An RCMP officer charged with assault with a weapon, assault, and obstruction of justice over the arrest of an Indigenous man in Prince George in 2016 has been found not guilty on all counts.
Const. Joshua Grafton, an RCMP dog handler, was criminally charged four years after a back-alley takedown of two truck thieves was captured by a backyard security camera.
Grafton was charged with assaulting a man with a police dog and obstructing justice by allegedly making false entries in his dog handler’s report.
But provincial court Judge P. McDermick ruled Grafton’s actions were “proportionate, necessary, and reasonable” given the “high-risk” situation.