Police Union Calls on Minister to Hold Inquiry Into CBC Prank Interviews Targeting Retired Mounties

‘Sick to my stomach’: RCMP veteran who says he was targeted in incident speaks out

RCMP officers march towards the B.C. Law Enforcement Memorial ceremony at the legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Sept. 24, 2023. The Canadian Press/Chad Hipolito

Canada’s largest police union is demanding the minister of culture launch an inquiry into a CBC Entertainment program that allegedly tricked retired RCMP officers into participating in interviews only to be “publicly shamed” on stage with accusations tied to residential schools and systemic racism.

The National Police Federation (NPF), which represents roughly 20,000 RCMP members, says it also wants to express “outrage and shock” that retired Mounties were “ambushed on camera” by the taxpayer-funded program.