T-shirts and coffee mugs made by police officers that mocked the Ipperwash standoff were "macho stupidity," according to former solicitor general Bob Runciman.

"I do want to say how personally offended I was by that, and I guess shocked as well," Runciman told the Ipperwash Inquiry on Tuesday. "It was an exercise in macho stupidity."

The items were reported in an internal OPP investigation a year after the 1995 incident in which Dudley George, 38, was killed by a police sniper during a raid to remove him and other land claim protestors.

Runciman, who was in charge of provincial law enforcement during the standoff, said the memorabilia was insensitive to both the native culture and the George family.

Investigators said a dozen Team Ipperwash '95 mugs with an arrow printed over the OPP's logo were made. They also reported that several dozen T-shirts with the emergency and tactical response team's logos were made with a horizontal white feather over them.

Aboriginal groups have called the items disgusting and disrespectful since the symbols represent dead warriors.

"With respect to the (OPP) insignias and the misuse and abuse (of native symbols)… that was a very upsetting period for me," Runciman said.

Although upset, he said he was not involved in any disciplinary action because it would have been inappropriate coming from the solicitors general's office.

Runciman, who is now the Ontario Progressive Conservative justice critic, has denied claims that there was political meddling into the standoff.

"A lot of people have drawn conclusions about political direction and the OPP. In my view, that never did occur," he said.

Runciman is the 96th witness out of the 101 registered to testify at the inquiry. Mike Harris is number 99 and is expected to testify late next week. Harris' involvement in the police response is a key issue at the inquiry.

In late November, former Ontario attorney-general Charles Harnick testified that former premier Mike Harris said he wanted "the fucking Indians out of the park."

Harnick's testimony alleged that Harris used the profanity in a meeting just hours before police shot and killed George on Sept. 6, 1995.

The lawyer for Harris has told the inquiry that his client will deny using the profanity when he testifies next week.

With files from Canadian Press.