A former RCMP officer in British Columbia has been arrested and faces multiple charges after being accused of sharing what police are calling “protected” or “classified” information.
Michael Scoretz faces 13 charges after investigators said work-related materials were found at his home on Bowen Island, just off the coast of Vancouver, the RCMP said in a June 4 press release.
The 47-year-old former officer was charged with six counts of unauthorized communication of special operational information and seven counts of breach of trust, police said.
Scoretz was working with the RCMP’s Pacific Region Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET) between August 2020 and February 2023. He joined the federal police force in 2009 and retired last year. The RCMP alleges the information sharing occurred while he was a member of INSET….