Victoria’s police chief apologized Wednesday for the “contributions” his officers made to the collapse of a major drug prosecution doomed by a disgraced former officer’s involvement in the initial investigation.
But Chief Del Manak insisted his officers didn’t mislead the court about Robb Ferris’s role in Project Juliet, despite a B.C. Supreme Court judge’s claim they “obscured” Ferris’s part in a probe that began a month earlier than his officers swore it did.
“We’re disappointed at the outcome of the file, which involved a significant amount of resources and dedication from our officers. Now it’s clear that there were several points of failure,” Manak said at a news conference late Wednesday.
“There
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