
Kamloops mayor asks city to look elsewhere for its independent investigators
KAMLOOPS — The mayor of Kamloops is attempting to put the brakes on a Code of Conduct investigation he kickstarted “until an independent and impartial investigator” is assigned to it.
In a news release sent to media at 12:30 a.m. Friday (June 20), Reid Hamer-Jackson said he does not want Reece Harding of the law firm Young Anderson to investigate the complaint (2025-0025) he made about the conduct of Councillor Dale Bass.
“In order to maintain public confidence in the integrity of this process, I believe we must do things differently,” Hamer-Jackson said in a statement. “The citizens of Kamloops deserve a process that is impartial, transparent and fiscally responsible.”
According to the city, that complaint is one of two investigations that are currently in progress. It dates back to April and while it does not name names, Hamer-Jackson confirmed in his statement that it is connected to Bass.