BC IIO

• New leader named for B.C.’s police watchdog service

  Jessica Berglund is a lawyer with 21 years of experience at WorkSafeBC, where she held various legal and senior management roles.

  Canada

  Aug 10, 2024
  
• B.C.’s police watchdog investigates Lumby death

  The Independent Investigations Office case list indicates that an investigation into a Dec. 18, 2023 death is in progress, and little other information has been made available.  

  Crime

  May 16, 2024
  
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• B.C. police watchdog seeks witnesses after man found dead in Vancouver Island lake

  According to the Independent Investigations Office of BC, the 83-year-old was found dead in his vehicle on Dec. 15. It was submerged in Sproat Lake.

  Canada

  Dec 19, 2023
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• 2 hospitalized in ‘serious’ hit-and-run collisions in downtown Vancouver

  Two women, one in her 30s and another in her 50s, have been sent to the hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.

  Crime

  Nov 8, 2023
• Advocates welcome B.C. watchdog report panning ‘outdated practice’ of drunk tanks

  "Whether it's sobering somebody up, it's still the same concept. It's going back to punishing somebody," said peer clinical advisor and advocate Guy Felicella.

  Crime

  Oct 31, 2023
• B.C. police watchdog investigating motorcycle collision with police car

  The driver crashed into a police car at the intersection of Glenayre and Valour drives after 6:30 p.m., sustaining non-life-threatening injuries that required hospital treatment.

  Crime

  Jul 26, 2023
• Criminal charges possible after B.C. police dog bites off-duty inspector in Surrey

  British Columbia's civilian police watchdog has determined there are 'reasonable grounds' to believe officers may have committed an office during a takedown on May 29, 2021.

  Crime

  Jul 5, 2023
• No charges for B.C. RCMP officer who shot and injured impaired driving suspect

  The suspect was injured shot in the torso and shoulder in the process of his arrest on May 10, 2018, near Grand Forks, B.C.

  Crime

  Nov 25, 2022
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• B.C. IIO not recommending charges after ‘drunk’ woman suffers broken arm during arrest

  According to an IIO report, a woman described by witnesses as being ‘black-out’ drunk at a party in Salmon Arm suffered a broken arm when officers tried to arrest her.

  Canada

  Aug 5, 2022
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• B.C.’s ombudsperson again calling for needed oversight of municipal jail guards

  The call comes on the heels of an IIO report detailing how a man with a broken hip spent hours in overnight police cells before being taken to hospital.

  Canada

  Jul 20, 2022