SaskatchewanIn April 2024, RCMP failed to complete a wellness check on a man at a rural property despite multiple calls from concerned family. Hours later the man was found with serious injuries and died in hospital.Calls from concerned relatives ignored by RCMP while man lay dying in homeJeremy Warren · CBC News · Posted: Nov 14, 2025 12:51 PM EST | Last Updated: 3 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.SIRT is withholding certain details from the public report because the matter is now in court, according to the report into the April 2024 incident. (CBC)Saskatchewan’s police watchdog organization has announced a charge against an RCMP officer after an investigation into the death of a civilian near Lloydminster last year.On Thursday, investigators with the Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) arrested the RCMP officer, who is charged with one count of breach of trust by a public officer.In April 2024, RCMP failed to complete a wellness check on a man at a rural property despite multiple calls from concerned family. Hours later the man was found with “serious” injuries and died in hospital.SIRT released its 3-page investigation summary on Friday. It says investigators interviewed six RCMP officers and six civilians about the incident.“Following a comprehensive review of the evidence gathered during the course of SIRT’s investigation, it was determined that reasonable grounds existed to believe that an offence had been committed by the Subject Officer,” the report stated.The arrested officer is not named in the report. The officer was released on bail and is scheduled to appear in Lloydminster Provincial Court on Dec. 11.SIRT is withholding certain details because the matter is now in court, according to the report. But SIRT shared some information about the incident last year.The first call to Maidstone RCMP came in around 7:14 a.m. CST on April 3, 2024. A concerned relative requested a wellness check on a 68-year-old man at a home in the Rural Municipality of Britannia, an area that sits along the Saskatchewan/Alberta border just north of Lloydminster.An on-call member of the Maidstone RCMP detachment was dispatched, but RCMP confirmed that no one physically checked on the man. More than nine hours later, at 4:30 p.m. CST, the relative called RCMP again and requested an update on the wellness check. At 4:39 p.m. CST the RCMP officer originally dispatched to the request left the Maidstone department.A second relative called RCMP around 5:01 p.m. CST and said they went to the 68-year-old’s house and he was seriously injured, but still alive.RCMP officers then went to the home and found the man, who was taken to hospital where he later died.According to the Criminal Code of Canada, “Every official who, in connection with the duties of their office, commits fraud or a breach of trust, whether or not the fraud or breach of trust would be an offence if it were committed in relation to a private person, is guilty of (a) an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than five years; or (b) an offence punishable on summary conviction.”ABOUT THE AUTHORJeremy Warren is a reporter in Saskatoon. You can reach him at jeremy.warren@cbc.ca.
RCMP officer charged after SIRT investigation into ignored wellness check
