CP NewsAlert: Victoria officer gets 7-day suspension over the death of a woman

By Canadian Press on June 12, 2025.

VICTORIA — An adjudicator appointed by B.C.’s police watchdog has handed down a seven-day suspension without pay to a Victoria police officer who fired an anti-riot weapon that killed a woman.

Former B.C. Supreme Court judge Wally Oppal says Sgt. Ron Kirkwood is a good police officer who had a bad moment, which led to “catastrophic circumstances.”

Oppal ruled last month that the officer’s use of the weapon on 43-year-old Lisa Rauch was “reckless and unnecessary.”

More coming.

The Canadian Press