Independent watchdog clears Abbotsford police of involvement in death

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Investigators with B.C.’s independent police watchdog say Abbotsford officers had nothing to do with the death of a man involved in a fight at a Clearbrook business.

Members of the Independent Investigations Office released jurisdiction of the case Tuesday, after being called to the scene on Sunday, May 1.

A ruling from the office finds no connection between the action or inaction of police, and the death of the 54-year-old victim.

Abbotsford officers responded to a business last Sunday evening after reports of a fight.

The victim was found unconscious, without a pulse, and police performed CPR until paramedics arrived and took over.

The unnamed man died a short time later in hospital and the IIO was called because it must examine all cases of police-involved death or serious injury in British Columbia.