The Delta Police Department and Surrey Police Service have agreed to investigate how Victoria police handled an investigation that led to charges being stayed against three men.
B.C.’s Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner has recommended the Victoria and Esquimalt Police Board take a hard look at the way it handles complaints after one was filed by a former member of the board.
“The OPCC recommended that the board proceed under to initiate an investigation and that in initiating the investigation, they consider requesting an external agency, independent of the Victoria Police Department, to review and report back to the board directly,” Spindler wrote. “So, they should have nothing to do with how the investigation proceeds. They should be out of that loop entirely.”
In his complaint, Schachter, a lawyer, urged an investigation into how Victoria police may have contributed to the collapse of the major drug prosecution.
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