Charges against officer urged over traffic stop

B.C.'S independent investigator is recommending charges against an officer who used a police vehicle to force a van to a halt after the driver didn't comply with a traffic stop, then used a police dog during the arrest, leaving the man with a severe injury. The RCMP reported to the Independent Investigations Office of B.C. that shortly after midnight on April 17, 2021, police tried to stop a white minivan in the 100 block of Highway 1 near Ladysmith on Vancouver Island. The man behind the wheel reportedly didn't stop. “Police vehicles were used to bring the van to a stop and the man was removed from the vehicle,” the IIO said in a statement.