British Columbia’s Police Complaints Commissioner has ordered a retired judge to review a disciplinary decision against an officer who allegedly disobeyed orders during an investigation.
The Vancouver Police Department investigated an officer in B.C.’s Joint Forces Special Enforcement Unit in February 2021 for allegedly speaking against the instructions of his supervisors, along with a witness and a relative of a deceased man, a release from the commissioner said. Of.
The release says Sgt. Brian Gately was found to have committed abusive conduct under the Police Act.
A one-day suspension was recommended, but the commissioner’s office says it does not reflect the seriousness of the misconduct.
It said a retired provincial court judge, James Threlfall, has been assigned to conduct the review, but that date has yet to be set.
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