Fired B.C. RCMP officer fails to get federal judge to overturn 2016 dismissal
An ex-Coquitlam RCMP officer won’t be getting his job back after he was sacked in 2016 for repeatedly lying to ICBC and RCMP investigators regarding damage to his vehicle.
Vellani claimed he started to panic because the thief could have seen his home address on his insurance papers and may have been able to get into his garage which contained valuables and Vellani’s service weapon. When RCMP officer arrived a few hours later, Vellani made similar false statements and did not mention crashing his vehicle.
Before the RCMP conduct Board, Vellani signed an agreed statement of facts, in which he admitted he had breached the RCMP Code of Conduct. A hearing to determine the appropriate sanction was held on September 20, 2016. He further argued the board misconstrued evidence relating to his mental wellbeing at the time of the incident and did not properly assess his work record.
While the Commissioner accepted the board misunderstood the evidence relating to Vellani’s mental health, he found this misconception was not determinative: in other words, they would have made the same decision, even if they had not misunderstood the evidence. Vellani claimed these allegations were central in the board’s conclusion that he suffers from a “fundamental character flaw,” as it framed his decisions as trying to avoid accountability.
He attempted to introduce new evidence regarding his work performance for the review, but this evidence was rejected by Justice Ahmed.Decision
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