Manitoba officers charged in just 2% of all police-involved deaths since 2015

Elias Whitehead is smiling. He has a short beard and is wearing a black hat.
Elias Whitehead, 37, is one of several people whose police-involved death did not result in charges against officers in Manitoba. The Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba has absolved officers of wrongdoing in 98 per cent of police-involved deaths since 2015, with death-related charges last laid almost nine years ago. (Supplied/Jody Beardy)

This is the first part in a series focused on the Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba. Stay tuned for part two.

The police watchdog responsible for investigating all officer-involved deaths in Manitoba has never met its mandate of accountability, transparency and independence, says a man who helped establish it more than a decade ago.

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