Independent Investigations Office Of BC

• New details on guns, timeline of deadly Saanich bank shootout revealed in watchdog report

  Six officers were wounded and the two armed suspects were shot dead on June 28, after they entered a Bank of Montreal on Shelbourne Street around 11 a.m. 

  Crime

  Dec 21, 2022
  
• Young male fatally shot by B.C. RCMP officer; police watchdog investigating

  Police say the officer shot at the driver of a truck after it reversed into him early Wednesday.

  Canada

  Dec 15, 2022
  
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• Police watchdog called to Surrey, B.C. after shooting incident at traffic stop

  “The driver was taken to hospital with what was reported to be a self-inflicted injury. He is not expected to survive,” the Independent Investigations Office of BC said.

  Canada

  Dec 11, 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
• Charges recommended against officer for driving, use of police dog near Ladysmith: watchdog

  A B.C. officer is potentially facing charges for a traffic stop incident near Ladysmith, B.C.

  Crime

  Aug 5, 2022
• 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
• IIO files report for consideration of charges in Chilliwack police shooting

  The report centres around a police shooting that left one man in hospital with 'serious injuries.'

  Crime

  Jun 10, 2022
• Man shot and injured during police ‘interaction’ in Barriere, B.C.

  Police said were responding to a report that a man had been dropped off on the side of Highway 5, and had picked up what looked like a weapon. 

  Crime

  May 21, 2022
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• Man in his 40s dies in police-involved shooting in Vancouver

  Police said they were called to the Patricia Hotel at East Hastings and Dunlevy Avenue just after 4 p.m. following reports of an assault.

  Crime

  May 6, 2022
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• B.C.’s police watchdog report recommends charges in 2019 arrest of erratic driver near Sicamous

  The incident began with a report of an erratic driver on Highway 97 near Lake Country, at 1:30 a.m., and ended with his arrest at 3:20 a.m., northeast of Sicamous.

  Crime

  Dec 10, 2021