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Lisa Rauch died after a standoff with police that ended up with anti-riot ammunition being deployed. Week two of a public hearing into the conduct of the officer who took the shot began on April 29. (Photo Courtesy Rauch Family)

Week 2 of Victoria hearing into police-involved death begins

Officer who shot 43-year-old Lisa Rauch with anti-riot weapon to testify late this week

  • Apr 29, 2024

 

Independent investigators ruled Eugene Marcano initiated a shootout with Kamloops RCMP officers tht resulted in his death. (File photo)

Inquest to probe death of man in a hail of police bullets near Kamloops

Eugene Marcano died in 2018 after opening fire on police during a ‘routine’ call

 

Lisa Rauch died after a standoff with police that ended up with anti-riot ammunition being deployed. (Photo Courtesy Rauch Family)

Smoke obscured vision, Victoria firefighter says in hearing into woman’s death

Testimony continues in public hearing examining police conduct in the death of a 43-year-old woman

  • Apr 18, 2024

 

A Victoria police officer testified in a hearing investigating the 2019 death of Lisa Rauch. (Black Press Media file photo)

Victoria police officer questioned on force options in death of woman

Public hearing investigating 2019 death of Lisa Rauch continues with day three testimony from police

  • Apr 17, 2024
A Victoria police officer testified in a hearing investigating the 2019 death of Lisa Rauch. (Black Press Media file photo)
The couch from the apartment Lisa Rauch had barricaded herself into. A curling iron is shown sitting in the couch, possibly the cause of the fire that gave urgency to the police response, during which Rauch was killed. (Photo Courtesy of the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner)

Lead-up to woman’s death included drug use, tense standoff with Victoria police

Massing of Victoria police followed descent into ‘drug psychosis’

  • Apr 17, 2024
The couch from the apartment Lisa Rauch had barricaded herself into. A curling iron is shown sitting in the couch, possibly the cause of the fire that gave urgency to the police response, during which Rauch was killed. (Photo Courtesy of the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner)
Lisa Rauch, 43, died after a standoff with police that ended up with anti-riot ammunition being deployed. (Photo Courtesy Rauch Family)

Hearing begins to review Victoria police officer’s actions in woman’s death

Lisa Rauch died after being hit in the back of the head by ammunition intended to be non-lethal

  • Apr 15, 2024
Lisa Rauch, 43, died after a standoff with police that ended up with anti-riot ammunition being deployed. (Photo Courtesy Rauch Family)
A tally compiled by The Canadian Press found police shot at 85 people in Canada between Jan. 1 and Dec. 15 — 41 fatally. Police tape is shown at the scene of a shooting in Toronto on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Arlyn McAdorey

Expert says number of police shootings in Canada ‘spectacularly unrelenting’

A tally found police shot at 85 people in Canada between Jan. 1 and Dec. 15, 2023 — 41 fatally

A tally compiled by The Canadian Press found police shot at 85 people in Canada between Jan. 1 and Dec. 15 — 41 fatally. Police tape is shown at the scene of a shooting in Toronto on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Arlyn McAdorey
Police were on Riverside Road in Abbotsford on Sunday night (Dec. 17) after a police-involved shooting. (Shane MacKichan photo)

Man dead after police-involved shooting in Abbotsford

Abbotsford Police Department notifies Independent Investigations Office of Sunday night incident

Police were on Riverside Road in Abbotsford on Sunday night (Dec. 17) after a police-involved shooting. (Shane MacKichan photo)
A jury in a coroner’s inquest into the police killing of a B.C. man eight years ago says the province and the RCMP should speed up the introduction of police body cameras. An RCMP officer wears a body camera in Bible Hill, N.S. on Sunday, April 18, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

Body cams, dash cams priority after B.C. fatal police shooting inquest

Police staffing, training also focus after hearing on incident that claimed the life of Waylon Edey

A jury in a coroner’s inquest into the police killing of a B.C. man eight years ago says the province and the RCMP should speed up the introduction of police body cameras. An RCMP officer wears a body camera in Bible Hill, N.S. on Sunday, April 18, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
A man died at the Fraser Canyon Hospital in Hope on Wednesday (June 28) after a police shooting. (Kemone Moodley/Hope Standard)

One man dead after police shooting at B.C. hospital

Hope’s emergency department reopens after IIO investigation forces temporary closure

A man died at the Fraser Canyon Hospital in Hope on Wednesday (June 28) after a police shooting. (Kemone Moodley/Hope Standard)
A police vehicle's back end sits damaged in the ditch adjacent to the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP detachment Friday morning, while a second vehicle associated to a police-involved shooting with front-end damage and air bags right in front of it. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)

Patrol car rammed, officer hurt, suspect shot in B.C. RCMP parking lot

Incident closes street near North Cowichan/Duncan detachment Friday morning

A police vehicle's back end sits damaged in the ditch adjacent to the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP detachment Friday morning, while a second vehicle associated to a police-involved shooting with front-end damage and air bags right in front of it. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)
An Ontario Provincial Police logo is shown in Barrie, Ont., on Wednesday, April 3, 2019. Ontario Provincial Police say one officer is dead and two others were injured in an early morning shooting in a village east of Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

One officer killed, two others in hospital after shooting east of Ottawa: OPP

Three officers shot while responding to a disturbance at a home in Bourget, Ont.

An Ontario Provincial Police logo is shown in Barrie, Ont., on Wednesday, April 3, 2019. Ontario Provincial Police say one officer is dead and two others were injured in an early morning shooting in a village east of Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Chauvin murder conviction upheld in George Floyd killing

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A Surete du Quebec police car is seen in Montreal on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

Provincial police officer killed during attempted arrest northeast of Montreal

Sgt. Maureen Breau stabbed and killed while arresting a suspect in a Louiseville home

A Surete du Quebec police car is seen in Montreal on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
RCMP march during the procession for Edmonton Police Service constables Travis Jordan and Brett Ryan in Edmonton, Monday, March 27, 2023. The officers were killed in the line of duty on March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Funeral for two Edmonton police officers shot and killed responding to call

Pair were ambushed and shot at multiple times while responding to a family dispute

RCMP march during the procession for Edmonton Police Service constables Travis Jordan and Brett Ryan in Edmonton, Monday, March 27, 2023. The officers were killed in the line of duty on March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Police salute during a procession to a funeral home for Const. Travis Jordan and Const. Brett Ryan in Edmonton on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. A regimental funeral is set to be held Monday for the two officers, who were shot and killed while responding to a family dispute. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Funeral for two Edmonton police officers shot and killed responding to family dispute

Today’s service is not open to the public but there will be a livestream

Police salute during a procession to a funeral home for Const. Travis Jordan and Const. Brett Ryan in Edmonton on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. A regimental funeral is set to be held Monday for the two officers, who were shot and killed while responding to a family dispute. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Deputy Chief Devin Laforce speaks about the details of the shooting that killed two police officers during a press conference in Edmonton, Friday, March 17, 2023. Edmonton police say a 16-year-old boy who shot and killed two officers on March 16 had been apprehended in November under the Mental Health Act and taken to hospital for assessment. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Boy who killed Edmonton officers had been apprehended under Mental Health Act: police

Mother remains in hospital, unable to speak but able to communicate through writing

Deputy Chief Devin Laforce speaks about the details of the shooting that killed two police officers during a press conference in Edmonton, Friday, March 17, 2023. Edmonton police say a 16-year-old boy who shot and killed two officers on March 16 had been apprehended in November under the Mental Health Act and taken to hospital for assessment. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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Fatal shooting in Prince George, B.C., as RCMP respond to distraught man

IIO called in after highway mental health incident ended with man dead

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An Edmonton Police Service logo is shown at a press conference in Edmonton, Oct. 2, 2017. The Edmonton Police Service says in a news release that two patrol officers were killed while responding to a call Thursday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Source says suspect who killed two Edmonton officers was 16, also shot his mother

Flags at Alberta legislature, government buildings and police detachments at half-mast

An Edmonton Police Service logo is shown at a press conference in Edmonton, Oct. 2, 2017. The Edmonton Police Service says in a news release that two patrol officers were killed while responding to a call Thursday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Edmonton Police Const. Travis Jordan, left, and Const. Brett Ryan are seen in a composite image made from two undated handout photos. Jordan, 35, an 8 1/2-year veteran with the Edmonton force, and Ryan, 30, who had been with the service for 5 1/2 years, were shot and killed responding to a domestic violence call. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Edmonton Police Service

Father-to-be and ‘snow angel’: Edmonton officers shot and killed on duty remembered

Brett Ryan and Travis Jordan were shot and killed responding to a domestic violence call

Edmonton Police Const. Travis Jordan, left, and Const. Brett Ryan are seen in a composite image made from two undated handout photos. Jordan, 35, an 8 1/2-year veteran with the Edmonton force, and Ryan, 30, who had been with the service for 5 1/2 years, were shot and killed responding to a domestic violence call. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Edmonton Police Service