Assistant Commissioner Lee Bergerman; from RCMPNS on Facebook
The commanding officer of the Nova Scotia RCMP is retiring in October.
Assistant Commissioner Lee Bergerman served as a member of the RCMP for 35 years.
She was at the helm during the Portapique massacre in April 2020, when a rampaging gunman killed 22 people across Colchester County.
Public Information Officer Cpl. Chris Marshall said Bergerman’s retirement will have no impact on her participation, if it’s required, in the Mass Casualty Commission.
Emily Hill, commission counsel, said participation doesn’t rely on current employment status.
“But rather their involvement or knowledge of the events on and leading up to April 18-19, 2020,” she said. “To find out what happened, how and why it happened, and to inform recommendations to keep communities safer in the future.”
Hill said they have the power to subpoena witnesses to fulfil that mandate.
The province’s Public Inquiries Act gives commissioners the power to summon any witnesses and require them to give evidence under oath.
