The head of Canada’s largest provincial police force strongly criticized the country’s bail system in the wake of an on-duty officer’s shooting death — drawing attention to a legal practice that is frequently misunderstood and beset with inequity.
Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner Thomas Carrique said he was “outraged” that Randall McKenzie, the suspect alleged to have shot Const. Grzegorz Pierzchala on Dec. 27, was out on early bail and had a lifetime ban from owning a firearm.
