RCMP Review Prompted by Employee’s Arrest Urges Changes to Bolster Internal Security

RCMP Review Prompted by Employee’s Arrest Urges Changes to Bolster Internal Security
Cameron Ortis, who was a senior intelligence official at the RCMP, leaves the courthouse in Ottawa on October 22, 2019. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang
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OTTAWA—A confidential RCMP review, conducted after the arrest of a senior employee for allegedly leaking classified information, calls for a fundamental shift in the security culture of the national police force to be led at the highest levels.

The newly disclosed report makes 43 recommendations, including training updates, stricter adherence to federal security screening standards and the possible introduction of random physical searches.