As you know, the longer this process is extended, the more
upset I become.
I wish you could tell me why the Civilian Review and
Complaints Commission for the RCMP ("CRCC") did not advise you until
April that I was not satisfied with the original investigation. I don't see any
progress on the file since then, and I do not understand why the investigation
is still open at this late date.
Thank you for your letter though. I have read it twice.
Unfortunately, I still do not understand how you can be taking so much time on
this file. Your letter does not tell me what you have been doing to further
investigate this complaint that has kept you so busy, other than adding my
faxed statement to your file and sending me form letters.
I don't know if by "full-time" you mean a 40 hour
work week, but assuming that you take reasonable time off, and conduct 14
different investigations at the same time, and as a result, investigations can
take up to a year to complete, as you say, it sounds as if you must spend an
average of over 100 hours or 3 weeks working full-time on each file if, as you
say, each complaint deserves every bit as much attention as the next one does.
Have you actively spent that much time on this file really?
Half that much? Even a tenth? Since you have not been talking to me, who have
you been talking to? What related files, statements, notes, or material have
you been reviewing that could take you such an extraordinary amount of time?
Despite your kind response to my additional correspondence
regarding ongoing dealings with the strata corporation, which you say are not
relevant, the time that you are taking to conduct the investigation into my
complaint seems out of line, especially if my written statement provided enough
information for you to thoroughly understand the details of my complaint
without an interview and, even more notably, in comparison to the speed of
Superintendent Wilcott's initial disposition.
It would make me feel less upset if you provided some detail
of your investigation to date that provides an indication of how many hours you
have spent in the past 4 months actively gathering and reviewing new evidence
in this investigation, instead of telling me about the time that you have not
spent.
What are you waiting for? How much more evidence do you
need? Where is it coming from? Can I help you find it?
