{"id":91175,"date":"2017-02-25T05:45:25","date_gmt":"2017-02-25T10:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=91175"},"modified":"2017-02-25T05:45:25","modified_gmt":"2017-02-25T10:45:25","slug":"quebec-broadens-inquiry-into-montreal-police-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/25\/quebec-broadens-inquiry-into-montreal-police-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Quebec broadens inquiry into Montreal police force"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_91176\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91176\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16508794_891343161005471_4066368653120292898_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91176\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16508794_891343161005471_4066368653120292898_n.jpg\" alt=\"The Quebec government is broadening its investigation into allegations of corruption and wrongdoing within the Montreal police force. (Photo: Martin Coiteux\/Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16508794_891343161005471_4066368653120292898_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16508794_891343161005471_4066368653120292898_n-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16508794_891343161005471_4066368653120292898_n-768x530.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91176\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Quebec government is broadening its investigation into allegations of corruption and wrongdoing within the Montreal police force. (Photo: Martin Coiteux\/Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MONTREAL\u2014The Quebec government is broadening its investigation into allegations of corruption and wrongdoing within the Montreal police force.<\/p>\n<p>Public Security Minister Martin Coiteux says municipal forces from Quebec City, Longueuil and Gatineau will help provincial police because the number of allegations has risen in recent days.<\/p>\n<p>Coiteux also says the role of the RCMP in the investigation will be increased.<\/p>\n<p>He told a news conference this afternoon a separate administrative probe will look specifically at how Montreal police handles internal investigations and how the force operates.<\/p>\n<p>The story broke earlier this week when two former organized crime investigators with the Montreal police appeared on a TV show and accused the force of corruption and fabricating evidence.<\/p>\n<p>The men alleged members of the force&#8217;s internal affairs department embellish or fabricate evidence against lower-ranking officers who fall out of favour.<\/p>\n<p>The allegations prompted Montreal police Chief Philippe Pichet to ask provincial police to investigate as he acknowledged he was concerned the allegations would undermine public confidence in his force.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MONTREAL\u2014The Quebec government is broadening its investigation into allegations of corruption and wrongdoing within the Montreal police force. Public Security &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":91176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,18,16],"tags":[15757,14879],"class_list":["post-91175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ca","category-news","tag-martin-coiteux","tag-quebec-government","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}