B.C. watchdog reviewing complaints into VPD spokesperson [Video]

B.C.’s Office of the Police Complaints Commission is reviewing the findings of an internal investigation by the Vancouver Police Department into bombshell complaints about the workplace conduct of a high-profile officer, CTV News has learned. 

Sgt. Steve Addison, one of two media relations officers and a key spokesperson for the force, is named as a defendant in a civil suit filed by his former supervisor in the public relations department, Sharmini Dee, who alleges that he harassed, bullied, and discriminated against her based on her race and gender “almost daily.” 

The OPCC does not typically disclose information about its reviews, and generally will not even confirm the existence of a complaint against an individual officer. But the watchdog has provided some details after CTV News asked them to provide clarity about their involvement in such a high-profile case with rumours proliferating.

In an email statement, the office confirms that the VPD reported the allegations against Addison last year, and …