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One of two Moncton RCMP officers facing allegations under the force's code of conduct has been found to have violated it.

  MONCTON, N.B. -- The labour association representing RCMP members says it's pleased obstruction charges against two officers in New Brunswick have been dropped. National Police Federation president Brian Sauve said Tuesday in a news release the charges against Cpl. Mathieu Potvin and Const. Eric Pichette were dropped Monday. Potvin and Pichette were among three officers charged with obstruction in December 2019; the police have refused to release information about the case. Sauve says Crown prosecutor Claude Hache told a court in Moncton, N.B., on Monday that new evidence indicated th...

Posted: Apr 26, 2021 11:06 AM AT | Last Updated: April 26 Two Codiac Regional RCMP officers faced a single count of obstruction of justice, which the Crown withdrew on Monday after saying there was no longer a reasonable prospect of conviction. (Shane Magee/CBC) Charges of obstruction of justice against two Codiac Regional RCMP officers have been dropped by the Crown prosecutor, who says there's no longer a reasonable prospect of conviction.  Cpl. Mathieu Potvin, 33, Const. Eric Pichette, 39, had each been charged with a single count of obstructing justice by destroying evidence in a crim...

Posted: Mar 15, 2021 12:34 PM AT | Last Updated: March 15 Three RCMP officers face a charge of obstruction of justice by destroying evidence in a criminal case, which allegedly occurred in May 2019. (Shane Magee/CBC)

Posted: Jan 15, 2021 3:27 PM AT | Last Updated: January 15 Three Codiac Regional RCMP officers each face a single count of obstructing justice by destroying evidence during a criminal investigation in 2019. (Shane Magee/CBC file) Obstruction of justice charges against three RCMP officers are "troubling" says the chair of a board overseeing Codiac Regional RCMP. "Everyone is innocent until proven guilty," Charles Léger told reporters after a Codiac Regional Policing Authority Board meeting Thursday night.  "It's not something we like to hear, but there's a need to make sure that justice is u...