Nicole Chan Inquest

• ‘Because of Nicole’: Chan family credits beloved officer for changes coming to Vancouver police

  "We continue to find comfort in knowing that her legacy has gone beyond the call of duty, by protecting future generations of officers," said Const. Nicole Chan's sister, Jenn.

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  Apr 19, 2023
  
• Nicole Chan: VPD commits to all recommendations from inquest into officer’s suicide

  Const. Nicole Chan took her own life in 2019, amid  an investigation into complaints she had made about sexual harassment and inappropriate relationships with two senior officers.

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  Apr 18, 2023
  
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• Inquest into VPD officer’s suicide makes 12 recommendations aimed at police, Vancouver hospital

  The jury's recommendations following the Nicole Chan inquiry advise improving hospital communication and providing training and assessment within the Vancouver Police Department.

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  Feb 1, 2023
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• Jury begins weighing recommendations at inquest into VPD Const. Nicole Chan’s suicide

  Nicole Chan, 30, took her own life on Jan. 27, 2019, after she had lodged complaints about inappropriate relationships with two senior officers.

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  Jan 31, 2023
• VPD officer who died by suicide worried ‘rumour mill’ would destroy her career, inquest hears

  VPD Sgt. Corey Bech told a coroner's inquest into the suicide of Nicole Chan in Burnaby, B.C., that Chan worried she could never return to work due to departmental gossip.

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  Jan 30, 2023
• Hospital couldn’t legally hold VPD officer who died by suicide, inquest hears

  The testimony came on the fourth anniversary of Nicole Chan's death, and Friday's proceedings began with a somber minute of silence in her memory. 

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  Jan 27, 2023
• ‘I’m so sorry’: Inquest hears final words of VPD officer who died by suicide

  The third day of testimony in an inquest into Nicole Chan's death heard from her boyfriend, who found her body, and a psychologist who had treated her.

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  Jan 25, 2023
• ‘Please help me be a survivor’: VPD officer who died by suicide pleaded for help in letter

  Nicole Chan had filed complaints against Sgt. David Van Patten and Sgt. Greg McCullough. This victim impact statement was about Van Patten specifically.

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  Jan 24, 2023
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• Inquest hears VPD officer who died by suicide felt blackmailed into sex by superior

  Const. Nicole Chan took her own life in 2019, two years after filing complaints against Sgt. David Van Patten and Sgt. Greg McCullough. 

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  Jan 23, 2023
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• Ahead of inquest, family of Vancouver cop who died by suicide makes new allegations

  As a coroner's inquest into her death begins, Nicole Chan's family offers key insight into what they claim happened to her in a recently amended lawsuit.

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  Jan 23, 2023