Watchdog says crime may have been committed in B.C. officer’s deadly crash
SURREY, B.C. — British Columbia’s police watchdog has forwarded a report to Crown counsel for consideration of charges against an RCMP officer who was chasing a vehicle that hit a police cruiser, killing the officer inside.
Sarah Beckett, 32, was killed in her police vehicle while at an intersection near Victoria last April.
The Independent Investigations Office says it focused its investigation on the RCMP officer who first attempted to stop and pull over a vehicle.
The office says it has forwarded its report to the Crown to consider that the officer pursuing the vehicle may have committed an offence.