Independent Investigations Office

• IIO investigate serious injury of man during arrest by Vancouver police

  The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) said the incident happened shortly before 9 p.m. in the 300-block of Alexander Street and invite witnesses to share information.

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  Dec 8
  
• Watchdog deployed after police shoot allegedly armed man in Vancouver’s Gastown

  Transit police said they were called to the 300 block of West Cordova to reports of a man with a weapon threatening people Monday night. The IIO has been called in to investigate.

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  Nov 29
  
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• IIO investigating after suspected shoplifter falls several storeys from Saanich, B.C. parkade

  The Independent Investigations Office said the incident happened as Saanich police were responding to a report of a shoplifter at the Walmart at Uptown Mall.

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  Nov 28
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• RCMP cleared in Merritt chase and shootout that left father, child injured

  The incident on June 6, 2021 involved a chaotic police pursuit on the roads in and around Merritt, with dozens of shots fired at three locations.

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  Nov 17
• Driver in fatal Highway 1 crash near Sicamous ‘author of all that misfortune,’ not police: IIO

  It was determined that the Honda had been reported stolen, and a number of different licence plates were found in and around the vehicle.

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  Nov 7
• Coquitlam Mounties cleared in 2021 death of man during arrest

  The IIO says it a pair of RCMP officers did not commit an offence during a 2021 arrest in Coquitlam where a man went into medical distress and later died.

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  Nov 1
• 2 Mounties evade charges in arrest that ended in injury of wanted B.C. man

  Three tires started deflating and the hood of the Grand Marquis popped up as it barrelled down the highway with Mounties in pursuit.

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  Sep 29
• Police watchdog called to Houston, B.C. after Mounties shoot boat theft suspect

  RCMP say police fired at the suspect after he allegedly drove his vehicle at an officer.

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  Aug 30
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• Indigenous leaders call for inquiry into man’s police-involved death on Downtown Eastside

  Chris Amyotte, 42, was a member of the Rolling River First Nation in Winnipeg and had travelled in Vancouver to visit two of his children and other relatives.

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  Aug 29
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• Family identifies man killed in ‘interaction’ with Vancouver police as Winnipeg father

  Chris Amyotte, a 42-year-old father of seven, died after an 'interaction' with police on the Downtown Eastside Monday. Witnesses say police shot him with a bean bag gun.

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  Aug 24