US EditionB.C. school trustee ‘terrified’ after police ordered her out of vehicle at gunpoint
Erica McLean, an Indigenous school trustee, was handcuffed during a mistaken high-risk stop after her vehicle was confused with a stolen car linked to a local crime syndicate.
- On Tuesday, Erica McLean, a Prince George school trustee, was ordered out of her sport utility vehicle with guns pointed at her and quickly released after officers determined she was not the suspect.
- Authorities mistook McLean's vehicle for a black 2025 Volkswagen Taos reported stolen a day earlier by suspects tied to a local crime syndicate, prompting a 'high-risk vehicle stop' by the street crew unit.
- Police boxed in her sport utility vehicle and ordered her out, handcuffing her after telling her the vehicle was reported stolen; McLean began having a panic attack before officers removed the cuffs and tried to calm her.
- McLean says she felt `terrified` and `feeling afraid, overwhelmed and angry` and will seek answers as an elected official and Indigenous community leader, while Commander Dan Morris said the detachment explained the stop and offered victim services.
- This report was first published Jan. 29, 2026, and Prince George RCMP did not immediately respond to media requests.
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Mistaken identity leads to police drawing weapons and handcuffing school trustee in her own vehicle
Prince George, B.C., school trustee says she's shaken and scared after being surrounded by police with their guns drawn and then put in handcuffs, in what RCMP say was a case of mistaken identity.
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B.C. school trustee ‘terrified’ after police ordered her out of vehicle at gunpoint
PRINCE GEORGE - A school trustee in Prince George, B.C., says she was "terrified" after being ordered out of her vehicle at gunpoint by police and handcuffed for a few minutes before being let go, leaving her "feeling afraid, overwhelmed…
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B.C. school trustee 'terrified' after police ordered her out of vehicle at gunpoint
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B.C. school trustee 'terrified' after police ordered her out of vehicle at gunpoint – Energeticcity.ca
Prince George, B.C., school trustee Erica McLean parked her vehicle to write an email on Tuesday after grabbing a coffee, and thought an unmarked police car was trying to park across from her when it bumped into the front of her Volkswagen. She said she was “shocked,” and seconds later she was boxed in by police and multiple officers who then began yelling at her with their guns drawn, telling her to put her hands up. “I became very aware that I…
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