Summary
The judicial inquiry now examining the 2005 death of Crystal Taman heard from Norm Carter, the current chief of the East St. Paul police detachment. At the time of the traffic accident that claimed Taman's life, Carter was second-in-command at the East St. Paul detachment, and one of the officers who supervised the investigation of Derek Harvey-Zenk, the man behind the wheel of the truck that killed Taman.
Prior to the start of the inquiry, Carter had been generally portrayed as one of the least culpable characters in the East St. Paul detachment. A 26-year veteran cop, Carter was the second-in-command the morning Taman was killed. It was Carter who arrested, cautioned and charged Harvey-Zenk. It was also Carter who tried, unsuccessfully, to get Harvey-Zenk to take a breathalyzer.At worst, Carter's actions were tainted with the same cultural bias that seems to have affected [Harry Bakema]. When Harvey-Zenk was taken into custody, it was Carter who allowed him the privilege of phoning his wife, his union rep and then taking a call from a Winnipeg police wellness counsellor. Carter acknowledged these were things that would never be afforded the average suspect, and yet still denied he was doing favours for a lost soul from the thin-blue community.See the full content of this document
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East St. Paul Police Force Could Use a New Motto
Dan Lett
In the ongoing saga of the Taman inquiry, you might call Wednesday's testimony the opening chapter of A Tale of Two Chiefs.The judicial inquiry now examining the 2005 death of Crystal Taman heard from Norm Carter, th...See the full content of this document
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