Rob Shaw: Eby asks retired Abbotsford police chief to review the baffling release of a 'significant threat' (The ORCA)
Premier David Eby has tapped retired Abbotsford police chief Bob Rich to get to the bottom of how the man accused of a triple-stabbing in Chinatown last weekend got an unescorted day pass from a forensic hospital, even though new documents show the BC Review Board deemed him a “significant threat” to public safety. “We will ensure Mr. Rich has access to all of the documents and individuals he needs in order to share details with British Columbians about how it can possibly be that this man was released into the community,” Eby said Thursday. The premier reiterated his disbelief at the failure of the criminal justice system to keep the public safe from a known violent offender, after expressing earlier this week “white hot anger” at the BC Review Board ... CLICK HERE for the full news story