Public inquiry hears of police delays and communication failures during attack in Nova Scotia in which 22 people died
– typically used for emergency weather situations and Amber alerts – could have been used to push emergency alerts to Nova Scotians’ mobile phones.When asked why the alert system was not used, Scanlan said during her interview: “My gut? You would have more dead police officers, because this is rural policing.”
On Tuesday, now-retired corporal Jennifer Clarke – who answered to Scanlan – told commissioners that it took nearly a half hour on the morning of 19 April 2020 to get a tweet approved providing some detail of the replica cruiser and the suspect driving it. Clarke said tweeting that information sooner was “an unnecessary risk” as it could have made targets out of uniformed officers.