UPDATED: 7:24 p.m.
B.C.’s police watchdog has confirmed investigators have been deployed to Grand Forks, not Kelowna after further investigation into the matter.
The Independent Investigations Office confirmed Thursday evening the incident was not in Kelowna as earlier reported.
Investigators have been deployed to Grand Forks.
UPDATE: initial notification suggested incident was near #Kelowna, further information confirms it happened in #GrandForks. Investigators deploying.
— IIOBC (@iiobc) May 11, 2018
The investigations office is called in to probe officer-related incidents of death or serious harm and determines whether or not an officer may have committed an offence.
Police watchdog has been notified of incident in #KelownaBC. More details to come @KelownaCapNews @BlackPressMedia https://t.co/T8fcVsM2bt
— Ashley Wadhwani (@ashwadhwani) May 11, 2018
Kelowna Cap News has reached out to Kelowna RCMP for more details.
More to come.
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