Report Following a Public Interest Investigation into a Chair-Initiated Complaint Respecting the Death in RCMP Custody of Mr. Robert Dziekanski
Appendix E – Braidwood Commissions – Terms of Reference
The Province of British Columbia has initiated two Commissions of Inquiry, each headed by Commissioner Thomas R. Braidwood, Q.C., and known as the Thomas R. Braidwood, Q.C., Hearing and Study Commission, the mandate of each is as follows:113
4(1) The terms of reference of the inquiries to be conducted by the study commission ... are as follows:
- a) to review current rules, policies and procedures applicable to constables, sheriffs and authorized persons ... in respect of their use of conducted energy weapons and their training and re-training in that use;
- b) to review research, studies, reports and evaluations respecting the safety and effectiveness of conducted energy weapons when used in policing and law enforcement in British Columbia and in other jurisdictions;
- c) to make recommendations respecting
- the appropriate use of conducted energy weapons by constables, sheriffs and authorized persons ... in the performance of their duties and the exercise of their powers, and
- the appropriate training or re-training of those constables, sheriffs and authorized persons in that use of conducted energy weapons;
- d) to submit a report to the Attorney General on or before
June 30, 2008 (Amended by OIC 882 to June 30, 2009).
(2) The terms of reference of the inquiries to be conducted by the hearing and study commission ... are as follows:
- a) to conduct hearings, in or near the City of Vancouver, into the circumstances of and relating to Mr. Dziekanski's death;
- b) to make a complete report of the events and circumstances of and relating to Mr. Dziekanski's death, not limited to the actual cause of death;
- c) to make recommendations the commissioner considers necessary and appropriate;
- d) to submit a report to the Attorney General on or before a date to be determined by the Attorney General in consultation with the Commissioner.
The second Braidwood Commission, sitting in Vancouver, B.C., began to hear witnesses on January 19, 2009.
113 Section 4, Braidwood Inquiry Terms of Reference, at Purpose and Terms of Reference.