A Victoria police officer who killed a woman when he shot her with plastic bullets during an incident at a supportive-housing facility is expected to learn next Thursday what sort of discipline he could face.

Sgt. Ron Kirkwood was found to have committed misconduct in the Christmas Day 2019 incident by adjudicator Wally Oppal, a retired judge and former B.C. attorney general who oversaw a public hearing held by the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner into the death.

The hearing into the death of Lisa Rauch, 43, was held over 16 days between April and September 2024.

Kirkwood, who was a constable at the time of the death, was cleared of any criminal wrongdoing in the shooting.

As a result of the misconduct finding, he could face penalties ranging from dismissal or a reduced rank

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