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One of B.C.’s police watchdogs says it wants to go outside the province to find an investigator into an astonishing series of allegations about what happened in a course that trains undercover police officers.
CTV News has learned that course, the B.C. Municipal Undercover Program, was shut down abruptly earlier this month following allegations several officers went to extreme lengths in a course scenario to prove they are not a cop.
Those actions are alleged to include exposing genitalia, defecating on another officer, penetrating an officer using a vegetable, and removing feminine hygiene products, multiple sources confirmed to CTV News.
“That sounds disgusting if those allegations are correct. It’s appalling, frankly,” said B.C. Solicitor-General Mike Farnworth in interview audio provided to CTV News.
“This is an investigation that has to take place. We want it done quickly. We want it done right. That’s what’s going to happen,” he said.
Some two dozen officers attended the course at the Sheraton Wall Centre in downtown Vancouver, sources said. They came from a wide variety of agencies including the Vancouver Police Department and Metro Vancouver Transit Police.
The course itself is run under the B.C. Association of Municipal Chiefs of Police, as opposed to the Justice Institute of B.C.
Policing agencies referred questions from CTV News last week to transit police, who responded with a statement saying, “The police agencies participating in the recent B.C. Municipal Undercover training course are aware of the allegations that have been brought forward regarding the behaviour of several officers during the course.”
Policing agencies referred questions from CTV News last week to transit police, who responded with a statement saying, “The police agencies participating in the recent B.C. Municipal Undercover training course are aware of the allegations that have been brought forward regarding the behaviour of several officers during the course.”
