Accessing Police Records System ‘Routine,’ Retired Officer Says at Hearing for Detective Who Looked Into COVID Vaccine, Child Deaths

The retired staff sergeant says accessing records for cases in which officers are not the lead investigators, is a ‘normal, daily activity.’

An Ottawa Police Service building in Stittsville, Ont., on Jan. 9, 2024. Matthew Horwood/The Epoch Times

OTTAWA—A retired Ottawa police sergeant testified at the trial of Detective Helen Grus that it was “normal” for police officers to make records management system (RMS) queries for cases they were not the lead investigators of, seeming to contradict prosecutors’ claim that Ms. Grus “self-initiated an unauthorized project” when investigating the COVID-19 vaccination status of the mothers of deceased infants.

“That’s normal, daily activity at the Ottawa Police Service [OPS] and I assume any police service across the Western world,” testified retired OPS Staff Sergeant Peter Danyluk on Jan. 9 at the trial in Ottawa.