There seems to be a desire to change the way public complaints against the RCMP are investigated.

In the B.C. legislature today, Mike Farnworth,the NDP member from Port Coquitlam- Burke Mountain, asked if the Solicitor General, John Les would call a public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Kevin St. Arnaud.

The Solicitor General didn’t rule out calling for such an inquiry, “I am well aware of the circumstances surrounding the death of Kevin St. Arnaud, and the matter is currently before the RCMP complaints process. I suggest we wait for the results of that process.”

The NDP pressed John Les, asking that , in the wake of the St. Arnaud and Ian Bush cases ( both cases of civilians being shot to death by RCMP officers) if  Les would bring about change that would see the development of a complete independent investigation process.

Les says he has been in contact with his federal counterpart, Stockwell Day "It is too early to suggest exactly what kind of collaboration might be available between the provincial and the federal government in this case, but the fact that there is some opportunity to develop a more collaborative process…. Certainly, that prospect is there, and I'm committed to following up on that with the federal minister to the greatest extent possible"

 Kevin St. Arnaud was shot to death in  Vanderhoof in December of 2004.  The Police investigation  recommended  no charges against Constable Ryan Sheremetta.