Kamloops Mountie cleared in IIO investigation
KAMLOOPS — A Kamloops RCMP officer has been cleared of any wrongdoing in a death by suicide case by the Independent Investigations Office of BC.
The IIO started its investigation in October 2016 after the RCMP were notified that a man who had been arrested by the RCMP later committed suicide after visiting the Kamloops detachment.
Chief Civilian Director of the IIO Ronald MacDonald was tasked with investigating whether or not the officer, “through an action or an inaction, may have committed any offence” in relation to the incident that led to the suicide.
The investigation included evidence gathered from six family members, seven police officers, text messages between the decased and his former spouse and video evidence.