
Mayor files police report alleging assault by Kamloops journalist
KAMLOOPS — The Mayor of Kamloops has filed a police report alleging that he was assaulted by Castanet Kamloops News Director Tim Petruk over the weekend.
CFJC Today was able to confirm the existence of the police report as Reid Hamer-Jackson provided the file number Monday (June 30) morning.
“The RCMP will be doing an investigation, we will let them do the investigation. I feel that he has assaulted me,” Hamer-Jackson told CFJC.
In a statement, Kamloops RCMP confirmed that it was investigating, but provided few other details.