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By Mike Vanden Bosch

Charges laid

Former correctional officer from Abbotsford charged for breach of trust by public officer

Oct 23, 2025 | 12:42 PM

ABBOTSFORD — Coquitlam RCMP announced Thursday that two charges of breach of trust by a public officer have been approved against an Abbotsford resident who formerly worked at a pretrial centre in Port Coquitlam.

According to a statement from police, Coquitlam RCMP launched a breach of trust investigation involving a former B.C. correctional officer employed at North Fraser Pretrial Centre in Port Coquitlam.

On Thursday, October 15, 2025, two charges of breach of trust by a public officer were approved by the BC Prosecution Service and laid against Ramandeep Rai (nee: Bassi) of Abbotsford.

The first offence is alleged to have occurred between July 14, 2022, and September 29, 2022, and the second between September 11 and 29, 2022.

Ramandeep Rai’s first court appearance is today, Oct. 23.

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