RCMP Officer accused in fatal crash also involved in death of Robert Dziekanski at YVR

10/28/2008

The RCMP officer facing charges in a fatal crash in Delta was one of the Mounties involved in the death of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski a year ago.
The officer’s name has not been released and he has not been charged in either the accident or the Dziekanski case, in which the Polish man was jolted with a Taser at Vancouver International Airport.
However, it’s expected he will be charged with impaired driving in Saturday night’s accident in which a Jeep struck and killed 21-year-old motorcyclist Orion Hutchinson.
Police say the driver of the Jeep failed a breathalyzer test and faces at least two charges, but it’s expected he won’t be formally charged until his first court appearance in January.
The officer is with the Olympic Integrated Security Unit but was off-duty at the time of the crash.
R-C-M-P Sergeant Tim Shields says the officer has been suspended with pay, and in addition to the criminal investigation by Delta police, the Mounties are conducting their own internal code of conduct investigation.

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Orion Hutchinsonさんのご冥福をお祈りいたします。

Here he goes again, and again.
Put him in jail NOW.
>Officer has been suspended with pay,..
what?
with pay? why? 　

このことで、テイザーガンの使用自体が問題じゃなくって、テイザーを使ったオフィサーに問題があったってことのような気がしました。

それにしても、犯罪人でもない人を、二人もアクシデントで殺しちゃってる警官って・・・
　

Innocent until proven guilty という思考は理解できますが、現行犯で逮捕された警官をsuspnded with PAY というような、どのような事情があるにしろ身内を守るという体制が良くないのだと思います。　その警官の個人の問題かどうかは、実際その警官の精神鑑定などをきちんとしてみなければ、この二つの事件だけからは判断できないと思います。　酔っぱらい運転をするような警官は問題があるとは言えますが、だからといって一年前の事件の要因だったかははっきりとは言えないという意味です。 　

あと、一年前の事件は「アクシデント」であった、という見解は賛否があるでしょうね。