Date Published: 2024-05-10

Province: New Brunswick

Police Agency: RCMP J Division

On November 20, 2022, the SiRT received a referral from the Moncton RCMP regarding an incident that had occurred in the Codiac Regional cells. The Affected Party (AP) was housed in cells on November 19, 2022, and became unresponsive. He died in hospital on November 23, 2022. In this matter, four officers were identified as Subject Officers (SOs)due to their interaction with the AP. The SiRT investigation concluded on April 2, 2024. There was some delay in the completion of this investigation due to a delay in receipt of the Final Postmortem (pathology) Report, which was received by the SiRT on July 10, 2023, a requirement to seek clarification of details in that report, and a change in the SiRT investigator assigned to this matter. The SiRT makes every effort to conclude its work in a timely manner and we recognize the difficulty and stress the length of this investigation may have had on the officers involved and the family of the Affected Party. The decision summarized in this report…

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