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Mountie charged after shots fired inside his home
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Search on for new superintendent Langley School District has put out the call to fill position that has been empty since January MIRANDA GATHERCOLE Times Reporter
The job posting has officially been released, and now the Langley School District is one step closer to selecting a new superintendent. The position has been empty since the firing of Cheryle Beaumont in January by a 5-2 vote of the board of education, and has since been temporarily filled by acting superintendent Suzanne Hoffman. The search is being overseen by secretary-treasurer David Green and assistant
superintendent of human resources Jennifer Canas. Green said neither of them are interested in applying for the position. In a meeting on Feb. 27, the board drafted a set of criteria needed for the person who will take over the role. According to Green, the characteristics of the district had to be clearly defined first in order to select someone who will best fit the needs here in Langley. “We did an examination of what the district’s culture is and in addition the district’s goals to determine what the district profile is for potential candidates,” he told the board on March 27. “Candidates for the position of superintendent would be interested in what the district profile is, what sort of district are we and what sort of things do we do here.” The board has been working in partnership with the organization Make a
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Future — Careers in BC Education, a recruitment branch of the BC Public School Employers’ Association, to help make a decision. Make a Future is used to assist the hiring process in B.C.’s 60 boards of education and in the ministry of education. The superintendent job posting will close on April 20 and interviews for the position will take place in May. Applicants will be screened through behavioural crosschecking and behavioural interviews, Green said. “Candidates for the position will have to demonstrate that they have experience and that they can actually support prime examples of how they’ve done something in their careers, how they manage themselves and how they read people and that sort of thing,” he said. A new superintendent will be in place this summer, before the new school year begins in September.
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A 24-year-veteran of the RCMP has been suspended from duty and faces a charge of careless use of a firearm, after Langley Mounties responded to a call of shots fired at around 9 p.m. on Wednesday, March 29. Const. Michael Roe, 46, was arrested without incident outside his Langley home Wednesday night and his duty pistol was seized. He was held overnight and appeared in Surrey provincial court on Thursday. Roe, who is currently posted to the federal drug enforcement branch, was off duty when an undisclosed number of shots were fired from his duty pistol into the wall of his residence. The police officer’s wife and children were home at the time, but nobody was injured in the incident. Langley RCMP held a press conference on Thursday afterInsp. Amrik noon to announce the charge Virk against Roe, but Insp. Amrik Virk stressed that with the investigation just 18 hours old at the time,“there is a great deal of investigation yet to be done.” He would not confirm how many shots had been fired, but said it was “more than one.” Asked whether the incident was deliberate or accidental, Virk replied that he could not answer the question, but pointed once again to the charge of careless use of a firearm. Virk also acknowledged that it is possible more charges could be laid as the investigation proceeds, but added that he wouldn’t speculate as to what they might be. In addition to the charge, a code of conduct has been ordered. Virk said the RCMP are being held to a high degree of accountability and the officer “will be held to a high standard.” “The commanding officer has been briefed on this matter and has been clear that he requires all of the information available . . . so that he can make an informed decision in regard to the member’s pay,” reads a release issued by Langley RCMP.
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