One of the Mounties who oversaw the initial response to the mass shooting in Nova Scotia was off work for at least 16 months afterwards, saying he struggled with questions about his own decisions during the rampage.
Staff Sgt. Brian Rehill—a risk manager at the RCMP’s Operational Communications Centre in Truro, N.S.—told investigators with the public inquiry investigating the killings that support from other officers helped him cope with the aftermath.
