I want to be clear. I can't comment on all the things that may have motivated Commissioner Zaccardelli and his senior management team within the force as to deciding to seek an independent criminal investigation conducted by the Ottawa Police Service. Certainly I would think that the concerns of Staff Sergeant Lewis and probably concerns on the part of others were at least some part of the motivation in terms of deciding it was time to turn this over to an independent police force for criminal investigation.
On April 23rd, 2007. See this statement in context.