cew_use · 2007-Q4
Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP · CRCC file 2007-10404 — Interim Report on Chair-Initiated Public Complaint regarding the Shooting Death of Christopher Klim, Vernon, B.C.
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On a date in late 2007, an individual, who suffered from a mental illness, was shot and killed by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in a city in British Columbia. A mental health warrant had been issued to apprehend and return the individual to the hospital for psychiatric treatment. Mistakenly believing that the individual was in the process of fatally harming themselves, the police members breached the door to the individual's apartment and entered with their guns drawn, planning to apprehend the individual at gunpoint. The individual was not acting rationally and engaged the police members with two knives in their hands. A conducted energy weapon was used. The incident led to a Chair-Initiated Public Complaint under the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act. The Commission's review of the facts surrounding the events raised several issues, including the police response to the mental health warrant, risk assessment, and plan to apprehend the individual, as well as the initial investigative response and timeliness of the investigation. The Commission also commented on the police's review of member conduct and public complaint investigation.
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