RCMP investigator recently revealed four officers involved in arrest that ended in man’s death say they followed a directive from the union to not take notes about the incident
A group of Vancouver police officers responded to a call about a distressed man on the city’s south side, then followed him into a hidden yard to make an arrest. Minutes later, he was dead, with a broken nose, eye socket, rib and voice box, as well as brain bleeding and a ruptured testicle.
Independent Investigations Office – which investigates deaths or serious injuries at the hands of police – to lay criminal charges against the officers who responded that day. The Crown had announced that it was hamstrung by the “incomplete” and “inconsistent” accounts police had given investigators probing Mr. Gray’s death.
The OPCC recommended those six officers face penalties under the provincial Police Act of up to a month’s suspension without pay, for not taking detailed notes or not submitting them in a timely fashion. Those six, as well as one other officer, are also accused of abusing their authority by using unnecessary force on Mr. Gray. They could be fired for that alleged misconduct.
In its 2013 decision, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that police lawyers can’t help officers draft their notes or review them following incidents that are being investigated by Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit. The ruling has been interpreted to apply in similar situations across the country.
Since 2020, it has been Vancouver Police Department policy that officers must submit use-of-force reports within 48 hours of an incident, unless a superior grants an extension in “exceptional circumstances,” according to the VPD internal standards guide, which is posted on its website. But at the time of Mr. Gray’s death, Sgt. Nash noted, there were no rules around how quickly an officer was required to upload this information.
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