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Jun 8, 2022 7:14 PM - The Canadian Press

N.S. mass shooting inquiry: Communications official admits warning was delayed

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The former director of strategic communications for the Nova Scotia RCMP now says communications procedures need to change. (Photo - The Canadian Press)

The former director of strategic communications for the Nova Scotia RCMP now says communications procedures need to change.

Lia Scanlan broke down in tears as she told a public inquiry into the deaths of 22 people in April of 2020 the procedures she used to alert residents about an active shooter led to a crucial delay.

That's not what she told inquiry investigators last September, when she insisted she would not have done anything differently.

It took more than three hours for the R-C-M-P to warn people that the killer was driving a car that looked exactly like an RCMP cruiser.

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