 His duties included authorizing police searches, issuing summons and taking oaths, and he often worked from the RCMP detachment in Powerview.Courchene's position was placed under judicial scrutiny in early 2004, after a forensic audit drew attention to "unusual" payments he received from the Virginia Fontaine Addictions Foundation over a 29-month period.Provincial justice officials argued that the payments raised "a perception of poor judgment and conduct unbecoming of a judicial officer".