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Sep 10, 2026
Emily FaganCORRESPONDENT
So I asked Ron McDonald about that.
Emily FaganCORRESPONDENT
He's the former chief civilian director of BC's Independent Investigations Office.
Ron McDonaldSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
One could certainly make an argument that he ought to have been arrested as soon as he was seen outside of the home with a cell phone, because that's a clear violation of his court order.
Ron McDonaldSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And the obvious risk that it presents is that he might well continue to commit the similar types of offenses he had committed before.
Mike SmithHOST
We're lucky no one was killed here, but there's one serious injury of a pedestrian here too.
Mike SmithHOST
What are your concerns here? Because this is now being investigated, right, by the Independent Investigations Office.
Mike SmithHOST
Why are they involved?
Eleanor SturkoGUEST
So they're involved because we have two individuals, one of them in critical condition with life-threatening injuries, that's the bystander, involved in a police-involved pursuit.
James CousineauHOST
On the morning of March the 29th, 2016, she was discovered unresponsive in her holding cell.
James CousineauHOST
To understand why this inquest is so critical, you have to look at what the Independent Investigations Office, also known as the IIO of British Columbia, revealed when they concluded th- their civilian oversight, uh, report.
James CousineauHOST
The IIO investigated whether officers or, uh, sorry, or civilian jail guards committed criminal negligence causing death.
James CousineauHOST
Former chief civilian director, Ronald MacDonald, and yes, that is his name, uh, concluded that while the high legal threshold for criminal prosecution wasn't met, the systemic breakdowns and attitudes surrounding her care were deeply troubling.
speaker_1NARRATOR
The man was seriously injured and transported by air ambulance to another hospital.
speaker_1NARRATOR
British Columbia's Independent Investigations Office has taken over the investigation into police actions as is standard procedure in incidents involving serious harm.
speaker_1NARRATOR
Investigators are seeking witnesses and any video footage of the event.
speaker_1NARRATOR
The RCMP say they will not be releasing further details at this time.
speaker_17UNKNOWN
Now the Attorney General has ordered bureaucrats to respond to the commission's recommendations within the next 45 days to help make sure this doesn't happen again.
Sam FennHOST
And so we have this body called the Independent Investigations Office that opens up in B.C. It's like the S.I.U., but it's independent.
Sam FennHOST
So
Garth MullinsHOST
SIU is the body in Ontario.
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Sam FennHOST
It takes three years and VPD officers refuse to meet with them.
Sam FennHOST
They actually have to file a petition with the Supreme Court just to get one of those cops to sit down with them and talk about what happened.
speaker_20SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
BC's police watchdog, the Independent Investigations Office, looked into Gray's death and forwarded a report to Crown in the belief the officers may have committed a crime.
Sam FennHOST
And after all of this process, the BC Prosecution Service just drops all the charges.