Shootings in Whistler and Langley controlled immediately with one suspect dead and the other in custody.
https://www.albernivalleynews.com/news/langley-spree-shooter-was-28-year-old-surrey-man-police-say/
Different policing tactics than other divisions or just more efficiently managed?
"The RCMP eschewed the opportunity to call in the Truro and Amherst municipal police forces [and Halifax Police]for help. The police chiefs of these departments declined the opportunity to be critical of the RCMP. The couldn't, because the RCMP controls the purse strings for major provincial operations and access to provincial crime labs."
22 Murders Paul Palango
As a former law enforcement trainer of Seattle Police officers and King County Sheriff Deputies I can attest to the efficiency of interagency collaboration.
This tactic won't be appreciated or approved by all but it works. The officer is being attacked. 2:38 of video, the officer knees the suspect in the face. Encounter over. If officers are being trained to minimize blowback from superiors and suspects, change jobs.