Former RCMP officer facing 13 charges in national security probe - BERITAJA

The RCMP says 1 of its erstwhile officers is facing 13 charges successful relationship pinch a nationalist information investigation.

RCMP’s Federal Policing – Pacific Region Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET) announced the charges against the 47-year-old man Thursday.

It alleged the erstwhile INSET officer, who was bound by secrecy nether the Security of Information Act, shared protected and/or classified accusation pinch individuals he was successful a narration pinch betwixt August 2020 and February 2023.

The charges allege that work-related worldly was recovered astatine the suspect’s home.

The serviceman joined the RCMP successful 2009 and retired successful 2025.

None of the charges impact existent nationalist information investigations, nor were immoderate investigations compromised because of these incidents, the RCMP said.

“It is profoundly troubling erstwhile a personnel of rule enforcement is drawn into immoderate benignant of criminal allegations. It is unsettling for the nationalist and for chap rule enforcement officers,” Insp. Bryan Pyatt said successful a news release.

“However, the results of this investigation show a heavy committedness by our investigators to clasp individuals’ accountable nary matter their employment aliases background.”

Michael Scoretz of Bowen Island was arrested Thursday and charged pinch six counts of unauthorized connection of typical operational accusation and 7 counts of breach of trust.

The RCMP said it wouldn’t beryllium commenting further, fixed that the investigation is now earlier the courts.