT THERE.
I, AND ALL OF US IN
IN H-DIVISION RCMP,
EXTEND OUR SYMPATHIS TO ALL
OF THOSE AFFECTED.
WE SEE VIGILS
ACROSS PROVINCE IN HONOUR OF
YOUR LOVED ONE AND RED CROSS
-- RECOGNITION OF YOUR GREAT
LOSS,
INCLUDING THE LOSS OF RCMP
CONSTABLE HEIDI STEVENSON WHO
WAS DEDICATED TO PROTECTING
NOVA SCOTIANS AND WHOSE
FAMILY IS INTERWOVEN IN THE
LOCAL COMMUNITY.
THE IMPACT OF THE WEEKEND'S
INCIDENTS WILL REMAIN --
INCIDENTS WILL REMAIN IN HOW
IT'S CHANGED US CANNOT BE
IGNORED.
ONE OF THESE EM PACKS IS
UNDERSTANDABLE UNEASE AND FOR
SOME FEAR.
THE INCIDENTS WERE
UNPRECEDENTED,
NOT ONLY IN THIS PROVINCE BUT IN
THIS COUNTRY.
AND THERE IS NO INSTRUCTION
BOOK ON HO WE SHOULD FEEL.
WHAT I CAN ASSURE YOU IS THAT
ALL OF US IN EVERY PART
OF OUR DIVISION AND
IN THE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE
PROVINCE ARE DEDICATED TO
YOUR SAEFTY AND SECURITY AND
WE'RE HERE FOR YOU.
I'M PROUD OF THE DEDICATION
OF ALL EMPLOYEES IN THIS
DIVISION AND THEIR COMMITMENT
TO ALL NOVA SCOTIANS.
THIS WAS NEVER MORE
ON DISPLAY THAN IN OUR
RESPONSE THIS PAST WEEKEND.
FROM WHEN OUR TELECOMMUNICATIONS
RECEIVED THE 9-1-1 CALLS AND WE
ARRIVED AT PORTAPIQUE
TO THE EXTENSIVE SEARCH
FOR THE SUSPECT TO WHEN WE
STOPPED THE GUNMAN,
OUR OFFICERS WERE THERE TO
PROTECT NOVA SCOTIANS.
ONE OF OUR JOBS IS TO
THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATE THIS
TRAGIC INCIDENT AND WE AREA
DOING JUST THAT.
WE KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.
WE DO, TOO.
WE ALSO KNOW YOU EXPECT US
TO DO A GOOD JOB AND WE WANT
TO DO A GOOD JOB FOR YOU.
WE WILL NEED TIME TO DO THAT.
YOU CAN BE ASSURED OUR
INVESTIGATIVE TEAMS ARE
WORKING AROUND-THE-CLOCK.
EMPLOYEES AT EVERY LEVEL ARE
CONTRIBUTING TO THE
INVESTIGATION.
WE ALSO HAVE TREMENDOUS
RESOURCE SUPPORT FROM OTHER
PROVINCES AND OUR FEDERAL
COUNTERPARTS TO HELP US IN
THIS INVESTIGATION.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR
SUPPORT.
WE FEEL YOUR SORROW, BUT WE
ALSO FEEL YOUR SUPPORT AND
YOUR RESILIENCE AND THANK
YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONDOLENCES, YOUR WELL WISHES
AND THE MANY MESSAGES OF SUPPORT
THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED.
NOVA SCOTIA STRONG, INDEED,
ACCURATE AND WE ARE HERE
FOR YOU.
IT IS RARE THAT WORDS CAN 
COMFORT US, BUT KNOW THAT WE 
ARE WITH YOU.
AND FROM SUPERINTENDENT LEATHER.
I ALSO WANT
TO EXPRESS MY CONDOLENCES
TO ALL THE FAMILIES AFFECTED
BY THIS TRAGEDY.
THIS IS A DIFFICULT TIME IN
OUR PROVINCE AND WE'LL ALL
FIND OUR OWN WAY TO GET
THROUGH THIS.
I WANT TO ASSURE ALL NOVA
SCOTIANS THAT WE ARE
DEDICATING ALL THE RESOURCES
NECESSARY TO CONDUCT A
THOROUGH INVESTIGATION.
THIS INVESTIGATION IS COMPLEX.
THIS WILL TAKE TIME AS WE WANT
TO BE AS THOROUGH AS POSSIBLE.
WE HAVE ASKED FOR AND
RECEIVED SUPPORT
IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES
FOR EQUIPMENT TO HELP SHELTER
THOSE CONDUCTING CRIME SCENE
INVESTIGATIONS AND RESOURCE
SUPPORT.
FROM OTHER PROVINCES AND OUR
FEDERAL COUNTERPARTS.
NOVA SCOTIANS HAVE LOTS
OF QUESTIONS
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, WHY IT
HAPPENED, WHAT THINGS WERE
DONE AND WHAT WASN'T.
YOU CAN BE ASSURED THAT WE
HAVE THOSE SAME QUESTIONS AND
WE'LL BE SEEKING ANSWERS
THROUGH OUR INVESTIGATION.
THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN SEVERAL
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY THE
EMERGENCY ALERT WAS NOT USED
FROM.
FROM THAT INITIAL CALL, OUR
RESPONSE WAS DYNAMIC AND
FLUID WITH THE MEMBERS USING
THEIR TRAINING
TO ASSESS WHAT WAS GOING ON,
WHILE ENCOUNTERING THE
UNIMAGINABLE.
OUR CRITICAL INCIDENT COMMAND
STAFF WERE PROCESSING
FAST-CHANGING INFORMATION
RELATED
TO WHAT WAS UNFOLDING
IN FRONT OF THEM AND WHAT
THEY WERE BEING TOLD OF.
WE RESPONDED
TO A POSSIBLE SHOOTING AT 10:26
P.M. ON SATURDAY EVENING.
IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE A
HOMICIDE AND WE IMMEDIATELY
STARTED SEARCHING THE AREA
AND ADVISING RESIDENTS TO
STAY INSIDE.
WE USED TWITTER
TO ALERT OUR RESIDENTS
OF A FIRE ARMS COMPLAINT
IN THE PORTAPIQUE AREA AND TO
STAY IN.
AS WE SEARCHED THE AREA, WE
DISCOVERED ADDITIONAL VICTIMS
AND SEVERAL STRUCTURE FIRES.
WE ESTABLISHED A PERIMETER
AND OUR SEARCH CONTINUED INTO
THE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING
HOURS ON SUNDAY.
IN RESPONSE TO NEW INFORMATION,
INDICATING THAT THE SUSPECT
WAS NOT IN THE SECURE PREMITER.
AT 8:02 A.M. ON SUNDAY, THE
RCMP BEGAN PROVIDING REALTIME
INFORMATION ON ITS NOVA
SCOTIA RCMP TWITTER ACCOUNT.
TWITTER ALLOWED OUR
INFORMATION TO BE SHARED,
FOLLOWED AND BROADCAST
BY LOCAL, PROVINCIAL AND
NATIONAL NEWS OUTLETS.
AT 10:15 A.M., NOVA SCOTIA
PROVINCIAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS
CONTACTED THE RCMP
TO OFFER THE USE OF A PUBLIC
EMERGENCY ALERTING SYSTEM.
WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF
PREPARING AN ALERT WHEN THE
GUNMAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED
BY THE RCMP.
AS PART OF THE INVESTIGATION,
WE ARE NOW ABLE TO SAY THAT
THE SHOOTER ACTED ALONE.
WE ARE CONTINUING
TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER ANYONE
MAY HAVE ASSISTED THE HIM
LEADING UP TO THE ENS.
THAT IS STILL PART OF THE
ACTIVE INVESTIGATION.
WE ARE ALSO LOOKING
FOR INFORMATION
FROM ANYONE WHO MAY KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT THE INCIDENTS
THAT HAPPENED ON APRIL 18 AND
APRIL 19.
WE HAVE SET UP A TIPLINE.
THE NUMBER IS 902-720-5959.
IF YOU CALL, YOU MAY GET
VOICE MAIL SO PLEASE LEAVE A
DETAILED MESSAGE ALONG WITH
YOUR NAME AND CONTACT
INFORMATION.
AND AN INVESTIGATOR WILL GET
BACK TO YOU.
INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING FOR
ANY INFORMATION THAT CAN
ASSIST WITH THE INVESTIGATION.
IF YOU KNOW SOMETHING, PLEASE
CALL.
LET OUR INVESTIGATORS DECIDE
THE VALUE OF THE INFORMATION.
BECAUSE THAT PIECE
OF INFORMATION YOU HAVE MAY
BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE
PUZZLE FOR INVESTIGATORS.
THANK YOU.
>> OK.
WE'LL TAKE SOME QUESTIONS NOW 
FROM THE FLOOR.
I WOULD ASK THAT YOU PLEASE 
PROVIDE YOUR NAME AND AGENCY 
FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL 
PARTICIPANTS.
WE'LL ALLOW ONE QUESTION AND 
ONE FOLLOW-UP.
[SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Reporter: [INAUDIBLE].
>> OK.
[SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Interpreter: NORMALLY WE USE 
TWITTER TO  NOTIFY THE PUBLIC.
OF ANY POLICE ACTIVITIES.
THAT IS THE USUAL WAY WE DO IT.
>> Reporter: [SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Interpreter: RADIO-CANADA.
MY FOLLOW-UP QUESTION IS THIS 
-- YOU TALKED ABOUT ASSISTANCE 
PROVIDED BY OTHER PROVINCES AND 
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO HELP 
YOU CARRY OUT THIS COMPLEX 
INVESTIGATION THAT WILL TAKE 
QUITE A BIT OF TIME.
SO, MY QUESTION IS HOW ARE THE 
OTHER PROVINCES AND THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT HELPING YOU AT THIS 
TIME?
>> [SPEAKING FRENCH].
TREP WE HAVE MEMBERS HERE AT 
RCMP HEADQUARTERS IN NOVA 
SCOTIA AND WE HAVE ALSO 
RECEIVED HELP FROM THE ARMED 
FORCES AND THE PROVINCE OF NEW 
BRUNSWICK.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
SHAINA LUCK FROM CBC.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO HOW MANY 
INJURED PERSONS WHO ARE NOT 
POLICE OFFICERS MAY STILL BE 
RECOVERING IN HOSPITAL?
>> I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY INJURED 
PERSONS RECOVERING IN HOSPITAL.
I AM AWARE OF AT LEAST ONE 
INJURED PERSON WHO SOUGHT 
MEDICAL ATTENTION AT HOSPITAL, 
BUT HAS SINCE BEEN RELEASED.
>> Reporter: THANK YOU.
AND A FOLLOW-UP.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO HOW AND WHEN 
DID THE RCMP FIRST BECOME AWARE 
THAT THERE WAS A MAN IN THE 
PROVINCE WITH A FAKE BUT REAL 
LOOKING POLICE CAR AND A 
UNIFORM?
>> THOSE DETAILS CAME IN THEIR 
TOTALITY TO US EARLY IN THE 
MORNING OF SUNDAY AFTER A KEY 
WITNESS WAS LOCATED AND 
INTERVIEWED.
PRIOR TO THAT 250I78, WE DID 
NOT HAVE ALL OF THOSE DETAILS.
THE BULK OF THE DETAILS ABOUT 
OUR SUSPECT CAME TO US AT THAT 
TIME.
>> CAN YOU BE SPECIFIC ABOUT 
THE TIME?
>> IT'S BETWEEN 7:00 AND 8:00.
I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT TIME WHEN 
THAT AWARENESS CAME TO THE 
C.I.C. COMMANDER.
IT'S IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS 
OF SUNDAY.
>> Reporter: HI, THERE.
ANDREW DOUGLAS FROM FRANK 
MAGAZINE.
THERE ISN'T ANY PUBLIC SAFETY 
RISK ANYMORE.
THE SHOOTER IS DEAD.
SINCE HE'S DEAD, WE DON'T NEED 
TO PROTECT HIS RIGHT TO A FAIR 
TRIAL.
WHAT IS BEHIND YOUR HESITANCE 
TO PROVIDE DETALES ON WHAT YOU 
KNOW NOW?
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE 
THINGS YOU DON'T KNOW.
BUT WHAT IS YOUR HESITANCE TO 
PROVIDE DETAILS ON WHAT YOU DO 
KNOW NOW?
FOR INSTANCE, THE TEEMLINE.
I WOULD LIKE NOTHING MORE THAN 
TO PROVIDE THE MEDIA AND THE 
PUBLIC WITH THE TEEMLINE.
BUT IT LITERALLY IS STILL A 
WORK IN PROGRESS AND WOULD BE 
UNFAIR AND ENAPPROPRIATE FOR US 
TO GIVE THAT OUT IN ITS CURRENT 
STATE.
WE ARE VERY CLOSE.
I WOULD SAY WITHIN A DAY OF 
PROVIDING A TIMELINE WITH SOME 
DETAIL BECAUSE APPRECIATE -- I 
KNOW I'VE SAID THIS AT PREVIOUS 
MEETINGS HERE -- WE ARE STILL 
PIECING TOGETHER THE MOVEMENTS 
OF THIS SUBJECT.
WE BELIEVE WE HAVE I'D FEED THE 
LOCATIONS AND SITES THAT HE 
ATTENDED WHEN HE DID BUT THERE 
ARE CERTAINLY GAPS THAT STILL 
NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED.
>> WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE 
WRAPPED UP IN A BOW IN ORDER TO 
GIVE THAT INFORMATION?
WHY CAN'T YOU TELL US WHAT YOU 
KNOW?
>> THE CONCERN IS ALWAYS THAT 
WE GIVE INFORMATION THAT IS NOT 
COMPLETELY ACCURATE.
AND IN A RUSH TO PROVIDE E 
PUBLIC AND THE MEDIA WITH THAT 
INFORMATION, WE ERR AND 
SOMETIMES THOSE MISTAKES CAN BE 
IMPACTFUL TO THE INVESTIGATION, 
TO THE VICTIMS AND THEIR 
FAMILIS SO WE'RE BEING VERY 
CAREFULLY IN TERMS OF PROVIDING 
THAT INFORMATION AT THE 
APPROPRIATE TIME.
>> THAT CAREFULNESS WITH 
PROVIDING INFORMATION, YOU 
RECEIVED A FIRE ARMS CALL AT 
10:30.
BY TOO TIME YOU ISSUED YOUR 
FIRST TWEET, YOU HAD AT LEAST 
ONED.
I'M NOT CLEAR HOW MANY YOU KNEW 
ABOUT.
BUT YOU HAD AT LEAST ONE.
YOU DESCRIBED THAT AS A FIRE 
ARMS COMPLAINT.
WHICH VASTLY UNDERSOLD IT AND 
THEN YOU SORT OF OVERSOLD IT 
WITH STAY IN YOUR HOMES.
A VERY CONFUSING MESSAGE A.
ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THE 
MESSAGING THAT WENT OUT BY THE 
RCMP ON TWITTER.
>> VERY SATISFIED WITH THE 
MESSAGING, BOTH WITH OUR 
C.I.C.S COMMANDER AT THE TIME 
IN HIS TERMS OF HIS MESSAGING 
TO THE OFFICERS THAT WERE IN 
THE AREA.
LOOKING FOR THIS SUSPECT.
UNTIL THE FOLLOWING DAY, WE HAD 
SOME IDEA WHERE THE SUSPECT WAS 
LOCATED.
THE COMMUNICATIONS WERE BEING 
PROVIDED WITH A VEST AND 
CLEAREST INFORMATION THAT COULD 
BE PROVIDED.
AGAIN, A DISTINCT LACK OF 
INFORMATION, OTHER THAN WHAT WE 
PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC BY GOING 
TO MANY OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE 
PORTAPIQUE AREA.
IN DOING DOOR KNOCKS AND 
CHECKING THE OCCUPANCY FOR THE 
RESIDENTS AND THEIR SAFETY.
>> THANK YOU, ANDREW.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHIEF 
SUPERINTENDENT.
MIKE  SUTTON, REPORTER WITH THE 
CANADIAN NATIONAL NEWS SERVICE.
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT KIND OF 
GUNS THE INDIVIDUAL WHO DID THE 
SHOOTING OWNED AND REGISTERED 
WITH THE FIRE ARMS PROGRAMME, 
THAT THE RCMP RUNS AND FURTHER 
TO THAT, WHAT KIND OF GUNS HE 
USED THAT NIGHT?
>> CERTAINLY WITH REGARDS TO 
THE FIREARMS THAT WERE USED BY 
THE SUSPECT THAT NIGHT, AGAIN I 
REFER PREVIOUSLY TO THE SIRT 
INVESTIGATION THAT IS ONGOING.
THAT INVESTIGATION WILL, BENOW, 
HAVE IDENTIFIED THE FIREARMS 
THAT WERE USED, WE BELIEVE, BY 
THE SUSPECT, AT LEAST AT THE 
TIME OF HIM BEING STOPPED BY 
THE POLICE.
WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THAT 
INFORMATION.
IT'S IN SIRT HOLDINGS AS IT 
RELATES TO THE NATURE OF HISENS 
WILLING, WHETHER HE HAD AN 
F.A.C. OR NOT, WHERE HE 
OBTAINED THE FIRE ARMS FROM, 
THAT IS STILL VERY MUCH PART OF 
THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION.
IN FACT, IT IS A KEY PART OF 
THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION.
>> Reporter: YOU DO NOT KNOW 
WHAT HE WAS LICENSED TO OWN AT 
THIS POINT?
>> WE HAVE A FAIRLY GOOD IDEA, 
AT LEAST IN CANADA, THAT HE DID 
NOT HAVE AN F.A.C. 
A FIRE ARMS ACQUISITION 
CERTIFICATE.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MIKE.
[PLEASE STAND BY]
 -- FOR QUESTIONS...
[ Speaking French ]
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
[ Speaking French ]
THE FIRST QUESTION IS FROM
SPUTNIK NEWS.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
[ Speaking French ]
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY
QUESTION.
I
I WANT TO SAY FIRST OF ALL MY
CONDOLENCES TO THOSE IMPACTED BY
THE TRAGEDY.
 -- ASSAILANT LOCATED ALONG THE
102, ONE OF THE THOROUGHFARES --
(Indiscernible).
>> I CAN'T HEAR THE QUESTION.
>> NO PROBLEM.
SORRY, I BELIEVE YOU WERE ASKING
WHAT THE DESTINATION, THE
INTENDED DESTINATION WAS ALONG
HIGHWAY 102, IS THAT YOUR
QUESTION?
>> MY QUESTION IS --
(Indiscernible).
>> I'M SORRY, I CAN'T MAKE IT
OUT.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE ON.
>> THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM
CHRISTOPHER NARDY FROM THE
NATIONAL POST.
[ Speaking French ]
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
YOUR LINE IS OPENED.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM
CHRISTOPHER NARDY FROM NATIONAL
POST.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
MOVE TO THE NEXT QUESTION.
THE NEXT QUESTION FROM MICHAEL
MacDONALD FROM THE CANADA
PRESS.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
 -- CANADIAN PRESS.
>> HELLO.
CHIEF-INSPECTOR, I UNDERSTAND
FROM YOUR COMMENTS TODAY THAT IT
WASN'T UNTIL 8:02 A.M. ON SUNDAY
THAT POLICE REALIZED THE SUSPECT
HAD LEFT THE PERIMETER.
COULD YOU TELL ME HOW LARGE THAT
PERIMETER WAS?
>> I WOULDN'T HAVE THE
DIMENSIONS OF THE PERIMETER.
I KNOW THERE WAS AN INTERNAL OR
TWO PERIMETERS THAT WERE
ESTABLISHED BUT I DON'T HAVE
THAT INFORMATION HERE WITH ME.
>> Question: AND AS A
FOLLOW-UP, YOU MENTIONED THAT
THE EMERGENCY MEASURES
ORGANIZATION HAD REACHED OUT TO
THE RCMP AT 10:15 A.M. TO ASK
ABOUT AN EMERGENCY ALERT.
BUT ONE WASN'T -- ONE STILL
BEING PREPARED WHEN THE SUSPECT
WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN ENFIELD.
JUST BEFORE NOON.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHY IT TOOK SO
LONG FOR THE RCMP TO ACT ON THAT
REQUEST?
>> YES, THE ORIGINAL CALL TO THE
RCMP WAS TO ONE OF OUR MEMBERS
HERE AT HEADQUARTERS AND YOU CAN
APPRECIATE THEN THERE WERE A
SERIES OF PHONE CALLS THAT HAD
TO BE MADE TO FIND THE OFFICER
IN CHARGE ON THE EVENING AND TO
SPEAK TO THE CIC, THAT'S THE
INCIDENT COMMANDER, TO HAVE THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ISSUING
OF A MESSAGE.
SO A LOT OF THE DELAY WAS BASED
ON COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE
EMO AND THE VARIOUS OFFICERS AND
THEN A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THE
MESSAGE WOULD BE, HOW IT WOULD
BE CONSTRUCTED AND WHAT IT WOULD
SAY.
SO IN THAT HOUR AND A BIT, IN
THAT AMOUNT OF TIME OF
CONSULTATION IS WHEN THE SUBJECT
WAS KILLED, AS WE KNOW AT 11:26.
>> THANK YOU.
MERCI.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM THOMAS
DAIGLE FROM CBC NATIONAL NEWS.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
[ Speaking French ]
>> Question: THANK YOU.
IF YOU KNEW THE SUSPECT HAD A
FAKE BUT REAL-LOOKING RCMP
VEHICLE, SOME TIME BETWEEN 7:00
AND 8:00 ON SUNDAY MORNING, WHY
WAIT MORE THAN TWO HOURS TO WARN
THE PUBLIC ABOUT THAT DETAIL?
>> THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE
VEHICLE, THE CLOTHING TOOK SOME
TIME TO LEARN FROM THE ONE
WITNESS AND ONCE THAT
INFORMATION WAS COMPILED, IT WAS
IMMEDIATELY TWEETED BY OUR
COMMUNICATIONS SECTION.
>> Question: JUST TO CLARIFY,
PRESUMABLY, THE PICTURE CAME
FROM THE WITNESS OF THE VEHICLE.
>> I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT, BUT WE
DID INTERVIEW A WITNESS AND SOME
TIME AFTER THAT, THE MATERIAL
WENT OUT.
THAT WOULD BE THE PICTURE OF THE
VEHICLE AND THE SUSPECT'S PHOTO.
AND THAT WAS ON TWITTER.
>> Question: RIGHT.
WE SPOKE TO A WITNESS TODAY, THE
BROTHER OF A VICTIM, WHO TOLD US
HE HID IN THE WOODS IN
PORTAPIQUE ON SATURDAY NIGHT,
DID NOT SEE OR HEAR POLICE
COMING FOR FOUR HOURS.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO HIM AND TO
OTHERS WHAT ACTIVITY THE POLICE
WERE DOING DURING THOSE FOUR
HOURS FOR HIM NOT TO HEAR OR SEE
THEM?
>> WELL, AS I STATED EARLIER, I
DESCRIBED THAT THERE WERE TWO
PERIMETERS THAT WERE ESTABLISHED
AND SO WHILE THAT FELLOW MAY
HAVE THOUGHT THERE WEREN'T
POLICE IN THE VICINITY, THERE
WERE A LARGE NUMBER OF POLICE
OFFICERS BOTH IN VEHICLES AND ON
FOOT IN PORTAPIQUE.
>> Question: CAN YOU EXPLAIN
WHAT KIND OF WORK IS BEING DONE
TO RETRACE THE REAL RCMP UNIFORM
THE SUSPECT WORE?
>> IT'S A MATTER THAT'S UNDER
INVESTIGATION.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S A KEY COMPONENT
OF THE INVESTIGATION AND WE'RE
WORKING VERY HARD TO DO EXACTLY
THAT, TRACK THE SOURCE OF THE
UNIFORM.
IT'S AN ELEMENT, A KEY ELEMENT,
OF THE INVESTIGATION.
>> Question: AND JUST A LAST
QUICK CLARIFICATION ON THAT, YOU
SAID EARLIER THAT YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR ANYONE WHO MAY HAVE ASSISTED
THE GUNMAN IN THE LEAD-UP TO
THESE ATTACKS.
COULD THAT INCLUDE PROVIDING HIM
WITH RCMP GEAR, JUST ANY CLARITY
ON WHAT THAT ASSISTANCE MAY
ENTAIL?
>> IT WOULD INCLUDE THOSE
SORTS -- IT WOULD INCLUDE ANY
NUMBER OF ELEMENTS IN TERMS OF
SUPPORT.
YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE WHETHER
IT'S TRANSPORTATION, THE
WEAPONS, THE UNIFORMS, THE
VEHICLE ITSELF, ASSOCIATES, HERE
AND ELSEWHERE.
THESE ARE ALL THE ELEMENTS IN
THE INVESTIGATION THAT ARE
CURRENTLY BEING EXPLORED.
>> OKAY.
WE'LL ALLOW ONE MORE QUESTION,
PLEASE.
>> MERCI.
THANK YOU.
[ Speaking French ]
THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM --
[ Speaking French ]
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
[ Speaking French ]
>> Question: THANKS, HI.
MY QUESTION IS WHEN WORTMAN HIT
THE ROAD WITH HIS FAKE RCMP CAR,
DID HE PULL PEOPLE OVER AND
EXECUTED THE DRIVER?
>> THAT'S PART OF THE -- THAT IS
DEFINITELY A PART OF OUR
INVESTIGATION.
WE'RE NOT CERTAIN AT THIS TIME.
THAT'S, AGAIN, A CONCERN,
SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT
VERY CLOSELY.
>> Question: OKAY.
A FOLLOW-UP.
I'VE HEARD THAT A SUPERVISOR
GAVE THE AUTHORIZATION TO THE
OFFICER ON SUNDAY MORNING TO
BUMP THE GUNMAN CAR.
IS IT AGAIN THE -- RULES?
>> I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T
UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.
>> Question: A SUPERVISOR GAVE
THE AUTHORIZATION TO THE OFFICER
TO BUMP THE CAR OF WORTMAN, BUT
IN THE INTERVENTION RULES, IT'S
AGAINST THE RULES, THEY ARE NOT
SUPPOSED TO DO THAT SO IT WAS
LIKE AN EXTRAORDINARY
AUTHORIZATION, RIGHT?
>> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT WITH
THE SUBJECT, THE SUSPECT IN THIS
CASE?
>> Question: THE SUSPECT AND
BOTH LIKE STEVENSON AND
MORRISON.
THERE WAS AN AUTHORIZATION GIVEN
BY A SUPERVISOR THAT THEY WERE
ALLOWED EXCEPTIONALLY TO BUMP
THE CAR, LIKE TO HIT THE CAR
WITH THEIR CAR.
>> I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION
NOW, THANK YOU.
AND THAT WOULD DEFINITELY FALL
WITHIN THE REALM OF THE CERT
INFORMATION BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT THE MOVEMENTS OF
THE SUSPECT UP UNTIL 11:26 AND
THAT WOULD DEFINITELY FALL
WITHIN THE REALM OF THEIR
INQUIRIES.
>> Question: I HAVE A LAST
QUESTION, PLEASE.
>> Question: WHAT ELSE CAN YOU
SAY ABOUT THE OTHER
INVESTIGATION THAT WAS REFERRED
TO SIRT THAT THEY KICKED BACK TO
THE RCMP, WHAT KOOS
 CAN YOT
THAT?
IT'S NO LONGER UNDER THE SIRT
PURVIEW, WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT
THAT?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
EVERYONE, FOR COMING.
>> Hannah: THOSE ARE OFFICIALS
IN DARTMOUTH, NOVA SCOTIA,
GIVING US THE LATEST ON THE
SHOOTING SPREE THAT OCCURRED
OVER THE WEEKEND AND, OF COURSE,
YOU'RE HEARING REPORTERS AT THE
END THERE ASKING A LOT MORE
QUESTIONS BECAUSE THERE ARE
CURRENTLY 16 SITES THAT ARE
BEING INVESTIGATED.
A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THE
SUSPECT WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE ON
THE SHOOTIN
