Kelowna RCMP officer who abandoned wellness check committed no crime: IIO

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Kelowna RCMP officer who abandoned wellness check committed no crime: IIO

A Kelowna RCMP officer “fail(ed) to properly comply with his sworn duty to protect life” when he abandoned a wellness check on a man found dead hours later, according to an independent investigation. Had the man not died of natural causes sometime the night before, the unnamed officer might today be facing charges of criminal negligence, said a report from Ronald J. MacDonald, chief civilian director of the Independent Investigations Office of …