cew_use · 2007-Q4
Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP · CRCC file 2007-10404 — Interim Report on Chair-Initiated Public Complaint regarding the Shooting Death of Christopher Klim, Vernon, B.C.
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Interim Report on Chair-Initiated Public Complaint regarding a Shooting Death in Vernon, B.C. — Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act Paragraph 45.42(3)(a). On a date in late 2007, an individual who suffered from a mental illness was shot and killed by members of the RCMP in Vernon, British Columbia. A mental health warrant had been issued to apprehend and return the individual to the hospital for psychiatric treatment. Mistakenly believing that the individual was in the process of fatally harming themselves, the RCMP members breached the door to the individual's apartment and entered with their guns drawn, planning to apprehend the individual at gunpoint. The individual was not acting rationally and engaged the RCMP members with two knives in hand. A conducted energy device was deployed during the incident. The report addresses multiple issues, including: the RCMP's response to the mental health warrant; the RCMP's risk assessment and plan to apprehend the individual; the tactical entry into and search of the apartment; the shooting itself; the initial investigative response; the criminal investigation and its timeliness; and comments regarding the RCMP's review of member conduct and its public complaint investigation process. The Commission conducted a review of the facts surrounding the events and issued findings under the relevant provisions of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act.
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