You are right 100%. Just talked to my RCMP buddy a couple minutes ago. I asked him about it> Here is his response and I would screenshot it if I could post pics on this site. I asked him what RCMP protocols are:
"Fu**ing idiots! Yes you are required to have one chambered at all times when on duty. There is rarely enough time to draw, chamber a round, (which takes 2 hands) and then get on target. So no she wouldn't have chambered a round. I've disciplined officers who were found with an empty chamber. Terrible situation for her. We were trained to either carry your taser on your non gun side or on a leg holster to prevent that from happening. I don't know how she was carrying her taser? Officers learn by muscle memory to draw automatically. I'd draw and unload and load every day. That way you can do it without thinking. I think she just went back to her muscle memory as she keyed her vision on the suspect and accidentally drew on him? The sad part is they try and make it racist. Plus, don't resist and you won't get shot. "
Scott is a good buddy and I trust what he tells me. He was transferred out as detachment chief in Mayerthorpe 2 weeks before that fatal shooting of 4 officers in 2005. He wishes he would have been there but I'm glad he wasn't.
The best part of all that is dont resist and you won't get shot.
Sit still hands up and ONLY do as told.
Anything else can be considered resisting, quite simple.
With the past and present tensions in the US if you are resisting you should be expecting to have a bullet come your way.
You want to bitch about the situation do it the next day.
Biotching at the scene does however help to clean up the gene pool.