Overview
- Erica McLean says police boxed in her SUV at a shopping-centre parking lot, ordered her out at gunpoint, handcuffed her briefly, and then released her.
- RCMP report the vehicle was mistaken for a black 2025 Volkswagen Taos that had been reported stolen the day before by suspects tied to a local crime syndicate.
- Police say they followed high-risk stop training, blocking the vehicle’s movement and approaching with firearms drawn before determining the driver was alone.
- Sgt. Dan Morris says officers quickly confirmed she was not the suspect, contacted her multiple times afterward, and offered support through the detachment’s victim services.
- McLean, an Indigenous vice-chair of the local school board, describes ongoing trauma and says she plans to seek answers from RCMP leadership, with no independent review announced in the coverage.