An investigation by the RCMP’s Federal Policing – Pacific Region Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET) resulted in an arrest of a former RCMP officer on Thursday.
Michael Scoretz, 47, of Bowen Island, and former INSET member, faces 13 charges in relation to activity during his employment by the RCMP.
The charges allege that work-related material was found at Scoretz’s home and that he shared protected information with individuals he was in a relationship with, contrary to the Security of Information Act (SOIA).
Scoretz has been charged with six counts of Unauthorized Communication of Special Operational Information and seven counts of breach of trust.
The offences are alleged to have happened between August 2020 and February 2023 while he was with INSET.
Scoretz became a Mountie in 2009 and retired in 2025.
None of the charges involve current national security investigations, nor were any investigations compromised as a result of these incidents.
The investigation is now before the courts.
“It is deeply troubling when a member of law enforcement is drawn into any kind of criminal allegations. It is unsettling for the public and for fellow law enforcement officers. However, the results of this investigation show a deep commitment by our investigators to hold individuals’ accountable no matter their employment or background,” said Insp. Bryan Pyatt of Pacific Region INSET.