A Victoria police officer has been found to have committed misconduct after firing plastic bullets into a smoky room that resulted in the death of a 43-year old woman.
Retired judge Wally Oppal made the ruling in a report for the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner (OPPC). He said that Sgt. Ron Kirkwood’s use of the plastic rounds against Lisa Rauch was “reckless and unnecessary.”
Oppal also said that Kirkwood was not guilty of misconduct for not making notes about the December 2019 incident.
The investigation into the incident was first ordered in January 2020 but was suspended while the Independent Investigations Office (IIO) conducted a criminal investigation, the OPCC said….