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Too early to say death was suicide PRINCE GEORGE - The RCMP yesterday distanced itself from an officer's statement that an intoxicated woman committed suicide in a cell at the Prince George detachment. (Vancouver Province) PREVIOUS: Woman took her own life
Investigator fired 'without justification' VANCOUVER - The Organized Crime Agency of BC had "no justification" for firing biker-gang investigator Allen Dalstrom, Port Moody Police Chief Brad Parker has argued in an affidavit filed in support of Dalstrom's lawsuit. (Vancouver Sun) PREVIOUS: Animosity
VICTORIA - Two Victoria police officers used excessive force against a teen in police cells, an eight-person jury ruled. In a complicated verdict, the jury awarded a total of $60,000 in compensation for violations of Willow Kinloch's rights when she was detained, handcuffed and tethered in a padded cell. (Victoria Times Colonist)
VANCOUVER - The incident happened outside the Roxy nightclub on Granville Street in December 2007. According to information obtained by Global News, the fight involved the sons of a high-ranking Vancouver police officer. Neither man was charged in connection with the incident. (Vancouver Province)
VANCOUVER - Burnaby RCMP Const. Petina Kostiuk was driving a police cruiser with full emergency equipment activated through the intersection of Kingsway and Royal Oak Avenue on Oct. 31 when her cruiser slammed into a vehicle carrying lifelong friends Albert Haczewski, 27, and Walter Hara, 26. (Vancouver Province)
Database connects all BC police KELOWNA - Police across BC now have access to a database that allows them to share information in real time. The system - called PRIME, for Police Records Information Management Environment - links 13 independent police agencies and 110 RCMP detachments. (CP)
VICTORIA - Const. Trent Richards, who worked at the Shawnigan Lake detachment for four years, breached the trust of the RCMP and the public, a disciplinary board found yesterday at a public hearing into his misconduct. (Victoria Times Colonist)
VANCOUVER - 33-year-old pregnant woman killed Sunday in a collision with an unmarked police car may have been speeding at the time of the crash and was not wearing a seatbelt, police said Wednesday. (Vancouver Province) PREVIOUS: Cops have last word in case of he said, she's dead Pregnant woman in fatal crash not wearing seatbelt: RCMP Woman dies after colliding with cruiser
VANCOUVER - The number of crimes committed in the city of Vancouver dropped almost nine per cent from 2006 to 2007, according to Vancouver police statistics. (Vancouver Province)
PRINCE GEORGE - A suspect was sent to hospital Sunday suffering gunshot wounds after Prince George Mounties opened fire on him as he bore down on them in an allegedly stolen pickup truck. (Prince George Citizen) |
VANCOUVER - Transport Minister Kevin Falcon has slammed the Vancouver police for shutting the Second Narrows bridge for six hours while they helped a suicidal woman. Falcon, who was among the thousands trapped in the Canada Day traffic jam and eventually turned around, said his staff will review the closure. (Province) PREVIOUS: Transportation Minister wants answers Sea-to-Sky Hwy reopens after closure VPD: 'We're sorry we had to close the bridge' Distressed woman
Man dies after fight with officer VANCOUVER - A man who was pepper-sprayed and struck with a baton during a fight with a Mountie has died. (Vancouver Province) MORE: Man dies in hospital Police probe confrontation Homicide unit takes over investigation Officer, man get into fight
B&Es fall during pilot project COQUITLAM - Four types of crimes fell by an average of 33% in the first quarter of this year compared with last year in Coquitlam, as the result of a pilot project targeting prolific offenders, say RCMP. (Vancouver Sun) REPORT: Coquitlam RCMP quarterly report 2008 .pdf
VANCOUVER - A long-serving Vancouver police veteran and a Delta firearms-training company are at the centre of an RCMP investigation into the trafficking of guns, some of which are believed to be ending up in the hands of BC gangs. (Vancouver Sun) MORE: The menace of recycled guns BC government to stem gang violence
Father acquitted, son convicted VANCOUVER - Firefighter Curtis Mason was acquitted, but his son Grant was convicted on two counts yesterday for their role in a St. Patrick's Day brawl with police, featured in a widely viewed YouTube video. (Vancouver Province) PREVIOUS: Accused admits he was 'wrong' Cop describes how firefighter's son behaved Reality at odds with picture being painted
VANCOUVER - The case centred on a knife fight between two married officers in their home in 1994. Both parties - Patrick Reilly, of the Burnaby detachment, and wife Kim Reilly, of the Surrey detachment - sustained knife injuries. (Surrey Now)
PENTICTON - A Penticton man was shot by police early Saturday morning, but has already been released from hospital and is in police custody, awaiting a court appearance to face assault charges. Neither of the officers was equipped with a Taser, and pepper spray used on the subject had no effect. (BC Local News)
VANCOUVER - Provincial court Judge Tony Dohm found Vancouver police Const. Trevor Lowe, now 30, was justified in making his arrest of nightclub patron Carlo D'Ambrosio and zapping the man three times with a stun gun before throwing him to the sidewalk outside the Stone Temple nightclub on Granville Street in June 2005. (Vancouver Sun)
VANCOUVER - The 59-year-old North Vancouver man has applied in BC Supreme Court to remain anonymous in proceedings related to the abuse he claims he suffered at the hands of Lorne Hughes, a former VPD constable. (Vancouver Province) |
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In-custody death rate is highest More than half of all RCMP in-custody deaths in Canada over the past five years occurred in BC despite the fact only a third of the force's officers work here, an internal report prepared by the force has found. (Vancouver Sun) REPORT: 2006 RCMP Report: In-custody Deaths pdf Alcohol, drugs main causes of deaths |
VANCOUVER - RCMP said Emmanuella Cauchon had three times the legal blood alcohol content when her vehicle crashed into that of an on-duty officer on Dec. 30. (Vancouver Sun) PREVIOUS: Woman killed in crash Pregnant woman in fatal crash not wearing seatbelt: RCMP | |
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Police union tries to rein in ambassadors VANCOUVER - The president of the Vancouver Police Union wants the BC Supreme Court to halt city council's plan to give city business associations about $900,000 to expand a red-coated security staff that now patrols the city centre. (Vancouver Sun) MORE: Police union sues city over use of security guards |
VANCOUVER - Reuben Simeon Coleman, 21, died after exchanging gunfire with Const. Randy Bell at the Shell service station at Knight Street and East 41st Avenue. (Vancouver Province) PREVIOUS: Cop in shootout was Police Officer of the year Police shoot man in gas station incident Man dies in exchange of gunfire with police |
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VANCOUVER - Police are conducting a review after two UBC campus RCMP officers were photographed allowing a small group of young women to play with their handcuffs and sit in their squad car. (Vancouver Sun) PPREVIOUS: Damned if they do Ubyssey |
VERNON - A coroner's report says bad judgment led to the drowning death of a Mountie two years ago. Const. Jean Minguy fell from an RCMP patrol boat while testing the Zodiac inflatable craft in the Okanagan Lake near Vernon, BC, in the summer of 2005. (CBC) |
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VERNON - A 24-year-old suicidal, mentally ill Vernon man was shot dead by Mounties after he threatened officers with a knife, police said. The distraught grandmother of victim Christopher Paul Klim said Friday the family is trying to deal with the tragedy and did not want to speak publicly about the death or the police investigation. (Vancouver Province) PREVIOUS: Suicidal man shot to death Fatal shooting under investigation |
VANCOUVER - Vancouver police say a ruptured balloon was found in the stomach of a young man who died in police custody last week. Police believe it was full of drugs, but are waiting for the results of toxicology tests before they confirm the cause of death of 26-year-old Daniel Serbeh. (NEWS1130) PREVIOUS: Man dies in police holding cell Police investigate death of man in cell |
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Officer resigns on day of hearing VICTORIA - A police officer who shot and injured a man during a struggle in 2005 spent 2 1/2 years on paid leave, then resigned the day he was supposed to go before a disciplinary hearing. . (Victoria Times Colonist) |
KAMLOOPS - An RCMP disciplinary board has fined a Kamloops officer two days' pay after he punched a diabetic man in the head because he thought, incorrectly, that the man was driving drunk. (Vancouver Sun) |
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PRINCE GEORGE - A Kamloops RCMP constable is suing top-ranking members of his own police force, prosecutors and several cabinet ministers for $1 million in damages. (Vancouver Province) PREVIOUS: RCMP's internal probe fizzled Former BC judge gets 7 years for sex assaults Ramsey gets 7 years |
VICTORIA - Three Victoria police officers who shot and killed a man after a high-speed chase in February will not face criminal charges for their actions because they were acting in self-defence, Crown prosecutors say. (Times Colonist) PREVIOUS: Police shoot and kill suspect in stolen SUV |
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VANCOUVER- How do you train someone to make a life-or-death decision in a matter of seconds? (Vancouver Province) MORE: When police wield a lethal weapon Wide array of options intended not to kill |
PRINCE GEORGE - An RCMP officer who has been accused of buying sex from two teenage prostitutes in Prince George between 1993 and 2001 has been ordered returned to active duty. (Vancouver Sun) |
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VANCOUVER - Police used or produced a Taser 150 times in the six years between 2002 and 2007, or about once every two weeks, always in violent situations, according to internal police documents. (Vancouver Province) |
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VANCOUVER - An internally generated Vancouver police department report has found between a third and a half of the service calls it receives are from the mentally ill. (Sun) |
Shelter promised after cops' report Mentally ill overwhelming police: Report Police report tells shocking stories |
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VICTORIA - A 37-year-old Victoria man who was shot and killed by Victoria police in February after a high-speed chase was high on marijuana and crack cocaine, a coroner's jury heard yesterday at the start of a four-day inquest. (Victoria Times Colonist) |
Cops lose pay for drunken attacks VANCOUVER - Two Ridge Meadows RCMP officers have been docked 10 days' pay after they got very drunk and then rode around Maple Ridge assaulting innocent people -- falsely identifying themselves as "PoCo Police" while they did so. (Vancouver Sun) |
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SHAWNIGAN LAKE, BC - Three RCMP officers were injured after an alcohol-fuelled 19th birthday party spiralled out of control in Shawnigan Lake, with youths punching and kicking officers, throwing objects and shouting obscenities. (Times Colonist) |
Accused drug dealer sues police for shooting him VANCOUVER - An accused drug dealer is suing the Vancouver police department, the City of Vancouver and two officers, claiming excessive force was used when he was shot three times while being arrested last year. (Vancouver Sun) |
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VICTORIA - At least some of the - still unknown - allegations against suspended Victoria police Chief Paul Battershill have been substantiated, but it does not necessarily mean he'll be disciplined. (Victoria Times Colonist) |
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BC’s 2 person civil forfeiture unit VICTORIA - A small provincial government office in Victoria has quietly seized millions of dollars in houses, guns, drugs, vehicles, jewelry and other assets allegedly bought with crime money or used for unlawful purposes. (Vancouver Sun) MORE: Assets seized so far House sale gave BC its biggest forfeiture yet |
Videotapes tell a different story DELTA, BC - Videotapes of the Delta police cellblocks indicate two Boundary Bay sisters were "not naked at any time while in police custody," according to a joint news release issued by the girls and the police. (CanWest) PREVIOUS: Sisters say they were jailed half-naked after skinny-dipping |
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Shot man had 'bipolar disorder' VANCOUVER - Friends of talented Vancouver cartoonist Paul Boyd say he was the man shot and killed by Vancouver police last week on Granville Street. Vancouver police say they shot in self-defence after two officers were injured by Boyd swinging a padlock on a chain at them. Alcock said that although Boyd suffered from bipolar disorder, he "was not a person who would carry weapons or get into fights." (Province) |
Deaths spark civil rights complaints Christopher Tom dies in Tofino olding cell Steve Qualtier dies after being arrested VPD asks RCMP to review shooting Police resources could be applied more usefully Illness drove his maniacal behaviour |
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Internal police probes worry city residents VANCOUVER - City of Vancouver residents have less confidence that police will investigate internal complaints fairly than residents of any other BC community with a municipal force, a government survey suggests. (Vancouver Sun) PREVIOUS: Give police watchdog more power, report urges |
Dispatcher, police faulted in suicide VANCOUVER - Two police sergeants face disciplinary hearings and a dispatcher employed by E-Comm, the Lower Mainland emergency services communications unit, has been fired for failing to respond in time to save the life of a man who committed suicide. (Vancouver Sun) MORE: Lack of resources mean police are default mental health system |
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Elaho Valley protester faces perjury charge VANCOUVER - An environmentalist who was involved in the Elaho Valley protest six years ago will go on trial today for perjury and obstruction of justice after allegedly laying false charges of aggravated assault against a senior member of the RCMP. (Vancouver Sun) |
RCMP appeals quashing of sex case against member VANCOUVER - The RCMP is appealing the recent decision to throw out disciplinary charges against a member of the Prince George detachment for having sex with underage prostitutes. (Vancouver Sun) PREVIOUS: Justin Harris |
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VANCOUVER - A Chilliwack RCMP officer who threw a rock at a transit bus, hung out with a known criminal and ran into seven parked cars while driving drunk in North Vancouver is still on the job. (Vancouver Sun) |
Stolen pickup driver convicted VERNON - The BC man who slammed a stolen pickup truck into the side of a police cruiser in Vernon two years ago killing an auxiliary Mountie has been found guilty of criminal negligence causing death. (CBC) |
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'He was a great guy and I'm going to miss him' VANCOUVER - City police officers are struggling to cope with the news that one of their own -- a 16-year veteran detective who helped crack some of the city's most brutal criminal cases -- killed himself at the police building at 312 Main Street shortly before midnight Saturday. (Vancouver Sun) |
CREST radio system draws ire of police, mayor VICTORIA - Victoria's police chief was left alone to secure a man bleeding heavily from an overdose in a Bay Centre washroom yesterday because the region's costly emergency communication system flunked out again. (Times Colonist) CREST Too many Police Chiefs |
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VICTORIA - Michael Ferguson is a free man. Ferguson, the former RCMP constable who shot and killed a prisoner in a Pincher Creek jail cell seven years ago, was granted full parole Thursday, after serving just two months behind bars despite a four-year manslaughter sentence. (Calgary Herald) |
Court sends former Mountie to prison Mountie who shot prisoner not exempt from jail |
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81 cases of misconduct by Mounties VANCOUVER - More than 80 RCMP officers in BC have been found guilty of misconduct by the Mounties' internal affairs unit since January 2005 for offences ranging from falsifying expense claims to having sex with a prostitute. (Vancouver Sun) |
RCMP forced to act as warrant couriers SURREY, BC - Several times a week, Surrey RCMP officers must drive to Burnaby to apply for search warrants after a court ruling last month that routinely faxing applications across the Lower Mainland is unconstitutional. (Vancouver Sun) |
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WEST VANCOUVER - A 28-year veteran of the Vancouver Police Department is crossing the bridge to become West Vancouver's chief constable. Supt. Kash Heed was named West Van's new chief yesterday in a "unanimous" decision by the police board. (Province) |
West Vancouver police chief leaving West Van police face misconduct allegations Watchdog orders probe into officer's charge City police have two messes to drink in Chief faces questions about police station parties |
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Ian Bush shooting self-defence VANCOUVER - The chair of the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP has concluded the officer who shot Ian Bush in an RCMP station in Houston, BC, acted in self-defence, and that the police investigation into the shooting was conducted fairly and without conflict of interest. (CBC) |
Final report into the Shooting death of Ian Bush |
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Mountie fined, loses pay for crash VANCOUVER - A Prince George, BC, RCMP officer was docked nine days pay after he took an unmarked police cruiser to a house party without permission, had some drinks, then hit a parked car on his way home. (CanWest) |
2 Mounties charged following off duty incident VANCOUVER - Two Coquitlam RCMP officers have been charged with assault and obstruction of a police officer following an off-duty incident at a local restaurant. (CBC) | |
