The Surrey RCMP had a seven-member team investigating Doug McCallumsa国际传媒檚 complaint alleging his foot had been run over by a car, in the parking lot of a South Surrey grocery store on Sept. 4, 2021, a Surrey provincial court judge heard Tuesday during the second day of the outgoing mayorsa国际传媒檚 public mischief trial.

Defence lawyer Richard Peck, K.C., noted this was for sa国际传媒渇or what I would describe as a minor hit-and-run.sa国际传媒�

sa国际传媒淧retty extraordinary isnsa国际传媒檛 it?sa国际传媒� Peck asked Crown witness Sgt. Andre Johnny, the prime investigator, to which the officer replied, sa国际传媒淣o.sa国际传媒�

Johnny noted McCallum had gone to hospital.

sa国际传媒淣o, not necessarily minor,sa国际传媒� he said.

sa国际传媒淭o this day you cannot say conclusively whether the foot was run over?sa国际传媒� Peck asked.

sa国际传媒淣o I cannot,sa国际传媒� Johnny replied.

Peck noted a police document indicates a police officer saying they sa国际传媒渃annot say conclusively whether that foot was run over or not.sa国际传媒�

Judge Reginald Harris is presiding over Doug McCallumsa国际传媒檚 public mischief trial in courtroom 101, Surrey provincial courtsa国际传媒檚 largest courtroom. The former Surrey mayor is charged with one count of public mischief contrary to Section 140(2) of the Criminal Code, stemming from an encounter on Sept. 4, 2021 between himself and a group of volunteers that was gathering petition signatures outside the South Point Save-On-Foods store in South Surrey South for a referendum on the citysa国际传媒檚 policing transition.

Peck noted senior officers were sa国际传媒渁dvising, admonishing impartialitysa国际传媒� from the investigators to which Johnny replied, sa国际传媒淲e need to look at both sides of the storysa国际传媒� to determine if any deception is present.

Peck noted the idea of putting a surveillance team on McCallum was brought up at a police briefing.

sa国际传媒淗esa国际传媒檚 a 77-year-old man going about his business,sa国际传媒� the lawyer noted.

Johnny said the purpose would have been to see how McCallum was walking, to see if he was injured.

sa国际传媒淵ou need a surveillance team to determine how a mansa国际传媒檚 walking?sa国际传媒� Peck asked.

Johnny said the idea was brought up during a sa国际传媒渂rainstorming sessionsa国际传媒� but was ultimately shut down.

sa国际传媒淚t was someone from the management team who said, sa国际传媒榥o surveillance,sa国际传媒檚a国际传媒� Johnny said.

Peck said McCallum told police sa国际传媒渉e felt he was being targeted this day for harassment,sa国际传媒� referring to Sept. 4, 2021. In response to this, Johnny said sa国际传媒減eople speak to each other in that manner all the time,sa国际传媒� in terms of sa国际传媒渟creamingsa国际传媒� at each other.

sa国际传媒淗arassment was never the issue,sa国际传媒� he said, but rather, the MVA.

The trial continues.

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