Brenda Sweeney's frustration is palpable and reasonable in response to the clear circling of wagons by Police Services in response to the Globe' stellar Unfounded report. 

All public sector -- ministries, agencies, boards and commissions have communications departments that respond to media and FOI requests. While 'communications' is thought to be the pipeline to information, they are, in fact, the lions at the gate. To provide information that will help right the wrongs of their organizations is not their role. Communications staff across the public sector spin, hide, and blur information to protect their own, be they police chiefs or Cabinet Ministers. The police email chain was typical, while also absolutely useless and potentially damaging considering the proven ignorance and neglect of duty in response to sexual assault shown in several of the Police Services on that chain of emails.