A public hearing into the death of Lisa Rauch, who was shot in the head with plastic bullets by a VicPD officer in 2019, wrapped up this week
As a public hearing wrapped up this week into the death of a woman shot in the head with plastic bullets by a Victoria police officer, the victim’s mother says she doesn’t expect any recommendations from the adjudicator for months.
Audrey Rauch and other family members were in attendance every day of the hearing, which wrapped up Thursday in front of Oppal, a retired judge and former B.C. attorney general. At the hearing, Kirkwood faced allegations of abuse of authority with respect to the force used and neglect of duty linked to lack of documentation of what happened.
Considine said his recommendations to Oppal include that Victoria Police Chief Del Manak and the Victoria and Esquimalt Police Board be advised that police officers should make “comprehensive, accurate and timely notes” after an incident in order to have good public oversight. Kirkwood’s lawyer, Kevin Woodall, said Friday that his main recommendation is that when police officers are under criminal investigation, they prepare the same records and notes as other officers, but the notes don’t go to the Independent Investigations Office.
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