Independent Investigations Office of B.C.
Independent Investigations Office says they’ve ‘learned a lot’ while investigating officer-involved shooting in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – The province's police watchdog is continuing its investigation into a police-involved shooting in…
Armed robbery suspect shot, RCMP officer injured in Shuswap
CANOE – A suspect in an armed robbery of a gas station was shot and…
Police watchdog investigating Sicamous RCMP incident
SICAMOUS – B.C.’s police watchdog is investigating an incident involving the Sicamous RCMP. On Tuesday,…
Police watchdog concludes Mountie may have committed offence in North Okanagan collision with motorcycle
VERNON – Crown counsel is now considering charges against a Mountie involved in a motor…
Charges being considered against Mountie involved in 2015 Shuswap shooting
SALMON ARM – B.C.’s police watchdog has submitted a report to Crown counsel for consideration…
Identity of man who died in Kelowna police custody still not known
KELOWNA – The RCMP have yet to release the name or further details surrounding the…
Investigation launched after man dies in Kelowna RCMP custody
KELOWNA – A man has died while in cells at the Kelowna RCMP detachment and…
UPDATE: Police watchdog investigating after suspect shot while fleeing officers in Salmon Arm
SALMON ARM – An investigation by B.C.’s police watchdog is underway after an officer-involved shooting…
RCMP under investigation following Kamloops collision and carjacking
TWO SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN VERNON KAMLOOPS – A man and woman are scheduled to appear…
Investigation clears Kamloops RCMP in Friday afternoon crash
KAMLOOPS – Local Mounties are not to blame for the injuries two people received when…
Man who died in rampage at First Nation office near Lillooet identified
LILLOOET - The man who died following a rampage at a B.C. First Nation band office near Lillooet has been named by the B.C. Coroners Service. David Allan Patrick James, 22, of Lillooet, was involved in an incident involving both civilians and RCMP members at the Xwisten First Nation in Bridge River, about nine kilometres...
Ten people injured, one suspect dead after violent altercation in Lillooet band office
LILLOOET - An incident at Lillooet’s Bridge River Indian Band office has left 10 people injured and a male suspect dead. Cpl. Janelle Shoihet, a media spokesperson for the RCMP E-Division, says the incident happened before 8:30 a.m. this morning, Oct. 14. A male entered the band office and used weapons to assault three people....
B.C. First Nation struggles with attack that injured 10, left suspect dead
LILLOOET - Members of a First Nation in British Columbia's Interior sounded drums and chanted songs, as they grappled with a violent attack that only hours earlier injured 10 people and left the suspect dead. But the small crowd, gathered Wednesday night near the entrance of the Bridge River Band Office, located about nine kilometres...
Investigative team saying little as Penticton grieves tragic death of child
PENTICTON - The city is grieving today as an investigative team looks into the details of a traffic fatality yesterday. The Internal Investigations Office of B.C. is saying little today, Sept. 16, after the tragic death of a five-year-old boy who was struck by an off-duty RCMP officer at the intersection of Fairview Road, Green...
Why independent investigators are probing a traffic fatality in Penticton
PENTICTON - An investigation into Tuesday evening’s fatal collision continues as a roadside memorial to five-year-old James Christian McIntosh grows at the intersection of Fairview Avenue and Highway 97. James was killed Tuesday evening, Sept. 15 at approximately 5 p.m. while crossing the road at the crosswalk with his father and brother when he struck...