“One of the most troubling aspects of all of this is the imposition of a non-disclosure clause.

“This involved public funds paid out at the eleventh hour, and the clause was added for no other purpose than to ensure that vindictive, dishonest, disgraceful behaviour by senior police officers was hushed up.

“The fact that it falls just short of the legal definition of bribery or extortion is nothing to be proud of.”

Read the entire article by retired VPD officer Bob Cooper at The Province: This was not the Mounties’ finest hour