In the days after RNC Const. Joe Smyth shot and killed Dunphy, the RCMP was conducting a homicide investigation into the matter.
Nonetheless, RCMP Cpl. Trevor O’Keefe testified Thursday that he decided to look up Smyth’s cellphone number in the RCMP file and phone him to make sure he was doing alright.
“I guess I just wanted him to know that somebody cared,” O’Keefe said.
Other investigators with the RCMP raised serious concerns about this, but O’Keefe was never reprimanded.
Dunphy was shot and killed by Smyth, who was working for the protective services unit assigned to provide protection to then-premier Paul Davis, on April 5, 2015 at his home in Mitchell’s Brook.
Smyth was visiting Dunphy’s home to assess a potential threat based on postings Dunphy made on Twitter. According to Smyth, Dunphy pointed a rifle at him, which is why Smyth shot and killed him in self-defence.
O’Keefe, an officer at the RCMP’s Holyrood detachment, was among the first police officers on the scene in Michell’s Brook after the shooting.
In testimony at the inquiry, O’Keefe said “I can’t recall” dozens of times in response to lawyers’ questions, and his notes were messy and limited.
In fact, his sloppy note-taking was specifically noted and criticized by the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT), which was tasked with independently reviewing the RCMP’s investigation.
However, O’Keefe was never reprimanded for this and, in fact, he wasn’t even made aware of the criticism when the RCMP received the ASIRT report. O’Keefe was only told about it months later, about an hour before the ASIRT report was to be released publicly by the Commission of Inquiry Respecting the Death of Donald Dunphy.
Later on Thursday afternoon, the inquiry heard from Sgt. Dion Foote, another of the early RCMP responders on the scene.
Foote testified about seeing a large number of cats in Dunphy’s house, and essentially standing guard at the entrance to the living room to prevent the cats from further disturbing the scene until the RCMP’s major crimes unit showed up.
Neither O’Keefe nor Foote wore protective gear when entering the house.
In the days after RNC Const. Joe Smyth shot and killed Dunphy, the RCMP was conducting a homicide investigation into the matter.
Nonetheless, RCMP Cpl. Trevor O’Keefe testified Thursday that he decided to look up Smyth’s cellphone number in the RCMP file and phone him to make sure he was doing alright.
“I guess I just wanted him to know that somebody cared,” O’Keefe said.
Other investigators with the RCMP raised serious concerns about this, but O’Keefe was never reprimanded.
Dunphy was shot and killed by Smyth, who was working for the protective services unit assigned to provide protection to then-premier Paul Davis, on April 5, 2015 at his home in Mitchell’s Brook.
Smyth was visiting Dunphy’s home to assess a potential threat based on postings Dunphy made on Twitter. According to Smyth, Dunphy pointed a rifle at him, which is why Smyth shot and killed him in self-defence.
O’Keefe, an officer at the RCMP’s Holyrood detachment, was among the first police officers on the scene in Michell’s Brook after the shooting.
In testimony at the inquiry, O’Keefe said “I can’t recall” dozens of times in response to lawyers’ questions, and his notes were messy and limited.
In fact, his sloppy note-taking was specifically noted and criticized by the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT), which was tasked with independently reviewing the RCMP’s investigation.
However, O’Keefe was never reprimanded for this and, in fact, he wasn’t even made aware of the criticism when the RCMP received the ASIRT report. O’Keefe was only told about it months later, about an hour before the ASIRT report was to be released publicly by the Commission of Inquiry Respecting the Death of Donald Dunphy.
Later on Thursday afternoon, the inquiry heard from Sgt. Dion Foote, another of the early RCMP responders on the scene.
Foote testified about seeing a large number of cats in Dunphy’s house, and essentially standing guard at the entrance to the living room to prevent the cats from further disturbing the scene until the RCMP’s major crimes unit showed up.
Neither O’Keefe nor Foote wore protective gear when entering the house.
