B.C. Taser report finished but not released
Last Updated: Thursday, May 20, 2010 | 12:36 PM PT
The Canadian Press
Commissioner Thomas Braidwood has handed his final report over to the B.C.'s attorney general.
(CBC)The final report into the death of Robert Dziekanski has been handed over to B.C.'s attorney general, but it's not clear when the public will get to see it.
Retired judge Thomas Braidwood led a two-part inquiry into the death of the Polish immigrant who died after he was repeatedly stunned by the RCMP at Vancouver's airport in October of 2007.
His first report dealt with the use of the conducted energy weapon by police in B.C., while his second report focused on the events that led to Dziekansi's death.
The B.C. government said that under the province's Public Inquiry Act, the B.C. cabinet must first have a chance to see the report and determine whether sections must be withheld under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
After cabinet consideration, the report will be tabled in the legislative assembly and then be publicly available, said the statement.
Meanwhile Taser International is challenging Braidwood's statements in the first report with a lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court.
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