The second officer who I mentioned as being killed in Haiti had been the man temporarily in charge of the Canadian police there, as far as I understand. He was the acting "Chief Superintendent."--And after his death, the RCMP decided to give him the title permanently. This man had been employed by the International Peace Operations department at the RCMP headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario. Previously, he seemed to have a very interesting career in other parts of Canada, from what I read on the Internet. He was in the building which housed the RCMP offices in Haiti when it collapsed during the earthquake. [The other officer was at his temporary housing in Haiti and had just returned from visiting his family in Canada, as far as I understand.]
The Peace Operations deal with human rights matters, at times. It's one of their issues, if a matter requires their attention. Don't know about everything they do but have read a little in their section of the RCMP website. [There's a Link in the sidebar of the original Waterlily Story blog, if people would like to see it.] And it's all very serious work, I'm sure! [They wouldn't have time for very much frivolity!--I don't think so.]
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