Victoria police officer committed discreditable conduct while in Vancouver, OPCC report says
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The B.C. Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner (OPCC) has found that a Victoria police officer committed discreditable conduct while off-duty during a trip to Vancouver in 2018. The discreditable conduct involved a sexual encounter between the officer and an acquaintance where the consent of the encounter was questionable.
The B.C. Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner (OPCC) has found that a Victoria police officer committed discreditable conduct while off-duty during a trip to Vancouver in 2018.
The discreditable conduct involved a sexual encounter between the officer and an acquaintance where the consent of the encounter was questionable.
The OPCC's finding was released on Aug. 12 by adjudicator Wally Oppal, who noted in his decision that the OPCC was only deciding if discreditable conduct occurred, and that it was not the office's responsibility to rule on criminal offences such as sexual assault.
A criminal investigation into the incident previously took place and led to no charges.
The incident occurred on May 12, 2018, when VicPD Sgt. Brent Keleher was in Vancouver for a friend's bachelor party.
Keleher and his friends were at a bar when they met with the complainant, referred to by her initials as N.O. in the OPCC decision, and her friend Sarah McKay.
N.O., who is also from Victoria, was visiting her friend McKay in Vancouver when they coincidentally learned they had mutual friends in the city for the bachelor party.
N.O. had told police that she had been drinking casually with McKay when she first arrived in Vancouver, hours before the pair met with the other group of three men, including Keleher.
