Police watchdog investigating Surrey Police Service member’s death in Langley, B.C. | 24CA News

The Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO) has been referred to as to analyze a Surrey Police Service member’s loss of life in Langley.

IIO officers mentioned RCMP officers tried to find a person in reported misery at a business within the 9900 block of 201 Street on Wednesday afternoon.

When law enforcement officials had been contained in the business, the person, who has been recognized as an off-duty Surrey Police Service member, sustained a “serious injury that appears to have been self-inflicted,” IIO employees mentioned in a launch.

The man was then subsequently pronounced deceased.

Langley RCMP confirmed the incident came about at The Range Langley, a big indoor taking pictures vary.

The man, who has not been recognized, was underneath a suspension with pay order stemming from allegations concerning a breach of belief incident in 2022, SPS confirmed.

“My understanding was that this officer was suspended with pay and was subject to (an) investigation,” Ian MacDonald, a Surrey Police Service spokesperson, mentioned.

“It was a breach of trust investigation that was being fronted by Surrey RCMP and was working its way through BC Prosecution Services.”

The officer’s subsequent of kin has been notified, police mentioned.

The IIO has begun its investigation, and preliminary investigative steps will search to substantiate what position, if any, police actions or inactions might have performed within the loss of life.

Anyone with related info concerning the incident is requested to contact the Witness Line toll-free at 1-855-446-8477.

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