Not just the #police - all gov't departments isuue these non-answers.

Reporters should stop accepting them, as proposed here.
Instead, listing "the questions they refused to answer". YES!
Hold their feet to the fire.

Likely behind a paywall today but they do come out from it eventually.

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https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/commentary/time-to-call-out-the-provided-a-statement-scam-from-public-officials/

Time to call out the ‘provided a statement’ scam from public officials

When the CBC’s Atlantic Investigative Unit wanted to understand better how police handle complaints from the public for a project called “Police and Public Trust,” it filed freedom-of-information requests asking all provincial police forces for 11 years of internal discipline decisions. Every force complied, except one. Halifax Regional Police declined to release any information at […]

Halifax Examiner

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