An RNC officer has been cleared of interfering with an investigation involving their teenage son.

The teen was being investigated for allegedly sharing a below-the-belt photo of a buddy, without his consent.

The story goes three friends had a boys’ night, during which one of them exposed himself in “a humorous way.” But it was caught on video and days later a picture surfaced in a group chat, which was then shared on social media.

While police were investigating that, they got a separate complaint that the video itself, key evidence in the case, had been deleted by the teen’s parent, an RNC officer.

That came from the father of the boy in the video, and got the province’s Serious Incident Response Team, or SIRT, involved.

In the end, SIRT director Mike King dismissed the obstruction of justice complaint, citing fourth-hand information, adding there were no grounds for a warrant to seize the phone.

King noted first-hand accounts were sought from the officer and the son, but SIRT was denied.

One might argue, he said, that they did what any parent might do—wipe the phone to prevent further spread of the image.