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Vancouver Police Department to implement eight coroner’s jury recommendations regarding suicide of constable Nicole Chan, 30, who died Jan. 27, 2019.

Vancouver Police Department to implement eight coroner’s jury recommendations regarding suicide of constable Nicole Chan, 30, who died Jan. 27, 2019.

The Vancouver Police Department says it's committed to implementing all recommendations addressed to the force from the inquest into Const. Nicole Chan's suicide. 

Vancouver Police Department to implement eight coroner’s jury recommendations regarding suicide of constable Nicole Chan, 30, who died Jan. 27, 2019.

Chan took her own life four years ago after filing a complaint of sexual assault and extortion against a supervising officer.

BURNABY, B.C. — A coroner's jury has made a dozen recommendations after probing the suicide of Vancouver police Const. Nicole Chan, who died during a mental health crisis after having relationships with two senior officers.

The Vancouver Police Department's director of labour and employee relations testified Tuesday, the seventh and final day of the B.C. Coroner's Inquest into the death of Const. Nicole Chan about VPD policy on personal relationships in the workplace.