Date Published: 2025-12-15

Province: New Brunswick

Police Agency: RCMP Sussex, RCMP Caledonia

On February 11, 2025, an RCMP officer, Subject Officer #1 (SO1) was made aware that his son had been in a motor vehicle accident and was being investigated at roadside for impaired driving. A Department of Justice and Public Safety (JPS) Conservation Officer (JPS Officer #1/JPSO1) was attending to the scene. SO1 was on duty in his police vehicle and attended the scene of the accident but did not intervene in the investigation. Based on the investigation at the scene, JPSO1 made the decision to process the matter through the provincial Immediate Roadside Suspension (IRS) legislation. As a result, SO1’s son received a driving suspension. Following the incident and suspension, SO1 became aware of some potential errors and issues with the investigation, and the appeal process was started. While this process was ongoing SO1 communicated with a JPS employee and JPS officers trying to resolve and address issues with his son’s file. Throughout this communication, SO1 stated he was an RCMP officer, and referenced his rank and experience, despite being directed by supervisors not to act in his capacity as an officer when assisting his son with this matter. SO1 also provided an RCMP case analysis of the incident, which highlighted errors in the investigation and concluded the driving suspension was improper. This report was prepared on RCMP letterhead and was written by another RCMP officer known to SO1, Subject Officer #2 (SO2). SO2 did not have authority or permission from the RCMP to write a report for this file.

SiRT Concludes Investigation into Breach of Trust (2025-12-15)

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