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{{wikinews|Video of man tasered at Vancouver airport released}}
On October 14, 2007, '''Robert Dziekański''' ({{IPA
During customs processing, Dziekański began showing frustration and agitation towards airport staff. When members of the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] (RCMP) encountered him in the international reception lounge at the airport, they pinned, handcuffed and used a [[Taser]] [[electroshock weapon]] on Dziekański multiple times—with accounts suggesting the weapon was used four or five times. Dziekański died at the scene from a [[heart attack]] induced by the electrical shocks.
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Shortly thereafter, about 25 seconds after arriving at the scene, Corporal Robinson ordered the Taser to be used. Constable Millington tasered Dziekański. He began to [[convulse]] and was tasered several more times after falling to the ground, where the four officers pinned, handcuffed, and continued to taser him. One eyewitness, who recorded the incident on her cellphone, told [[CBC News]] that Dziekański had been tasered four times. "The third and fourth ones were at the same time" delivered by the officers at Dziekański's right and left, just before Dziekański fell.<ref name="CBC Taser video"/><ref name="Man died" /> According to BC [[Crown Counsel|Crown counsel]] spokesman Stan Lowe, Dziekański was tasered a total of five times.<ref name="Crown Counsel says Dziekański was tasered five times">{{cite news |newspaper=The Toronto Star |title=No charges in Taser death, B.C. Crown says |date=December 12, 2008 |url=https://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/552940 |access-date=December 13, 2008 |first=Petti |last=Fong |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081213153111/http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/552940 |archive-date=December 13, 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> Constable Millington testified that he deployed the Taser four times, but he believed that in some of those instances the probes may not have contacted Dziekański's body.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/dziekanski-jolted-again-after-falling-to-floor-mountie-testifies-1.863855 |title=Dziekanski jolted again after falling to floor, Mountie testifies |author=CBC News |date=March 2, 2009 |access-date=March 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306101541/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/dziekanski-jolted-again-after-falling-to-floor-mountie-testifies-1.863855 |archive-date=March 6, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> Dziekański writhed and screamed before he stopped moving. Corporal Robinson stated he then checked for a pulse, but his heart had stopped. Testimony from the other RCMP officers stated they never saw anyone, including Robinson, check for a pulse.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/officer-monitoring-dziekanski-wasn-t-up-to-date-in-first-aid-1.817738 |work=CBC News |title=Officer monitoring Dziekanski wasn't up to date in first aid |date=March 24, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406001515/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/officer-monitoring-dziekanski-wasn-t-up-to-date-in-first-aid-1.817738 |archive-date=April 6, 2010}}</ref> Dziekański did not receive [[Cardiopulmonary resuscitation|CPR]] until paramedics arrived on the scene approximately 15 minutes later. Paramedics attempted resuscitation for 20 minutes; they were unable to revive him, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.<ref name="CBC Taser video"/>
In 2013, the BC Coroners Service ruled the death to be a [[homicide]], citing a [[heart attack]] caused by the repeated jolts.<ref>{{Cite
==Controversy==
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[[Image:Dziekanski-tasered.jpg|right|230px|thumb|October 14, 2007: Screenshot from video taken by Paul Pritchard showing Robert Dziekański shortly after being tasered by RCMP officers at Vancouver airport.]] The entire event was recorded by Paul Pritchard, another traveler who was at the airport. Pritchard handed his camera and the video to police who told him that they would return the video within 48 hours. Instead, they returned the camera with a new memory card and kept the original with the video, saying they needed it to preserve the integrity of the investigation. They claimed witness statements would be tainted if they viewed the [[video evidence]] before being interviewed by police.<ref name="witness's video">{{cite news |publisher=CBC News |title=Police say they won't return witness's video of airport Taser incident |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/police-say-they-won-t-return-witness-s-video-of-airport-taser-incident-1.683518 |date=October 30, 2007 |access-date=November 14, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102131617/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/police-say-they-won-t-return-witness-s-video-of-airport-taser-incident-1.683518 |archive-date=November 2, 2007 }}</ref> Pritchard went to court to obtain the video, which he then released to the media on November 14, 2007; three television outlets paid fees to Pritchard for the right to broadcast the video.<ref>{{cite news |publisher=CBC News |title=Cash for Taser video will pay for father's medical treatment: Pritchard |date=November 15, 2007 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/cash-for-taser-video-will-pay-for-father-s-medical-treatment-pritchard-1.658090 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308022829/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/cash-for-taser-video-will-pay-for-father-s-medical-treatment-pritchard-1.658090 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |access-date=November 15, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |publisher=CTV.ca |title=Airport death video shows man's final moments |date=November 14, 2007 |access-date=March 18, 2009 |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/airport-death-video-shows-man-s-final-moments-1.263923 |quote=Pritchard told The Verdict that media outlets in B.C. paid him for access to the video, but he did not sell it to the highest bidder. He said he did not ask for money, but reporters offered him a fee for the video. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226071508/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071113/airport_taser_071114/20071114?hub=TopStories |archive-date=February 26, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |publisher=CanWest News Service |title=Video released of police using Taser on man |date=November 14, 2007 |access-date=March 18, 2009 |url=http://www2.canada.com/ch/cheknews/news/story.html?id=38e10bcb-6ea6-4638-809b-31bd32019bdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314152923/http://www2.canada.com/ch/cheknews/news/story.html?id=38e10bcb-6ea6-4638-809b-31bd32019bdf |archive-date=March 14, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After the video was made available, an RCMP spokesperson cautioned the public to reserve judgment about the police because the video represented "just one small piece of evidence, one person's view."<ref name="CBC Taser video"/>
Before the video was released, the RCMP repeatedly claimed that only three officers were at the scene. There were actually four.<ref name="CBC Taser video"/> The RCMP also said that they did not use [[pepper spray]] because of the risk it would have posed to bystanders. The video, however, suggested the incident occurred in an area separated from bystanders by a glass wall. The incident occurred inside the international arrivals area, which is separated by glass. Those waiting to greet arriving international passengers could view the area from the waiting lounge on the other side of the glass.<ref name="CBC Taser video"/> An RCMP spokesperson stated that batons were not used,<ref name="Man died">{{cite news |publisher=CBC News |title=Man died after 4 Taser jolts, witness alleges |date=October 16, 2007 |url=
===Criticism of the RCMP===
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{{cite web |url=http://www.cpc-cpp.gc.ca/cnt/decision/pii-eip/dziekanski/app-annexes-eng.aspx |website=Report Following a Public Interest Investigation into a Chair-Initiated Complaint Respecting the Death in RCMP Custody of Mr. Robert Dziekanski |title=Appendix C – BCCLA Complaint re Media Issues |publisher=Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP |date=December 8, 2009 |access-date=March 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310094443/http://www.cpc-cpp.gc.ca/cnt/decision/pii-eip/dziekanski/app-annexes-eng.aspx |archive-date=March 10, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> An RCMP spokesman, Sergeant Pierre Lemaitre, was heavily criticized for providing a false version of events prior to the public release of the video. He stated that Dziekański "continued to throw things around and yell and scream", after the arrival of the police officers, which was later revealed by the video to be false.<ref>{{cite news |title=RCMP falsehoods on Dziekanski's death |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/rcmp-falsehoods-on-dziekanskis-death/article1327891/ |access-date=January 25, 2020 |work=The Globe and Mail |date=November 17, 2007}}</ref> Sergeant Lemaitre committed suicide in 2013 due to his involvement in the case, according to his wife, who alleged he was made a pariah and demoted by the RCMP.<ref>Widow of Pierre Lemaitre, RCMP's Robert Dziekanski spokesman, sues Mounties [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/widow-of-pierre-lemaitre-rcmp-s-robert-dziekanski-spokesman-sues-mounties-1.3174902] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127081329/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/widow-of-pierre-lemaitre-rcmp-s-robert-dziekanski-spokesman-sues-mounties-1.3174902|date=November 27, 2018}}</ref> His wife said Lemaitre was merely providing the facts he was given, and was prevented from correcting his public statements after he found out the truth.<ref>A rage in his head': RCMP spokesman's widow says 'attacks from within' got to him [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/pierre-lemaitre-dziekanski-1.4921919]</ref>
On December 12, 2008, the Criminal Justice Branch of British Columbia issued a statement, finding that although the RCMP officers' efforts to restrain Dziekański were a contributing cause of his death, the force they used to subdue and restrain him was reasonable and necessary in all circumstances; thus there would not be a substantial likelihood of conviction of the officers in connection with the incident and accordingly criminal charges were not approved.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/bc/news/bc-081212-criminal-justice-branch-statement.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090320074303/http://www.cbc.ca/bc/news/bc-081212-criminal-justice-branch-statement.pdf|date=March 20, 2009}}|Criminal Justice Branch statement</ref> Three of the officers remained on duty elsewhere in Canada, while the supervisor, Corporal Benjamin "Monty" Robinson, resigned from the force on July 20, 2012, prior to a sentencing hearing after being found guilty of [[obstruction of justice]]<ref>{{cite web|url=
The officers have been subject to criticism, both in the media and in formal proceedings before the [[Braidwood Inquiry|Braidwood Commission of Inquiry]]. The officers were served notices of misconduct by the commission forewarning them the commissioner may include a finding of misconduct in its final report.<ref name="Silverman-reasons para 11">[http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/SC/09/08/2009BCSC0814err1.htm ''Rundel v. British Columbia – Braidwood Commission'', 2009 BCSC 814], at para. 11, edited transcript of the oral reasons for judgment of Silverman J., June 15, 2009.</ref> The warnings allege specific but overlapping grounds for each of the four. The collective allegations are that they failed to properly assess and respond to the circumstances in which they found Dziekański. They repeatedly deployed the taser without justification and separately failed to adequately reassess the situation before further deploying it. The notices allege that afterwards they misrepresented facts in notes and statements, furthered the misrepresenting before the commission and provided further misleading information about other evidence before the commission. The four officers each sought judicial review to prevent the commission from making findings based on the notices.<ref name="Silverman-reasons para 17">[http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/SC/09/08/2009BCSC0814err1.htm ''Rundel v. British Columbia – Braidwood Commission'', 2009 BCSC 814], at para. 17, edited transcript of the oral reasons for judgment of Silverman J., June 15, 2009.</ref> The petitions were dismissed. Three of the officers appealed and lost.<ref>[http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/CA/09/06/2009BCCA0604.htm ''Bentley v. Braidwood'', 2009 BCCA 604], Reasons for Judgment of the Honourable Madam Justice Saunders, December 29, 2009.</ref> In July 2013 one of the three officers was cleared of perjury. The remaining two officers stood trial in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/mountie-cleared-of-perjury-charges-related-to-inquiry-into-dziekanski-taser-death/article13486997/ |location=Toronto |work=The Globe and Mail |title=Mountie cleared of perjury charge related to inquiry into Dziekanski taser death |date=July 29, 2013 |access-date=September 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919121111/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/mountie-cleared-of-perjury-charges-related-to-inquiry-into-dziekanski-taser-death/article13486997/ |archive-date=September 19, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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The police and the manufacturer have claimed that such deaths are the result of pre-existing medical conditions, not the electrical shock of the Taser. In the Vancouver case, police have suggested that Dziekański died from a condition described as "[[excited delirium]]."<ref name="Man died"/> A statement from [[TASER International]], the company that makes the weapon, asserts that Dziekański's death "appears to follow the pattern of many in-custody deaths following a confrontation with the police. Historically, medical science and forensic analysis has shown that these deaths are attributable to other factors and not the low-energy electrical discharge of the Taser."<ref>{{cite news |publisher=CNN |date=November 18, 2007 |title=Man dies after police jolt him with stun gun |url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/18/taser.death/index.html |access-date=November 18, 2007}}</ref>
Critics, however, point out that "excited delirium" is not recognized in the [[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]] and claim that police overuse such so-called conditions as a matter of convenience.<ref>{{cite news |publisher=Associated Press |date=September 25, 2007 |title=Suspects' deaths blamed on 'excited delirium' |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/15001627 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017134840/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/15001627 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 17, 2015 |access-date=November 14, 2007 }}</ref><ref name="excited delirium">{{cite news |publisher=CBC News |title=In Depth: Is 'excited delirium' at the root of many Taser deaths? |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/tasers/excited-delirium.html |date=November 15, 2007 |access-date=November 18, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117103300/http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/tasers/excited-delirium.html |archive-date=November 17, 2007}}</ref> While many psychologists argue{{Weasel inline|date=May 2019}} that excited delirium is indeed a bona fide but rare condition that can cause sudden death,<ref name="excited delirium"/> experts say that [[delirium]] (without the "excited" modifier) is a well-known condition, but that it is usually triggered by factors such as drugs or a pronounced mental or physical illness and that it is extremely rare for those afflicted to suddenly die.<ref name="excited delirium"/> [[Toxicology]] tests found no drugs or alcohol in Dziekański's system.<ref>{{cite news |publisher=CTV |title=No drugs, alcohol in man who died at airport |date=October 26, 2007 |url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071026/airport_death_071026 |access-date=November 18, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103114507/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071026/airport_death_071026 |archive-date=November 3, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> An autopsy for the British Columbia Coroner's Service did not determine the cause of death, citing no trauma or disease, but noted that Dziekański had signs of chronic alcohol abuse such as atrophy of a portion of the brain, cardiomyopathy and fatty liver.<ref name="Polish consul">{{cite news |publisher=CBC News |title=Polish consul general in Vancouver demands answers for death |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/polish-consul-general-in-vancouver-demands-answers-for-death-1.684887 |date=October 26, 2007 |access-date=November 14, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106050949/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/polish-consul-general-in-vancouver-demands-answers-for-death-1.684887 |archive-date=November 6, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author1=The Canadian Press|title=Wrong to link Dziekanski's death to alcoholism, inquiry hears|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/wrong-to-link-dziekanski-s-death-to-alcoholism-inquiry-hears-1.833964|website=cbc.ca|access-date=January 23, 2018|date=April 29, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107193614/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/wrong-to-link-dziekanski-s-death-to-alcoholism-inquiry-hears-1.833964|archive-date=January 7, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The report by [[forensic pathologist]] Charles Lee, of [[Vancouver General Hospital]], listed the principal cause of death as "sudden death during restraint", with a contributory factor of "chronic alcoholism".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://cbc.ca/bc/news/bc-090414-dziekanski-postmortem-exam.pdf |access-date=April 27, 2009 |title=Final Report – Report of Postmortem Examination |author=Charles Lee |work=CBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120914145550/http://www.cbc.ca/bc/news/bc-090414-dziekanski-postmortem-exam.pdf |archive-date=September 14, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Criticism of airport===
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=== {{anchor|Braidwood Inquiry}} Braidwood Inquiry (2008–2010) ===
The Braidwood Inquiry was established by the [[Government of British Columbia]] and headed by retired [[British Columbia Court of Appeal|Court of Appeal of British Columbia]] and [[Court of Appeal of Yukon]] Justice Thomas R. Braidwood to "inquire into and report on the use of conducted energy weapons" and to "inquire into and report on the death of Mr. Dziekanski."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.braidwoodinquiry.ca/terms_of_reference.php|title=Mother of son killed by Taser 'so happy' RCMP officer will get prison time for perjury|work=braidwoodinquiry.ca|access-date=September 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209125030/http://braidwoodinquiry.ca/terms_of_reference.php|archive-date=February 9, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> After two delays, the Braidwood Commission began proceedings
Commissioner Braidwood made criminal allegations against the four Mounties. The Mounties' counsel thought he had no such power and launched a lawsuit in the [[B.C. Supreme Court]];<ref name="cbc06.09">{{cite news |title=Inquiry makes criminal allegations vs. Mounties in Dziekanski death: lawyer |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/inquiry-makes-criminal-allegations-vs-mounties-in-dziekanski-death-lawyer-1.792352 |publisher=CBC |date=12 June 2009}}</ref><ref name="ibgm">{{cite news |last1=Bailey |first1=Ian |title=Judge: B.C. taser probe can rule on Mountie misconduct issue |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/judge-bc-taser-probe-can-rule-on-mountie-misconduct-issue/article4276314/ |publisher=The Globe and Mail Inc |date=15 June 2009}}</ref> this was ultimately unsuccessful.
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*RCMP's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) (Internal Investigation June 18, 2008)<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=594708 No charges urged in Dziekanski report]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*The Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP Final Report concerning the RCMP's use of the Conducted Energy Weapon (CEW) (June 18, 2008)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www3.thestar.com/static/PDF/080618_CPC_RCMP_Report.pdf |title=RCMP Use of the Conducted Energy Weapon (CEW) |access-date=December 12, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218222159/http://www3.thestar.com/static/PDF/080618_CPC_RCMP_Report.pdf |archive-date=February 18, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cpc-cpp.gc.ca/nrm/nr/2008/20080618-eng.aspx |title=News Release: CPC Chair submits final Conducted Energy Weapon Report to Public Safety Minister |date=June 18, 2008 |access-date=March 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706181716/http://www.cpc-cpp.gc.ca/nrm/nr/2008/20080618-eng.aspx |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cpc-cpp.gc.ca/prr/inv/cew-ai/cew_fin_rp-eng.aspx |title=RCMP Use of the Conducted Energy Weapon (CEW) Final Report |date=June 12, 2008 |access-date=March 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303102423/http://www.cpc-cpp.gc.ca/prr/inv/cew-ai/cew_fin_rp-eng.aspx |archive-date=March 3, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security|Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security]] of the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]] (June 19, 2008)<ref>{{Cite web |url=
*Compliance Strategy Group (Kiedrowski's Report) conducted an independent review of the adoption and use of Conducted Energy Weapons by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in June 2008 and released under the ''Access to Information and Privacy Act''.<ref>[http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ccaps/cew/kiedrowski_report_e.htm An Independent Review of the Adoption and Use of Conducted Energy Weapons by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police]{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*On November 8, 2007, the chair of the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP initiated a complaint concerning the incident.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cpc-cpp.gc.ca/nrm/mad/arc/2007/20071108-eng.aspx |title=Media Advisory: Chair-Initiated Complaint — In-custody death of Robert DZIEKANSKI — Vancouver, British Columbia |date=November 8, 2007 |access-date=March 13, 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cpc-cpp.gc.ca/prr/rep/rev/chair-pre/cic-robertD-07-eng.aspx |title=Chair-Initiated Public Complaint: In-custody death of Mr. Robert DZIEKANSKI, October 14, 2007 |date=November 8, 2007 |access-date=March 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212190855/http://www.cpc-cpp.gc.ca/prr/rep/rev/chair-pre/cic-robertD-07-eng.aspx |archive-date=December 12, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In a subsequent report dated November 30, 2007, it was noted that the Commission for Public Complaints "will continue its review of the incident in accordance with the terms of the Chair-initiated complaint initiated on November 8, 2007".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cpc-cpp.gc.ca/prr/rep/opp/fsp-rsf/fVancouberIA-eng.aspx |title=Final Status Report: CPC/RCMP Independent Observer Pilot Project: Vancouver International Airport In-Custody Death, Conducted Energy Weapon Deployed |date=November 30, 2008 |access-date=March 13, 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The CPC released its report on December 8, 2009, highlighting 23 findings and 16 recommendations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cpc-cpp.gc.ca/prr/rep/rev/chair-pre/dziekanski/robertD-index-eng.aspx |title=Report Following a Public Interest Investigation into a Chair Initiated Complaint Respecting the Death in RCMP Custody of Mr. Robert Dziekanski |date=December 8, 2009 |access-date=December 9, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007133225/http://www.cpc-cpp.gc.ca/prr/rep/rev/chair-pre/dziekanski/robertD-index-eng.aspx |archive-date=October 7, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Among its findings were that while the officers were in the lawful execution of their duties, they failed to adopt an appropriate response. It deemed their use of tasers were "premature and inappropriate" with no warnings given prior to use and their versions of events given to investigators were "not deemed credible" by the CPC.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mytelus |url=http://home.mytelus.com/telusen/portal/NewsChannel.aspx?CatID=National&ArticleID=news%2Fcapfeed%2Fnational%2Fn120873A.xml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714144727/http://home.mytelus.com/telusen/portal/NewsChannel.aspx?CatID=National&ArticleID=news%2Fcapfeed%2Fnational%2Fn120873A.xml |archive-date=July 14, 2011}}</ref>
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==Apology==
Almost two and a half years after the incident, the RCMP issued an apology to Dziekański's mother, Zofia Cisowski. Gary Bass, the RCMP deputy commissioner of the Pacific region formally apologized during a news conference at the Vancouver International Airport on April 1, 2010. Cisowski accepted the apology, confirmed she had accepted a financial settlement as compensation for her son's death and that she would drop the lawsuit she filed in 2009 against the federal and provincial governments, the airport and the four RCMP officers who fired the Taser at her son.<ref>{{cite news |url=
==See also==
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*{{cite news |url=http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/asithappens_20071114_3887.mp3 |format=Mp3 |title=Radio interview with Paul Pritchard on As It Happens |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080909204609/http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/asithappens_20071114_3887.mp3 |archive-date=September 9, 2008 }}
*{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/interactives/map-tasers-canada/ |title=Map of taser-related deaths in Canada |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] }}
*{{Cite news |last1=Bronskill |first1=Jim |last2=Bailey |first2=Sue |title=Dziekanski lay dying after Taser hit as border agent scoured airport for him |newspaper=The Calgary Sun |date=March 30, 2008 |url=http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/National/2008/03/30/5146666.html |access-date=March 31, 2008 }}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}.
*{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/no-charges-to-be-laid-against-rcmp-officers-in-airport-taser-death-1.703359 |title=No charges to be laid against RCMP officers in airport Taser death |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] |date=December 12, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081215045303/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/no-charges-to-be-laid-against-rcmp-officers-in-airport-taser-death-1.703359 |archive-date=December 15, 2008 }}
*{{cite news |url=http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090515.wmasonletter0515/BNStory/National/home?cid=al_gam_mostview |title=Open letter to Zofia Cisowski (by police psychologist who testified at Braidwood inquiry) |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] 15 May 2009 |location=Toronto }}
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