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Chapter 2: RCMP Response

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In this chapter, Beeby summarizes the initial police response to the murders in Portapique on the night of April 18th, 2020, as described by the Mass Casualty Commission in its final report. His summary emphasises the numerous instances of resource mismanagement, neglect and incompetence from the RCMP in the first hours of the mass casualty.

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Dean Beeby

Dean Beeby is an investigative journalist and author. Born in Halifax, he was Atlantic bureau chief for The Canadian Press news agency before his transfer to Ottawa,where he later worked in the Parliamentary bureau of the CBC. An expert in the use of freedom of information laws, he has authored several books, including one about the RCMP. His investigative journalism has also frequently focused on the RCMP.