Investigation launched into Stl'atl'imx Tribal Police Service member accused of secretly filming women
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RCMP are investigating allegations of criminal activity by a member of the Stl’atl’imx Tribal Police Service in Mt. Currie, and CTV News has learned he’s accused of secretly filming women he met on dating apps.
RCMP are investigating allegations of criminal activity by a member of the Stl’atl’imx Tribal Police Service in Mt. Currie, and CTV News has learned he’s accused of secretly filming women he met on dating apps.
According to a release issued by Mounties Tuesday, the officer has been placed on administrative leave and the Sea to Sky RCMP General Investigation Section is taking the lead, with oversight from the Lower Mainland District RCMP.
The matter has also been referred to the Office of Police Complaints Commission, the independent civilian oversight body that monitors complaints and investigations involving municipal police.
The release doesn’t detail what crimes are alleged to have occurred, but two women who say they used to date the officer both told CTV News that he was secretly filming women in his home without their knowledge or consent.
One woman agreed to a phone interview and her identity is being protected for privacy reasons.
The woman says she matched with the officer on the dating app Tinder around April last year and continued seeing him for several months.
“I thought we were actually in, like, a kind of relationship-type deal,” the woman said. “He would always tell me not to tell anybody about us, at all, because he was afraid that his work would find out and it’s unprofessional, or he didn’t want word getting out because it was a small town.”
