An inquest in to the police involved deaths of two Granisle residents has brought forward 5 recommendations to prevent future incidents.
In April of 2016, Shirley Williams and her 39 year-old son Jovan were shot dead by RCMP after the son allegedly pointed a rifle at officers, and lobbed a Molotov cocktail.
A week long inquest in to the incident and how to better handle similar situations in the future has now wrapped up, and concluded 5 recommendations aimed at rural and remote communities.
Recommendations put forward include: deploying RCMP members in pairs for high-risk responses in remote communities, consider responding with victim support personnel instead of police in mental health crisis communications, have Northern Health follow up with remote villages, develop and implement community crisis teams in isolated communities, and better coordination.
In addition, they have asked for RCMP to re-open the Granisle detachment.
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