WINNIPEG – Manitoba’s police watchdog says two RCMP officers won’t face charges following an investigation into possible impaired driving off-duty.
The Independent Investigation Unit says the RCMP received a report last year that two off-duty officers attended a party in the Rural Municipality of Whitemouth and drank at a member’s home.
It was alleged they then drove their personal vehicles at high speeds and did doughnuts on Highway 44.
The IIU concluded there was insufficient evidence for charges, and civilian director Zane Tessler says delays in making the complaint made it harder for investigators to collect evidence.
The unit says the alleged offences occurred on June 30, 2017, but weren’t reported to the Manitoba East District RCMP until July 6.
Tessler notes it could not be definitively determined how much alcohol either officer drank, how much may have been in their systems while driving, or even whether they were behind the wheel.