Completed Investigations

The Commission receives, on average, 2,000 public complaints per year. To respect the privacy of complainants, the Commission's website only includes reports involving Chairperson-Initiated Complaints (where the Commission Chairperson is the complainant) and Public Interest Investigations about incidents that are already in the public domain.


2023

2023

2021

2021

Conduct of RCMP Members in a Public Complaint Investigation

Public Interest Investigation
Chair-Initiated Complaint

Conduct of an RCMP Dog Handler During an Arrest

Public Interest Investigation

Coquitlam Use of Force Incident

Public Interest Investigation
Chair-Initiated Complaint
Coquitlam, B.C.
October 2016

COLTEN BOUSHIE

Chair-Initiated Complaint and Public Interest Investigation
Saskatchewan

2020

2020

RCMP Involvement in the National Energy Board Hearings, British Columbia

Public Interest Investigation
British Columbia

RCMP Response to Protests in Kent County, New Brunswick

Public Interest Investigation
Kent County, N.B.
July 30, 2013

2017

2017

Victor Duarte – Fatal Motor Vehicle Accident

Chair-Initiated Complaint
Langley, B.C.
January 10, 2013

Gregory Matters - Police-Involved Shooting Death

Public Interest Investigation
Chair-Initiated Complaint
Prince George, B.C.
May 1, 2013

RCMP Treatment of Ms. Lorraine Matters

Public Interest Investigation
Prince George, BC
May 1, 2013

Policing In Northern British Columbia

Public Interest Investigation
Chair-Initiated Complaint
May 15, 2013

TASER Use on Child

Chair-Initiated Complaint
Prince George, B.C.
April 7, 2011

2016

2016

Valeri George - Police-Involved Shooting Death

Chair-Initiated Complaint
Buick Creek/Fort St. John, B.C.
September 30, 2009

RCMP Seizure Of Firearms In High River, Alberta

Public Interest Investigation
Chair-Initiated Complaint
July 5, 2013

2014

2014

Charlene Danais - In-Custody Death

Chair-Initiated Complaint
Assumption, Alberta
August 7, 2011

2013

2013

CHERYL ANNE BOUEY

In-custody death
Chair-Initiated Complaint

Prince George, B.C.
June 26, 2008

NICOLE (RYAN) DOUCET

Public Interest Investigation
Nova Scotia
July 10, 2013

CHRISTOPHER KLIM

In-custody death
Chair-Initiated Complaint

Vernon, B.C.
January 21, 2008

Investigation into Workplace Harassment in the RCMP

Public Interest Investigation

To learn more about the Commission's follow-up investigation into workplace harassment in the RCMP (2017), click here.

2012

2012

Incident occurring in Kamloops RCMP Cells

Public Interest Investigation

2010 G8 and G20 Summits

Public Interest Investigation

CLAY WILLEY

Amendment to In-Custody Deaths Proximal to CEW Use
Chair-Initiated Complaint and
Public Interest Investigation

November 23, 2009

2011

2011

ROBERT KNIPSTROM

In-custody serious injury
Chair-initiated Complaint

Chilliwack, B.C.
November 19, 2007

RAYMOND SILVERFOX

In-custody death
Chair-initiated Complaint

Whitehorse, Yukon
December 2, 2008

JOHN SIMON

Police-involved shooting death
Chair-initiated Complaint

Wagmatcook, N.S.
December 2, 2008

ROBERT DZIEKANSKI

In-custody death involving the use of a conducted energy weapon
Public Interest Investigation and Chair-initiated Complaint

Vancouver International Airport
November 8, 2007

2009

2009

Subduing of Teenage Female

Chair-initiated Complaint
Inuvik, NWT
November 28, 2008

Police Investigating Police


Chair-initiated Complaint and
Public Interest Investigation

KEVIN ST. ARNAUD

Police-involved shooting death
Chair-initiated Complaint

Amendment to Chair-Initiated Complaint
Vanderhoof, B.C.
April 26, 2007

Canada Day 2008

Victoria, British Columbia
Public Interest Investigation

FRANK LASSER

Use of Conducted Energy Weapon
Chair-initiated Complaint

Kamloops, B.C.
May 9, 2008

Kingsclear Investigation

2008

2008

Public Disclosure by the RCMP of its Criminal Investigation Regarding the Taxation of Canadian Corporate Dividends and Income Trusts

Chair-initiated Complaint
February 1, 2007

2007

2007

IAN BUSH

Chair-initiated Complaint
Houston, B.C.
September 28, 2006

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