This article, and several more to come, are in relation to a previous article in which I published a complaint into the conduct of Mike Kelloway. In that complaint I am stating that Mike Kelloway abused his position as a Member of Parliament, because he failed to declare a conflict of interest, and actively sought information about a complaint I was making, knowing that the subject matter heavily involved members of his family; Chief Robert Walsh, and CAO Marie Walsh.

In the following few articles, I will outline the body of my complaint about CBRM / CBRPS hiring practices, and I will include documentation from CBRM to support my position on the matter.

BACKGROUND
These issues are in relation to my employment application(s) to Cape Breton Regional Police Service multiple times. Qualified for the position as a police officer, I also had specialized courses which allowed me to perform extra duties (saving the cost to the department), and I also had work experience in policing. After applying multiple times and after following up with other applicants (during which I heard similar stories to my own), and after speaking to HR professionals external of CBRM, it was clear that there were problems in their hiring and HR processes.
At this point, I had two choices; I could chase the problem and try to figure it out, or I could sit around and wait for CBRM to consider me for a position. Clearly, I choose to chase the problem.

Throughout these coming articles I will reference several documents; A cheat sheet for the Cape Breton Regional Police Service's interview process, the interview booklets used in my interview with Cape Breton Regional Police, a master score sheet that was used to rank applicants by score, CBRM's Recruitment and Selection Policy, my own correspondence with CBRM officials, and the Nova Scotia Municipal Government Act. I will also include my communication with the Nova Scotia Ombudsman's office, as well as the Nova Scotia Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner.

Part I - The Cheat Sheet
Yes, there was a "cheat sheet" for the Cape Breton Regional Police interview. Yes, I had a copy of it. Yes, it was given to me by serving members. And Yes, the Municipal CAO, the Chief of Police, and the Regional Solicitor are aware of it, and have been since I brought it to their attention in 2020….as was CBRM Mayor (current and former) and Council.

Let me start by saying that this cheat sheet lines up exactly with the questions I was asked during the interview, so it was pretty stunningly accurate. I'll also say that my score was surprising considering I had the answers to the questions, but I'll go into further detail about that when I publish the interview booklets.

What is most revealing about this cheat sheet, is CBRM / CBRPS's reaction to it. There was none. I had reported to Chief Robert Walsh that a cheat sheet existed for the interview to his police force, and his response was minimal, he asked for a copy of the cheat sheet (which I provided) so "he could conduct an internal investigation", which never took place. In fact, when I followed up about this "internal investigation" with Regional Solicitor Kachafanas (as Chief Walsh stopped replying to me and refused to have an in-person meeting), he claimed to know nothing about it.
This was extremely revealing. Why would CBRM and CBRPS fail to investigate a situation where their information had been breached?.........unless they already knew? Or were behind it?

This made me look a little harder at the cheat sheet itself, and I noticed a few things;
On page 1 of this cheat sheet, the document refers to the "R v. McNeil" decision as being "issued on Friday".....suggesting that this portion of the document was written in 2009 in close proximity of the "McNeil" decision being rendered (within a week).
Page 5 of this cheat sheet references the "CBRPS 2015 Strategic Plan", suggesting that this part of the document was added post 2015.

This is an evolving document.

Why would CBRPS not investigate a breach of information? Why would CBRM HR Director Deanna Evely testify in court that these interview questions are "still being used or could be used in the future", knowing that a cheat sheet exists that reveals these exact interview questions? Why would CBRM Council refuse to view the documents and information related to this breach of information?
Below, is the cheat sheet as it was given to me.
More to come......