An Alberta judge unsealed four documents used to obtain search warrants before and after a raid that uncovered weapons and led to conspiracy to commit murder charges against four people
The RCMP used undercover operatives and emergency wiretaps to collect information on protesters who blocked a border crossing in southern Alberta for weeks
The documents indicate the RCMP used wiretaps without judicial authorization – a rare tool that is legal and reserved for urgent circumstances, such as when lives are at risk. into the government’s use of the act scheduled to begin later this month has been delayed until October.a glimpse of the evidence the RCMP gathered, the techniques they used, and investigators’ theories before and after a raid shortly after midnight on Feb. 14, when officers descended on a mobile home and two camper trailers in Coutts. They seized 15 guns, ammunition, and a body-armour vest with a “Diagolon” patch, the insignia for a far-right group.
The unredacted portions of the Coutts ITOs include few details about the unauthorized wiretaps; it is unclear whose communications were intercepted under the imminent harm provision and what information officers gleaned. “Olienick showed [an undercover operative] a live surveillance feed on a device showing police walking through parked vehicles,” the Feb. 14 ITO said. “Olienick also said there was a live feed on all of the checkpoints to monitor police activities.”
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