There were some conflicts during the course of the investigation that Staff Sergeant Frizzell was involved with. However, they were manageable, from my perspective, and it was reported to me that we could go along right to the end. He had a report to produce. He was a valuable member in the sense that he had a lot of information to offer, and I needed his input for the final report.
Once that was done, that was when I informed Superintendent Doug Lang, and I also informed Assistant Commissioner Gork. I spoke to him on the phone that week because he was returning to Ottawa from Lyons in order to attend a meeting the last week of June or the first week of July. Assistant Commissioner Gork was aware because I had briefed him on ongoing resource issues, which included comportment of RCMP members, because I did not have jurisdiction over the comportment of these officers.