BC Police Watchdog Clears Langley RCMP in Man’s Death

British Columbia’s civilian police watchdog has cleared the RCMP of any wrongdoing in a fatal standoff last year with a man in the Langley area. Don Bennett was found dead in the aftermath of a fire at a rural property on Langley’s 0 Avenue on the U.S. border on Nov. 10, 2023. While neither the Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO) nor the RCMP identified the man, his family has provided his name in media reports. In a report issued May 30, the IIO said officers did nothing wrong in the leadup to the fatal fire. The report said it started after Mr. Bennett’s employer received several text messages that were potentially threatening, as well as suicidal, during the morning of Nov. 10....