RCMP Sgt. Mark G. Peers - West Coast Marine Detachment, BC

Excerpt from RCMP Website: http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/marine/marine_e.htm

History

"Water transport has been used since the late 1800s when a sailing vessel, Keewatin, was purchased in 1890 to patrol Lake Winnipeg. A few months later it capsized during a storm and two crew members were lost. Steam-operated boats were used on the Yukon River for patrol and supply transport. The St. Roch, built for the Force in 1928, was designed for arctic service as a supply vessel and floating detachment. It was the first ship to navigate the Northwest Passage from Pacific to Atlantic and to circumnavigate the North American continent".

"In 1932, Marine Section was formed with the RCMP takeover of Department of National Revenue Preventive Services’ duties and vessels. With 35 ships (11 seagoing craft), its primary duty was to curtail smuggling in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and on the east and west coasts".

"At the start of World War II, Marine Section personnel and ships were transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy. Marine Section was not re-established until 1945".

"In 1947, Marine Section was made a Division with its headquarters in Halifax. Its responsibilities included enforcement of the Customs and Excise Act, the Canada Shipping Act, other federal statutes and rescue operations. Marine Division Headquarters was later transferred to Ottawa. Then in 1970, Marine Division as such was discontinued and various regional divisions took over the operational responsibility of providing marine services within their boundaries. Implementation and administration of policy was retained at Headquarters under a Marine Services Directorate. In 1974 the Directorate and its responsibilities were transferred to the newly organized Transport Management Branch, Services & Supply Directorate".

"In 1994, Transport Management Branch was reorganized and incorporated with Materiel Management Branch. The procurement side of Transport has become a section of the Materiel Procurement function. The policy side of Transport is now known as Fleet Program Administration".

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Narrative

Statements originating from RCMP Sgt. Mark G. Peers, the ex-Canadian Tug M/V Gulf Ivy O.N. 170259, presently named M/V El Conquistador, was detained on July 30, 2002. Mandated to enforce the Canada Shipping Act rules and regulations, the RCMP West Coast Marine Detachment allowed an unseaworthy ship to depart Canadian waters bound for the USA. RCMP Sgt. Mark G. Peers, a Canadian certified ship master, inspected the M/V El Conquistador when the ship exhibited an extreme dangerous condition.

See TCIncompetent page for more details.

Below-pasted, the copy of document From 2 - Information, remains before the New Westminster Court to issue process. Given the present state of the Canadian Justice System, filling criminal charges against the RCMP is not an easy task regardless of how serious the charges are. For example, these charges were presented to Provincial Court Judge Challenger on September 27, 2005 and October 27, 2005, on both occasions she refused to hear the evidence. The Canadian Criminal Code section 507.1 states the following:

507.1 (1) A justice who receives an information laid under section 504, other than an information referred to in subsection 507(1), shall refer it to a provincial court judge or, in Quebec, a judge of the Court of Quebec, or to a designated justice, to consider whether to compel the appearance of the accused on the information.

(2) A judge or designated justice to whom an information is referred under subsection (1) and who considers that a case for doing so is made out shall issue either a summons or warrant for the arrest of the accused to compel him or her to attend before a justice to answer to a charge of the offence charged in the information.

(3) The judge or designated justice may issue a summons or warrant only if he or she

(a) has heard and considered the allegations of the informant and the evidence of witnesses;

(b) is satisfied that the Attorney General has received a copy of the information;

(d) has given the Attorney General an opportunity to attend the hearing under paragraph (a) and to cross-examine and call witnesses and to present any relevant evidence at the hearing.

Subsequently, a Judicial Review application was submitted to the Supreme Court of British Columbia and heard on April 7, 2006. The Supreme Court Judge quashed Judge Challenger's decision forcing the lower courts to hear the evidence. Regardless of the Canadian judicial process a crime took place initiated by Sgt. Mark G. Peers. Ignoring factual events does not protect the public from civil servant's abuse of authority. The Supreme Court Ruling is forthcoming and will be published on this website.

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