- Keith McCaskill
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department =Winnipeg Police Service
service = 30 yearscite web |url=http://www.winnipeg.ca/police/AboutTheService/chiefmessage.stm |title=Appointment of 16th Chief of Police |accessdate=2008-08-23]
serviceyears = 1976–
rank = Chief of Police
awards =Keith McCaskill is police chief of the
Winnipeg Police Service (WPS), located inWinnipeg ,Manitoba ,Canada . He took office on December 10, 2007.cite news |url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071120.wwpgchief1120/BNStory/National/home |date=2007-11-20 |title=Winnipeg names new police chief |publisher=Canadian Press] At the time of his appointment, he was a 29-year veteran of the WPS.Controversies
In the summer of 2008, McCaskill's first after taking office, there were two controversial incidents--a shooting and a taser-related death--involving WPS officers and Aboriginal peoples in Canada. McCaskill has stated he wants to gain the trust of the aboriginal community in Winnipeg.cite news |url=http://winnipeg.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20080823/wpg_police_imaged_080823/20080823/?hub=WinnipegHome |date=2008-08-23 |accessdate=2008-08-24 |title=Police and aboriginal relations strained |publisher=Canadian Press]
That summer, McCaskill also testified at the
Taman Inquiry , an investigation into the prosecution of Derek Harvey-Zenk, a WPSConstable who rear ended and killed Crystal Taman, a 40-year-old mother of three, while he was allegedly impaired. At the inquiry, there were allegations that fellow officers were covering up for Harvey-Zenk, and McCaskill urged testifying officers to "be truthful". cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2008/07/17/taman-inquiry.html |title='Be truthful': Winnipeg chief to officers on Taman case |date=2008-07-17 |accessdate=2008-08-24 |publisher=CBC News]ee also
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