Police did not proactively release information about the discovery of a man's body in the 700 block of 20th Street West on the morning of Nov. 6.
Chief Troy Cooper said existing policies work well and there are times police have to wait to disclose information.We deliver the local news you need in these turbulent times on weekdays at 3 p.m.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
“Where we find it difficult, I think for either agency, to do public announcements, is if we’re not clear on the cause of death, or perhaps there’s a death that occurs outside and there may be contributing factors such as addictions, potential for overdose and those sorts of things, and we sometimes don’t know that right away. It might take some investigation,” he told the board.Article content
“It does happen, it’s just formally, in cases where there’s non-suspicious deaths, officially that’s jurisdiction and the purview of the coroner’s office,” he said.
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