FOG BLOG NB NEWS LOG: MICHEL VIENNEAU INQUEST, CALLS FOR BETTER MONITORING OF CRIME STOPPER TIPS.

Jury at Michel Vienneau inquest calls for better monitoring of Crimestoppers tips...Fatal police shooting at Bathurst train station prompts advice for Crimestoppers and unmarked vehicles......The jury at the Michel Vienneau coroner's inquest in Beresford has ruled his death a homicide and made five recommendations.

Vienneau was 51 when he was fatally shot by police outside the Bathurst train station in January 2015.

They were acting on an anonymous Crimestoppers tip that Vienneau was trafficking drugs, which was apparently false.

The jury's first recommendation is that there should be a person responsible for monitoring Crimestoppers tips at all times, including weekends, so that information can be shared as quickly as possible.

The inquest heard that the tip in question had been submitted on Sunday night, but police only found out about it at about 9:50 a.m. Monday morning.

They subsequently had little time to prepare and respond. They would have missed the train had it not been running late that morning. It arrived about 90 minutes after they had received the information.

The second and third recommendations are that unmarked police vehicles should be inspected on a regular basis, the same way patrol cars are, to insure all the equipment is functional. And that flashing lights on unmarked vehicles should be standardized and clearly visible when they're on.