The officer was responding to an incident when he collided with a pedestrian on Commercial Drive, near East 1st Avenue, on Sept. 29, 2023
A Vancouver police officer is facing Motor Vehicle Act charges after a 2023 collision that injured a pedestrian.
Sgt. William Briscoe has been charged with driving without reasonable consideration, said the Independent Investigations Office of B.C. on Friday.
According to the Vancouver Police Department, at around 9:10 p.m. on Sept. 29, 2023, an officer responding to an incident was involved in a collision with a pedestrian in the 1600-block of Commercial Drive, near East 1st Avenue.
At the time, the woman declined help from first responders at the scene and sought medical care on her own.
About a month later, Vancouver police notified IIO that the woman “sustained an injury that may meet the threshold of serious harm.”
The IIO didn’t provide details on the pedestrian’s injury or the collision, saying the matter is before the courts. The IIO investigates police-involved incidents that lead to serious harm or death whether or not there are allegations of wrongdoing.
Briscoe is scheduled to make an appearance in Vancouver provincial court on Oct. 29.