The Snr RCMP guy in Colchester county claims he had no idea the emergency notice system existed. He retired most rikki tik after this happened. Lots of examples of this garbage.
I don't think the RCMP are nefarious or malicious in this instant I think its sheer incompetence in their leadership and it likely cost the lives of constables in citizens. And instead of doing the right thing and hoisting in the areas for improvement while fixing this they are are devoted to "protection of the institution".
I know virtually nothing about how the RCMP is organized in contract provinces or their relationship with the host province or area municipalities, but if it is anything like Ontario, I'm not surprised. Commanders in charge of large amalgamated detachments or clusters of smaller ones, and responsible for implementing a never ending parade of programs, initiatives and partnerships from on high, as well as rubbing the tummies of municipalities, have left them completely divorced from day-to-day policing issues, the nuances of local communities, etc. 'They have people for that'. It's made even worse if they have progressed in rank via non-field service (I suppose, 'staff' roles in military parlance) and ended up in a field command because it's needed for their CV.
If; however, they were trained and qualified as an Incident Commander then that was a deficiency.
Information management that night must have been a nightmare, made worse if you are not familiar with the community and geography, from the call takers to senior commanders. The evolution of call taking/dispatching from local detachments to more centralized sites cost local, first-hand knowledge of areas and people. In terms of senior leadership, people that aspire to senior rank tend to be 'big picture' people because that's what the organization wants, but that is often not completely compatible when needing to process a tsunami of small picture details. You need a trusted detail person or two at your hip but not everybody has that, especially in the middle of the night. Layer on that any issues with actual communications - the spoken word/electronic type - either the technology or how it is used. I don't know if that was a problem here but communications deficiencies are often cited as a problem in events such as this.