SAINT JOHN – The New Brunswick Police Association says the Telegraph-Journal newspaper is ignoring the facts in the way it has covered the Richard Oland murder case.

President Dean Secord says editorials and cartoons printed earlier this month are the worst cases of “yellow journalism” that they’ve witnessed from any media outlet in North America.

One piece suggested the RCMP take over the Oland investigation, which is now more than a year old.

A cartoon depicted police chief Bill Reid wearing Mickey Mouse ears.

Secord is defending Saint John Police Force, saying Reid was clear in an interview with the paper at the end of June, saying that they have a suspect, but they were waiting on important forensic test results from an RCMP lab.

Secord says the real issue is lengthy wait time from the lab.

Oland, a prominent Saint John businessman, was found dead in his office on Canterbury Street on July 7, 2011.

In the days that followed, police searched a number of properties.

Most legal documents related to the case remain sealed under a court order.

The Telegraph-Journal was one media outlet that went to court to fight the order.

A message with the paper’s managing editor has not been returned.