The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. (IIO) is looking into the death of a Quesnel man.
Information provided by the police indicates that officers responded to a call about an unwanted person outside a building on Carson Avenue on Monday morning at 1:10 a.m.
Police attended and spoke to the man before leaving.
BC Emergency Health Services then responded to a call just after 8-30 that morning about a person at the same location.
Paramedics found the man was unresponsive.
They provided aid but he was later pronounced dead at the scene.
The IIO says there are two factors in the investigation…one, if there has been an injury that meets the threshold of serious harm, as defined by the Police Act, or a death.
And two, if there is a connection between the serious harm or death and officer or detention guard action or inaction.
If both conditions are met, the investigation will continue to examine all available evidence to determine what occurred.
At the conclusion of the investigation, the chief civilian director will consider whether there are reasonable grounds to believe that an offence may have occurred.
