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Death of Mountie who drew attention to PTSD a terrible loss: RCMP

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 07 Oct, 2014 10:41 AM

    FREDERICTON - The RCMP's commanding officer in New Brunswick says the death of Cpl. Ron Francis, who helped draw attention to the issue of post-traumatic stress disorder, is a terrible loss.

    Assistant commissioner Roger Brown says it is unfortunate that post-traumatic stress disorder consumed Francis, even though his goal was to raise awareness and try to make sense of it.

    Brown says Francis was found dead Monday at the Kingsclear First Nation.

    He says it appears no one else was involved in his death but he wouldn't provide any more details about the circumstances of how Francis died.

    Francis, who served with the RCMP for 22 years, made national headlines last year after he complained that he wasn't allowed to smoke medicinal marijuana for PTSD while in uniform.

    He pleaded guilty last month to assaulting four fellow RCMP officers.

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