Report disproving allegation against Ken Sim won’t be made public

The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner of British Columbia (OPCC) says it will not be releasing the contents of a report that found allegations of drunk driving levelled against Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim are “baseless.”

Sim himself has called for the report to be made public.

The report follows a two-year saga for the mayor after rumours began circulating that he was involved in a drinking and driving incident in January of 2023 — and that Vancouver Police Department officers allegedly covered it up.

The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner was called in to investigate and tells 1130 NewsRadio that it, the RCMP, and the Abbotsford Police Department all worked on the case together.

The OPCC says it considers the allegations “baseless” and found that while police did search a license plate associated with the mayor, there’s no evidence Sim was stopped for an impaired driving investigation. The AbbyPD says the officers were “performing ordinary policing duties at the time of [those] queries.”

In a statement posted to social media Monday, Sim says the report should be released because there’s still speculation and misinformation spreading.

He says it’s about more than clearing his own name; rather, it’s a matter of public confidence in the integrity of his office and the VPD.

“Transparency is essential to maintaining trust in our public institutions, and I strongly believe that releasing the report to the public will help provide clarity to the public and affirm the integrity of the investigative process,” Sim wrote.

The mayor says he has also not been provided access to the report.