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   From: gregcarrsober@gmail.com   
      
   An Abbotsford Police officer has been charged with a number of   
   offences following an eight-month investigation that began when he   
   allegedly leaked information to a drug dealer so that person could   
   avoid arrest.   
      
   Const. Christopher Nicholson has been charged with breach of trust,   
   obstruction of justice and conspiracy to traffic a controlled   
   substance.   
      
   He has been suspended without pay from his job.   
      
   The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) began the investigation last   
   September, and Chief Jim Chu said at a press conference on Tuesday   
   morning that further charges will be laid against Nicholson.   
      
   Nicholson has been with the Abbotsford Police Department (APD) since   
   2005.   
      
   Chu said the APD asked the VPD to conduct an investigation into the   
   matter, and up to a dozen officers were involved in the covert   
   operation.   
      
   Chu said it is alleged that Nicholson provided false information to   
   other officers, who used the details to obtain search warrants for   
   drugs for private residences.   
      
   He also allegedly conspired with a confidential informant to have   
   drugs delivered to a residence and have other police officers conduct   
   a search warrant soon after.   
      
   "Since we believe that Christopher Nicholson had knowledge of the drug   
   transaction and was an active participant in the transaction, a charge   
   of conspiracy to traffic a controlled substance has been laid," Chu   
   said.   
      
   APD Chief Bob Rich, also speaking at the press conference in   
   Vancouver, said, if the facts are proven to be true, Nicholson put the   
   "lives and reputations of other police officers at risk."   
      
   "To the front-line officers, these are some of the most dangerous and   
   high-risk entries that police officers undertake. Executing search   
   warrants with false/misleading information puts many police officers   
   in unnecessary danger," he said.   
      
   Watch abbynews.com for more details on this story.   
      
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