Esquimalt Mayor and Victoria Police Board co-chair Barb Desjardins says she object "to the tone and the commentary and allegations" within the report on Frank Elsner. (CHEK News)Lowe could not immediately be reached for comment on the position taken by Desjardins and Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps. Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps said the Victoria Police Board followed the advice of its legal counsel in its handling of the Elsner case. "The mayors chose not to expand the investigator's mandate to include these allegations," the report said. Helps said the mayors also hired an investigator, who was endorsed by the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner.

Source: CBC News September 30, 2018 21:22 UTC