The Mandate stated on the above link states

“Mandate
The mandate of Cornwall Detachment is the enforcement of Federal Statutes and the Criminal Code. The enforcement units are all focused on the RCMP priorities of disrupting organized crime and terrorist activities and are divided as follows:

•Customs and Excise Section
•Federal Enforcement Section
•Criminal Intelligence Section: Cornwall has an Integrated unit which includes CBSA, CCPS, OPP, NYSP, USBP and ICE. Our role is to coordinate our efforts to make sure all the units are intelligence led.
•Youth and Community Service Officer: Mandate is geared toward crime reduction. This section works hand in hand with numerous community partners to plan and implement many varied community activities for local youths. These programs include, Racing Against Drugs (link) and Safe Grad.
Because of our proximity to the USA, Border Integrity is a major component of our duties. Given that the border in our Detachment area is located entirely within the confines of the St. Lawrence River, marine patrols are common place. In many cases our marine patrols are conducted in concert with our partners. The most recent example of this was in 2007 for Project ShipRider where RCMP members and United Stated Coast Guard personnel were cross-trained and cross-designated. We then conducted joint patrols for a two month period on both sides of the border.

I am still puzzled as to your motives in supplying web sites to the media. Are these actions taken with any particular mandate in mind? Is there an accompanying brief with each website or video supplied?

Certainly public awareness of the border issue is very important
although I find the RCMP’s role perplexing in that it feels obliged to take on the role of journalists in educating the public.

Regards,
Brett

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From: Michael Harvey
Sent: November 9, 2009 8:10 AM
To: Brett Mackey
Subject: Re: Copyright theft and Misinformation?

Brett,
To also clarify, I forwarded the Watertown Times article that had the You Tube link at the very bottom. I did not go and search on You Tube and send it out. I do not take on role of journalist but my role does include educating the public on the border integrity issues we have in this area. And the media plays a big role in getting the message out there in educating the public.

I understand your concerns and I will focus more on getting our RCMP enforcement actions out to the media.

Michael

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General Copyright Inquiries: Permission to use videos?
The rights to any screen shots or footage of third party content on our site are not ours to grant. You would need to follow up with the individual content owners regarding the rights to this footage. You may want to try emailing the user through your YouTube account.
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According to Monica Peters the video supplied was edited to hide ownership details and the delivery of the video was attributed to RCMP sources by Scott Hannant of CTV. As you are named the contact I am curious if the RCMP has a policy in providing information to news agencies without acknowledgment of ownership and with little or no contextual information?

As you are well aware the border situation at Cornwall and Akwesasne is extremely sensitive and unsolicited information, that may be construed as misleading, sent to news media is both provocative and potentially dangerous. I hold the RCMP to higher ethical standards than is evidenced by your actions.

Regards,
Brett Mackey

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Subject: Re: Copyright theft and Misinformation?
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:51:38 -0500
From: Michael Harvey
To: Brett Mackey

Brett,
thanks for your concern. I often share public web sites to my media contacts to provide awareness on all issues regarding the border issues here in the Cornwall-Akwesasne area. I understand that the media agencies would then look into the legalities of sharing or airing any material that may not be public or needs approval.
If you have another concerns please let me know.
Sgt. Michael Harvey
Cornwall RCMP Detachment
Tel: 613-937-2831
Cell: 613-551-0747
Fax: 613-937-2804
E-Mail: michael.harvey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca