Head of RCMP’s advisory board resigns, citing frustrations with federal government – Maharlika News
December 21, 2023
Pointing to his frustrations with the federal government, the head of the RCMP’s Management Advisory Board has resigned after less than a year in the chair.
Kent Roach wrote that he’s resigning with regrets
Kent Roach, a well-known critic of policing and author of Canadian Policing: Why and How it Must Change, was appointed chair of the 13-member civilian body in January. His appointment followed years of claims by critics that the board was too secretive at a time when major policing issues were dominating headlines.
In his September resignation letter, released to CBC through an access to information request, Roach said he was stepping down “with regrets.”
“I took this position on the understanding that the government was committed in the minister of public safety’s mandate letter to ‘enhancing the Management Advisory Board to create an oversight role over the RCMP,'” he wrote to Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc.
