A decision delivered on Monday orders the Mounties to hand over an electronic report written by RCMP Const. This makes it different than a written note that details the events of an incident, and therefore should be provided to the Independent Investigation Unit, Perlmutter ruled. "The regulation [in the Police Services Act] is to ensure that the subject officer will not avoid making a detailed account of the incident … for fear of incriminating himself or herself," he wrote. Decision gives watchdog more access in the future: IIUIn a prepared statement, the RCMP said it complied with the decision and has already submitted the SBOR report to the investigation unit. Zane Tessler, seen here in a still from a May 27, 2020, Zoom interview, is the civilian director of the Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba.

Source: CBC News April 01, 2021 20:48 UTC