Greg Matters RCMP shooting investigation gets third-party review

British Columbia's police watchdog, the Independent Investigations Office, has ordered a third-party review of the agency's investigation into the death of a retired soldier shot by RCMP.

Greg Matters, 40,was shot and killed after a 30-hour standoff with a police emergency response team on a rural property outside Prince George, B.C. in September 2012.

Matters wasa soldier for 15 years, who served in the Bosnian conflict before returning toPrince Georgein 2009, and was being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder at the time of his death.

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The Independent Investigations Office issued a report in April2013, clearing officers of criminal wrongdoing.

That report said Matters was shot in the chest but a pathologisttestified later at a coroner's inquest that Matters was shot in theback.

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The office released a supplemental report last week that blamedthe discrepancy on the use of unclear language in the report butupheld the earlier finding that the officers committed no criminalwrongdoing.

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The office's chief civilian director Richard Rosenthal says hereceived a complaint about the investigation and has now appointedVancouver-based lawyer Mark Jette to conduct the administrativereview.

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The BC Civil Liberties Association is amongthe groups that called for an independent review.

"It's the kind of error that we have always said would really benefit from having an independent review, said executive director Josh Paterson.

"Not just the IIOtelling us that they've looked at how they did this case, and made some corrections, but to have someone else come in and say, 'Here on your first case are some of the places that perhaps you could have improved.'"

Greg Matters mother, Lorraine Matters, is pleased there will be a review of of the IIO investigation.

"I do not have any faith in the system at the moment, and I'm hoping that I'm wrong, that there will be someone who is going to be reviewing every little detail."

The IIO says it is taking this step to ensure the integrity of the investigation.

Jettewill submit his report to the province's deputy attorneygeneral and director of police services.

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