Recent Findings and Recommendations: August 2025

In August 2025, the Chairperson of the RCMP External Review Committee (ERC) made the following Findings and Recommendations:

File Number	File Type	Keyword
C-135	Conduct	Discreditable conduct Motor RCMP vehicle collision Police officer’s responsibilities Sufficiency of reasons Pre-judgment of outcome Application of correct legal test for discreditable conduct Appeal dismissed
C-136	Conduct	Lawful orders Neglect of duty Scope of allegations Bias Investigational shortcomings Spoilation of evidence Adequacy of disclosure Performance and medical issues Failure to consider arguments Appeal allowed Allegations established Time limitation for conduct measures expired
C-137	Conduct	Failure to meet 14-day time limit to appeal a conduct decision Consideration of whether a retroactive extension should be granted using applicable four-factor test
NC-274	Harassment	Procedural fairness Clearly unreasonable decision Sufficiency of the harassment investigation New evidence on appeal
NC-275	Harassment	Clearly unreasonable Privacy Weighing evidence Procedural fairness Missing witnesses Incomplete record Bias
NC-276	Harassment	Error of law Failure to properly apply harassment test

If you would like to be notified when the ERC posts new Findings and Recommendations summaries, please contact us at org@erc-cee.gc.ca.

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