Independent Investigations Office

• Suspect injured in police shooting with Manitoba RCMP, watchdog investigating

  Manitoba's police watchdog is investigating after a 33-year-old man was hurt when an RCMP officer fired their gun while trying to arrest him.

  Crime

  Jun 8
  
• No charges for Manitoba officer who handcuffed girl playing ding dong ditch

  The Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba opted not to lay charges against a RCMP officer in Brandon who handcuffed a girl for playing a prank.

  Crime

  Jun 2
  
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• Hearing finds VicPD officer committed misconduct in woman’s plastic bullet death

  Lisa Rauch was shot with a plastic bullet on Christmas Day 2019, and died four days later in hospital. The officer that fired the round committed misconduct, a hearing has ruled.

  Crime

  May 23, 2025
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• Woman ‘holding a weapon next to a young child’ dead after being shot by police in Surrey

  A Surrey RCMP officer fatally shot a woman Thursday morning who police say was holding a weapon next to a young child.

  Crime

  Sep 19, 2024
• Video shows fatal 2022 Vancouver shooting at hotel on DTES

  B.C.'s independent police watchdog (IIO) has forwarded a report to the prosecution service for consideration of charges against a VPD officer involved in the incident.

  Crime

  Sep 10, 2024
• RCMP cleared in fatal fire and standoff at rural Langley, B.C. property

  Don Bennett died in a fire at a rural Langley property following a standoff with police in November, 2023.

  Crime

  May 30, 2024
• Vancouver police vehicle strikes and seriously injures pedestrian

  A man was seriously injured when he was struck by a police vehicle in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside not long after midnight on Tuesday.

  Crime

  May 22, 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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• Family says probe into B.C. Mountie’s suicide has left no one accountable

  Const. Jasmine Thiara died by suicide on Richmond's Moray Bridge on Feb. 21, 2021, after texting a colleague that she was being bullied by a senior officer she was involved with.

  Crime

  May 6, 2024
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• Charges possible for three Abbotsford officers in fatal 2022 crash

  The IIO has forwarded a report to Crown counsel that could result in charges against three Abbotsford police officers in relation to a 2022 crash that left two people dead.

  Crime

  Apr 16, 2024