http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/rcmp-officer-hurt-in-b-c-shooting-1.2130566
Any suggestions on why it happened?

 

Not a good year for the RCMP.

Do they patrol alone in Canada? A two-man car could provide more safety in cases like that one. 

Do they patrol alone in Canada? A two-man car could provide more safety in cases like that one. 

 

I believe all RCMP patrol cruisers use one man cruisers. A lot of departments in Florida do the same, it's more cost efficient and you can have more cruisers patroling :)

Also, they might not have to money nor the size for partners.

Just a traffic stop that took a turn for the worst is what I've been able to gather thus far.

I believe all RCMP patrol cruisers use one man cruisers. A lot of departments in Florida do the same, it's more cost efficient and you can have more cruisers patroling :)

Also, they might not have to money nor the size for partners.

 

Yes same here in my neck of the woods. Sheriff's and Police ride alone, however backup would not be that far away as if we were countryside or remote. Only in big cities like D.C. have I really seen two man patrols. Atlanta is not one of those cities.

Yes same here in my neck of the woods. Sheriff's and Police ride alone, however backup would not be that far away as if we were countryside or remote. Only in big cities like D.C. have I really seen two man patrols. Atlanta is not one of those cities.

 

Well, it's all about the funding and size of the department really :)

 

I personally would like to be on my own with back up not too far away.

Well, it's all about the funding and size of the department really :)

 

I personally would like to be on my own with back up not too far away.

 

Agreed. Makes it seem more like you are in control of your own patrol in a way. With a partner, they may tell you to pull up somewhere or may pull up somewhere (if your the passenger) and it can be a little bit like your along for the ride. 

Yeah bad day at the office. I remember well a few years ago now a WSP trooper stopped a car for speeding walked up to the window and was shot and killed. A sheriff deputy I think went to check on him since he wasn't answering his radio. Sad these things happen.

 

Hope the officer recovers.