The Globe and Mail

October 30, 2008

VANCOUVER -- The Mountie accused of impaired driving in a traffic accident that killed a 21-year-old motorcyclist is consumed by "deep sorrow" over the incident, but has not received preferential treatment from police, who have yet to identify him to the public, his lawyer says.

In an unusual twist, the police officer is one of four Mounties who were involved in a confrontation with Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski, who died a year ago after being tasered at Vancouver International Airport.

While declining to give the officer's name, police have confirmed his role in the Dziekanski case, noting that since the incident, which raised enduring questions about the police use of conducted energy weapons, the officer has been assigned to the Integrated Security Unit for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

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