Brenda Lucki ended the year with apologies and stark calls for her to resign. By her own assessment, she \u0027dropped the ball\u0027 four times
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The RCMP has more than 650 detachments across Canada, some huge and bristling with technology, others tiny and lonely. It has armoured vehicles, planes, helicopters, all run by more than 19,000 officers and 11,000 civilian members, but it all perennially seems to be too much or never enough when dealing with a litany of crises.“This was not an easy decision as I love the RCMP and have loved being the 24th commissioner,” she said in a statement.
There was criticism of her selection, some likely from sexism, or at least machismo. She was the first permanent female commissioner, but also she wasn’t a cop known for busting down doors and cuffing gangsters or killers. But that reputation didn’t always help her predecessors in the job. The fallout from that was harsh and damaging. There were loud calls for answers over how the force handled the unfolding tragedy that stretched into two days and a lack of transparency and unanswered questions.
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