Western Standard - September 15, 2022


RCMP wasn’t searching for mass stabbing attacker, not ‘high profile’ with 125 charges


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The RCMP apprehension unit said it was not actively searching for Miles Sanderson, the mass stabbing attacker. The Saskatchewan RCMP said in a statement that the Warrant Enforcement and Suppression Unit wasn t actively investigating Sanderson for being unlawfully at large in the months leading up to the attacks.

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00:00:00.000 The RCMP apprehension unit said it was not actively searching for Miles Sanderson, the mass stabbing
00:00:05.600 attacker. The Saskatchewan RCMP said in a statement that the Warrant Enforcement and Suppression Unit
00:00:10.240 was not actively investigating Sanderson for being unlawfully at large in the months leading up to
00:00:15.500 the attacks. The Saskatchewan RCMP created the apprehension unit in 2021 to hunt parole
00:00:21.600 violators. However, Sanderson was not being pursued by the new unit. Officers currently have to manage
00:00:27.160 more than 6,000 outstanding warrants and the unit is focused on finding high-profile offenders and
00:00:32.280 gang members, said the RCMP in a statement. The unit investigators are only searching for 63 people
00:00:38.440 on the outstanding warrants list of more than 6,000 outstanding warrants. RCMP Assistant Commissioner
00:00:44.420 Rhonda Blackmore said the unit prioritizes individuals unlawfully at large who are actively committing
00:00:50.400 violent offenses. Investigators also consider the levels of violence against the person's
00:00:55.780 propensity to re-offend, seriousness of the offenses, and potential gang affiliation.
00:01:01.300 Sanderson started his adult criminal career less than two weeks after turning 18. He was convicted 59
00:01:07.060 times, charged over 125 times, and missed 65 court appearances. Sanderson killed 10 and injured 18
00:01:14.980 people on a murderous rampage with his brother Damien Sanderson on September 4 in the James Smith Cree
00:01:20.980 Nation and Weldon Saskatchewan. Read the full story at westernstandard.news. I'm Chris Olkorn reporting for
00:01:29.220 the Western Standard.
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