I'll leave to my colleague Erin McKey the discussion of that matter from British Columbia.
I just want to complete an earlier response that she made when she referred to section 25 of the code. What they call it is protection of persons acting under authority. I'll just read that, as it's very short:
25. (1) Every one who is required or authorized by law to do anything in the administration or enforcement of the law (a) as a private citizen, (b) as a peace officer or public officer, (c) in aid of a peace officer or public officer, or (d) by virtue of his office, is, if he acts on reasonable grounds, justified in doing what he is required or authorized to do and in using as much force as is necessary for that purpose.
I'm not suggesting that this is self-defence.
Your question was very difficult because it pointed us to section 25. My colleague has suggested looking at section 25, which is basically the reasonable use of force in the carrying out of duties, but your question is somewhere else again, I think. It's a report on a shooting. It's not as though someone has hidden the fact that there was a shooting, but the completion of a police report or the laying of charges...? I'm not actually very clear what it is when you say it's taking a long time to make a police report.