How would Gomes have the ability to see into the future in order to know she was going to become lead detective? It’s impossible to state Gomes sent Price prior to her being appointed lead. Maybe Price was going to take charge and as the case grew in complexity Gomes was appointed lead? We just don’t know.
Surely we’re not expecting the TPS to step up and explain themselves every time criticism driven by the media surfaces involving this case. Do people of Toronto really believe TPS is that incompetent or is it a case of believing one-sided biased media stories?
Misty, not sure if you are in Toronto. But there is a sense among some (possibly many) in the city that TPS has stumbled in performing their duties in investigation a number of significant crime and murder investigations in recent years. i don’t need to go over these, as they have been discussed here before.
I think it fair to say that the public reasonably expects that the TPS, which constantly promotes itself and seeks to be seen as a highly trained and professional organization, could and should have performed better in many of these cases. No one is perfect of course, and the media is quick to report issues and errors. But the press does have a role to play, and the press is imo justified and in fact obligated to report on perceived or proven police incompetence and/or lack of judgement.
Many members of the public have lost some degree of confidence in the force- often for good reason. And some members of the public never had much confidence to begin with.