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Kelowna cop under investigation for questionable traffic stop

Kelowna cop under investigation for questionable traffic stop

Among a recent slew of investigations into police activity is a case out of Kelowna, B.C., where a Mountie is being questioned for his questionable behaviour.

Shawn Michaelz of Edmonton, Alberta, was driving in Kelowna with his girlfriend when a Mountie pulled them over.

Michaelz explained on Facebook that he and his girlfriend were waiting to turn left at an intersection and though they had time to turn, they waited for the slowly oncoming police officer to turn, as he had the right of way.

“I throw my hands up in the air in the passenger seat of the vehicle and the cop gets mad and pulls a U-turn in the intersection to pull us over,” wrote Michaelz on Facebook.

When asked why they were pulled over, the unidentified Mountie was recorded saying, “I’m doing my job. I’m looking for a licence plate and I looked down at my screen and I may have lost track of where I was on the road. Fair enough, but that’s my job as a police officer.“

When Michaelz brought up ‘distracted driving,’ the Mountie grew even more angry.

"You want to potshot me by saying I’m a distracted driver when I’m doing my job? I said, OK, you want to see my job, wait right here, I’ll get a traffic member and we’ll check your car. That’s doing my job,” the Mountie said.

Michaelz and his girlfriend did not receive a ticket or undergo an investigation of their vehicle, but the RCMP will examine the actions of the Mountie, Superintendent Nick Romanchuck told KelownaNow.

“We’ll conduct a thorough review of everything that happened during that traffic stop and then we’ll come to a conclusion as to the appropriateness of the officer’s actions,” said Romanchuck.