The RCMP says an officer working on the Surrey Six case left a notebook, which was handed over to police last month, at his former home.
Sgt. Rob Vermeulen didn't identify the officer, but CBC reported that the notebook belonged to RCMP Const. Shane Busch and was found by his former wife inside the house they once shared.
Busch鈥檚 former brother-in-law provided the CBC with a copy of the notebook, which was described as showing the movement of key Surrey Six suspects during surveillance.
Vermeulen would only say that 鈥渨hat was turned in to us on August 12, 2013 was a personal notebook that belongs to a police officer.鈥�
鈥淭he information we have is that the notebook was located in the residence where he resided and turned in by a family member,鈥� he said. 鈥淣otebooks of this type are used by police officers to record their notes, observations and anything else they wish relative to their duties. Notebooks are primarily designed to assist police officers in refreshing their memories relative to their specific roles in an investigation. Notes recorded in a notebook assist the police officer in recounting his/her actions if called upon to testify in court proceedings.鈥�
Vermeulen said cops 鈥渁re responsible for the safekeeping of their notebooks.鈥�
鈥淲e can't speak to why someone has allegedly photocopied a police officer's notebook and provided it to CBC, but can tell you that where a police officer's notebook contains notes about a particular investigation, copies of those notes are provided to Crown and disclosed to the Court,鈥� he said.
He said the Mounties would not be commenting further given that the case is before the courts.
Three men charged in the Oct. 19, 2007 murder of six in a Surrey high rise are due to go to trial on Sept. 30 in B.C. Supreme Court.
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