A controversial RCMP unit in B.C. acts as a de facto private security force for resource companies, and not for public safety, according to critics and many Indigenous communities. The Fifth Estate’s Steven D'Souza uncovers leaked documents that show how industry leaders influenced RCMP bosses who are part of the Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG).

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Whose Police?

producer/director
Laurence Mathieu-Leger

writer
Steven D’Souza

research producer
Lynette Fortune

video editor
Morna Scott-Dunne

senior videographers
Andy Hincenbergs
Joe Fiorino

second camera/drone
Alexi Liotti

additional footage
Alexi Liotti | Kincentric Cinema
and Colm Keating
Arvin Singh Dang
Kristy Morgan
Michael Toledano

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special thanks
Glenn Reid

theme music
Steve D'Angelo

graphic designer
Froilan Untalasco

graphic director
Jeff Goldhar

visual research
Leslie Morrison

media management
Astoria Luzzi

post audio
Ron Searles

colourist
Scott McIntyre

rollout producer
Leanne Stepnow

social media producers
Alex Migdal
Avneet Dhillon
Britt Purdy

digital producer
Janet Davison

project manager
Victor Kerr

resource coordinators
Marc Cormier
Sam Nar

associate director
Nanci King

packaging editor
Alessia Protomanni

coordinating associate director
Rhonda Kirkpatrick

senior producer
Emmanuel Marchand

executive producer
Allya Davidson

original broadcast
November 3, 2023