Public hearing underway into abuse of authority allegations against officer

A public hearing, ordered by the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner, is underway into allegations of misconduct by a Vancouver police officer two years ago. 

Const. Brian Hobbs is accused of unlawfully entering Vancouver resident Andrew Fraser’s home and handcuffing him on Nov. 18, 2015. 

Public hearing counsel Bradley Hickford told the hearing Monday he intended to hear testimony from the complainant Fraser; the police officer who was Hobbs’s partner at the time; another officer who attended Fraser’s home; and a Vancouver Police Professional Standards investigator, Sgt. Derek Gilmore.

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