CTV Winnipeg says the Manitoba government is set to change the way that police officers will be investigated.
The TV station says it has learned the province will be rolling out a new Independent Investigation Unit comprised of current or retired officers, and says the Winnipeg police board has been briefed on it.
The unit will oversee all police forces in Manitoba and will investigate officer-involved shootings and anything criminal in nature involving police officers.
The creation of the unit stems from an inquiry report into the death of Crystal Taman, who died after her car was rear-ended by an off-duty police officer who had been out all night partying with colleagues.
The 2008 inquiry led to the disbanding of the East St. Paul police force and charges against the police chief of deliberately botching the investigation in order to protect the officer.
The police chief was acquitted and impaired driving charges were dropped against the off-duty officer, Derek Harvey-Zenk, who was given a two-year conditional sentence for dangerous driving causing death.
(CTV Winnipeg)
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