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Commander of the RCMP Federal Policing program, in the Pacific Region, Assistant Commissioner David Teboul speaks during an RCMP news conference announcing fentanyl production labs that have been dismantled around British Columbia, in Surrey B.C., on Thursday, April 10, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
By The Canadian Press

Senior B.C. Mountie David Teboul pleads guilty to assault

Oct 28, 2026 | 11:19 AM

ABBOTSFORD BRITISH COLUMBIA — RCMP Assistant Commissioner David Teboul has pleaded guilty to assault after an off-duty altercation in Abbotsford in July 2025.

The plea on the single charge comes more than a year after he was charged with two counts of assault and one count of assault causing bodily harm by choking, suffocating or strangling involving two people, whose names are protected by a publication ban.

His trial was set to begin on Tuesday, but the dates were vacated pending today’s appearance at Abbotsford courthouse.

The BC Prosecution Service had appointed Andi MacKay as a special prosecutor in August last year as the Abbotsford Police Department investigated allegations against the officer.

Teboul was charged about a month later.

The prosecution service has said special prosecutors are appointed “to avoid any potential for real or perceived improper influence in the administration of justice” given the nature of the allegations and Teboul’s senior position of authority.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 28, 2026.

The Canadian Press

by The Canadian Press