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VANCOUVER - A man who died after being shot by a North Vancouver Mountie in Deep Cove struggled with mental illness. Matthew John Wilcox, 39, had bipolar disorder and his family is devastated by his death, his lawyer said yesterday. (Vancouver Province) PREVIOUS: Shot man dies of injuries Police shooting Distraught man shot VPD agrees to investigate
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver-area RCMP officer caught drinking and driving twice in just over a month has now been charged with six offences. Vernon James Wilson is charged with two counts of dangerous driving, impaired driving causing bodily harm, causing an accident and driving over .08. All charges stem from an October 3 accident on the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge. (CTV)
VANCOUVER - The lawyer for a man who claims he was assaulted by a Vancouver police officer has released a video to CTV News of the incident. (CTV) MORE: Video doesn't match cop's story Officer charged with assault
VICTORIA - A recommendation out of a coroner's inquest last week to amalgamate the capital region's patchwork of police departments could have been much stronger, said Victoria police Chief Jamie Graham. Still, he's convinced it will happen. Eventually. (Victoria Times Colonist) PREVIOUS: Blended police teams Time to reconsider
COMOX - A 17-year-old girl who kicked a police officer in the groin and then spat on him at the Big Time Out in Cumberland has received a conditional discharge. (Comox Valley Echo)
VANCOUVER - The death of a man in Chilliwack RCMP custody two years ago was accidental, but police and paramedics should get extra training to deal with people displaying "excited delirium," a coroner's inquest jury has found. Robert Thurston Knipstrom, 36, appeared to be in a psychotic state when he showed up at an Eze rental store in November 2007. (CTV) MORE: Death ruled an accident Knipstrom taser video released RCMP to probe death
NANAIMO - Jeff Hughes, 48, a resident of the 500-block of Selby Street was fatally shot just before 7am Friday. (Nanaimo Daily News) COMMENT: Don't criticize RCMP without facts Neighbours not surprised Police involved shooting
VANCOUVER - Two police officers were found liable for assault, battery and false imprisonment and ordered to pay $13,000 after they roughed up a man on a Vancouver street and arrested him without reasonable grounds in 2007. (Vancouver Sun)
VANCOUVER - The RCMP’s adjudication board found Const. Ken Whitney guilty of disgraceful conduct for confronting a driver while on duty on April 13, 2007. (Vancouver Province) MORE: Mountie faces discipline |
VANCOUVER - One of the two officers involved in an arrest last week in which an innocent man suffered injuries has been reassigned to administrative duties pending the outcome of an internal investigation, Vancouver police announced. Yao Wei Wu, a 44-year-old Vancouver man, was arrested in a case of mistaken identity. (Vancouver Sun) COMMENT: Picking the Bones
VICTORIA - 97 complaints from the public were substantiated by Police Complaints Commissioner investigations in 2009. In total, there were 960 allegations of misconduct against BC municipal police officers in 2009, compared to 989 complaints each in 2008 and in 2007. REPORT: OPCC BC 2009 statistics .pdf Nearly 1,000 complaints filed against BC police in 2009 What kind of person makes a good cop?
VANCOUVER - A Burnaby Mountie is in hospital with head injuries after police say his cruiser was intentionally rammed by a woman fleeing an armed robbery. (Vancouver Province)
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver police officer who shot to death a chain-wielding mentally ill man two years ago will not face criminal charges. The Criminal Justice Branch of the attorney general's ministry has concluded that cartoonist Paul Boyd was threatening police with a bike chain and struck responding officers several times before shots were fired at him. (Vancouver Sun) MORE: Officer cleared No charges
VANCOUVER - Abbotsford police have turned over investigation of a bizarre chase incident that resulted in the death of a 57-year-old man to IHIT. As police approached the car, they noticed the driver, the lone occupant, was bleeding from apparent self-inflicted wounds to his chest. (Vancouver Sun)
VICTORIA - Out of the 77 times BC's police complaint commissioner found misconduct this year, only one resulted in a maximum suspension and the commissioner's office is hoping new legislation will offer more clout to punish police who are out of line. (CTV)
VANCOUVER - An internal investigation into a Vancouver Police officer facing multiple criminal charges has been dropped after the longtime member resigned from the force. (CTV)
BC's top Mountie says he'd support a single process for police complaints in the province, rather than seeing the RCMP continue to fall under federal rules. "A few years ago, you may well have found some people in the RCMP who were opposing a different form of oversight," said Gary Bass, deputy commissioner and commanding officer of BC RCMP." (Victoria Times Colonist) MORE: 'Systemic flaws' when cops investigate selves Police must keep public better informed |
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VICTORIA - The provincial government is preparing to create a new regional police force to fight the spread of organized crime. The agencies are the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit-British Columbia (CFSEU-BC), the Integrated Gang Task Force (BCIGTF) and the Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Unit. (Surrey Delta Leader) |
RCMP probe officer's testimony VANCOUVER - Staff Sgt. Ross Spenard, a blood-pattern analyst who also testified during the Robert Pickton murder trial, was exposed in June in BC Supreme Court as the author of a damning forensic report that was later found by other experts in the field to be “not scientifically sound.” (Vancouver Sun) PREVIOUS: Caught in a web of documents | |
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VANCOUVER - The Crown's handling of RCMP Cpl. Monty Robinson and the alcohol-related, jeep-motorcycle crash that killed Orion Hutchinson was the result of the toughest criminal-charge threshold in Canada. Unlike every other province (except NB), BC does not let police officers do their job and then let prosecutors take over. (Vancouver Sun) |
Mountie dodges impaired charge RCMP officer involved in deadly traffic accident Off-duty officer failed breathalyzer Mountie could face impaired charges Taser Mountie faces drunk driving charge |
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FORT ST JOHN - RCMP put out a news release to try and explain the events that led up to the police-shooting death of a man in northern BC. (Vancouver Province) PREVIOUS: Police shooting Peace river man killed by RCMP Man shot by RCMP after standoff Police involved shootings |
VANCOUVER - Don Sipes, 47, launched the civil action against West Vancouver in small claims court, suing the municipality for $24,000 in damages after he said he was illegally arrested, detained and handcuffed by a West Vancouver police officer as he was walking down the street. (CanWest) |
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VANCOUVER - Public Safety Minister Kash Heed raised the possibility of BC setting up its own provincial police force and dispensing with the services of RCMP. (Vancouver Sun) PREVIOUS: Proposed civilian unit not what it seems Regional crime unit in limbo |
VANCOUVER - Car thefts in Vancouver fell 25% in 2008 compared to the year before, according to the Vancouver Police Department's annual report released. (CTV) REPORT: VPD 2008 annual report .pdf Crime rate experiences modest drop |
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CHEMAINUS - Police say the man they shot in Chemainus has been driving without a license. Police revealed just why two general investigators pulled Bill Gillespie over on Henry Road in Chemainus as he drove friend Dale Brewer home from an AA meeting. (Cowichan Valley Citizen) PREVIOUS: RCMP shooting |
First nations 'outlaw' shot dead HAZELTON - Rodney Shane Jackson, 35, a member of the Gitanmaax band of the Gitxsan First Nation, had been hiding out for more than a year in remote camps to evade police and considered himself an "outlaw." (Vancouver Sun) MORE: Shooting victim ID'd Police release name Name released Officer shooting |
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Man was threatening spouse's life VANCOUVER - A man shot dead by Vancouver police Friday night had been threatening his wife with a knife, authorities said. The man was identified as 46-year-old Eugene Anthony Knight. (CTV) MORE: There may be some hope Police shooting Police kill man |
VANCOUVER - A long-serving Vancouver police officer has been charged with incest and sexual assault after being arrested by Burnaby RCMP officers. (Vancouver Sun) MORE: Cop facing sex assault, incest charges Police officer charged |
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KELOWNA - A second RCMP officer has been charged in connection to a Kelowna, BC, assault that saw one man shot in the legs and a pregnant teenager allegedly struck in the face. (CTV) |
Teens pull gun on undercover cop KAMLOOPS - A major drug sting in Kamloops almost ended with a bang after four teens produced a shotgun and attempted to rob an undercover narcotics officer. (Vancouver Province) |
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VICTORIA - The office of Canada's privacy commissioner has sent a letter to the RCMP citing concerns as police prepare to buy more high-tech licence-plate readers to use on BC roads. " (Victoria Times Colonist) |
'Agitated' man dies in custody VICTORIA - Major crime investigators on Vancouver Island are looking into the sudden death of a man who went into cardiac arrest shortly after being taken into police custody. (CTV) MORE: Man dies in police custody |
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VANCOUVER - Police have confirmed a man shot by an RCMP officer in Surrey has died from his injuries. Kenneth Keith Baines, 46, died just after 4pm Wednesday. (CBC) MORE: Suspicious activity Shot man dies |
VICTORIA - A 48-year-old Victoria man was found dead in a Victoria police cell just an hour after he was arrested for public intoxication, police announced Sunday. (Victoria Times Colonist) MORE: Man identified |
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Tech bill push up policing costs Nanaimo's cost to use the provincial Police Records Information Management Environment (PRIME) is doubling in 2010. (Nanaimo Daily News) Separate computer system costs |
VPD cops make over $100K a year VANCOUVER - Almost 350 Vancouver Police Department members were paid more than $100,000 in 2008, a new report has found. (Vancouver Province) |
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Police targeting wrong offences VICTORIA - The number of people fined for misdemeanours across the capital region has skyrocketed. Municipalities are allowed to keep the revenue from traffic fines. (Victoria Times Colonist) RELATED: Need to police the RCMP? |
NANAIMO - A four-hour standoff between Mounties and a 41-year-old gunman who holed up inside a Nanaimo home ended when emergency response team officers entered the house to find the man dead. (Nanaimo Daily News) |
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GIBSONS - A 34-year-old man was shot by police in the small village of Gibsons after allegedly threatening officers with a hammer, said the RCMP. (Vancouver Province) MORE: Man shot by Mounties |
VANCOUVER - Only one in ten gun crimes busted by police in BC result in a conviction in the courts, statistics obtained by CTV News show. (CTV) RELATED: $1M task force a bane on gangs |
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VANCOUVER - A woman police on the list of BC's 10 most prolific car thieves was shot by police at a shopping mall in Chilliwack. Police say Cassandra Lee Rowell, 28, was shot "more than once" after being cornered by officers in an allegedly stolen SUV at the Vedder Shopping Mall. (CTV) MORE: 'Most wanted' shot by police |
VANCOUVER - Three BC men are calling for an investigation, alleging that they were beaten by RCMP officers and bitten by a police dog during a raid on an apartment in Surrey last year. (CTV) MORE: RCMP needs new PR plan Troubling questions raised by botched raid RCMP used dog to storm wrong home Men want investigation into botched raid |
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VICTORIA - Ralph Manfred Voll, 48, pulled out a handgun and shot himself when police confronted him in front of his home on Fraser Street. (Victoria Times Colonist) |
DUNCAN - RCMP officers have shot and killed one man after responding to a call at a Duncan RV park. (Victoria Times Colonist) MORE: Fatal police shooting |
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Cop 'in danger' of being crushed VANCOUVER - The Vancouver police officer who fired a single shot at the driver of a stolen pickup truck feared being crushed between two vehicles as the suspect tried to accelerate full-tilt into a police car blocking his way. (Vancouver Province) PREVIOUS: Man shot in vehicle Police shoot man in stolen truck VPD shooting in Strathcona |
VANCOUVER - In a writ filed in BC Supreme Court, Sukhvinder Singh Panghali accuses the Attorney-General's Ministry of "malicious prosecution" arising from a criminal case that preceded the October 2006 murder of Surrey teacher Manjit Panghali. (Vancouver Province) PREVIOUS: Lower Mainland Violent Deaths 2006 |
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VANCOUVER - A BC Mountie has been docked eight days’ pay by an RCMP disciplinary board after skipping 35 days of work because he got bored during a one-year secondment to Canada’s spy agency. (Vancouver Sun) |
VICTORIA - Some Victoria police officers will begin using "body-worn" video cameras attached to sunglasses or bicycle helmets that can be activated to record incidents during Canada Day celebrations. (Victoria Times Colonist) |
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VANCOUVER - A New Westminster woman has been awarded more than $1 million after the car she was riding in was hit by an RCMP cruiser that ran a red light in Langley. (Vancouver Sun) |
Officer guilty of assault on prisoner VANCOUVER - A New Westminster police officer pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm for kicking a handcuffed prisoner in the head two years ago. (Province) |
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PRINCETON - An 18-year-old Princeton, BC, man who police allege entered his local RCMP detachment to shoot officers, has been charged following an armed standoff. Benjamin Coan faces two counts of uttering death threats, break and enter and theft of RCMP property. (CTV) |
Activists reach pact with police VANCOUVER - A five-year struggle by the Pivot Legal Society to investigate the Vancouver Police Department has "come to a peaceful end" with an agreement between the two sides. (Vancouver Province) Complaint filed with Human Rights Tribunal |
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VANCOUVER - An RCMP officer who shot and killed an unarmed suspect in central BC nearly five years ago acted in self-defence but the subsequent RCMP investigation was flawed, says a report released by an independent police watchdog. (Vancouver Province) |
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VICTORIA - A sergeant with the Victoria Police Department has been charged with assault. In a brief press release yesterday, the department revealed that Crown counsel has approved the charge against Sgt. George Chong in relation to an off-duty incident in June. (Times Colonist) |
VANCOUVER - A Maple Ridge, BC RCMP officer who intervened in a domestic dispute has been charged with assault causing bodily harm because he allegedly used excessive force to restrain a man who was causing a disturbance. (Vancouver Province) |
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Police used 'less-lethal' unit VANCOUVER - An inquest began Tuesday into the death of 40-year-old drug user Daniel Hong Ross, who died Sept. 2, 2007, shortly after being arrested by Vancouver police officers. Coroner Scott Fleming told the jury an autopsy revealed the cause of death was an overdose of amphetamines. (Vancouver Sun) |
VANCOUVER - Const. Kulwant Singh Malhi, a Mountie for 10 years, appeared in Richmond Provincial Court yesterday and was remanded. In addition to impaired driving, he is charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and failing to remain at the scene of an accident. (Vancouver Province) |
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VANCOUVER - In its continuing fight against organized crime in British Columbia, the RCMP is turning to an unlikely weapon: Wikipedia. (Vancouver Sun) RELATED: Crime groups can thrive in hard times |
Police issue tickets to victims VANCOUVER - Hundreds of BC drivers are being denied vehicle insurance every year after thieves steal their identities and rack up fines and police fail to check the impersonators' driver's licences carefully when issuing tickets. (CBC) |
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VANCOUVER - Ryan Wagemans, 24, of Langley died in hospital after suffering "severe medical distress" during a struggle with transit police and then RCMP officers. (Vancouver Province) PREVIOUS: Man who died after arrest identified Man dies in custody Man dies following altercation |
Dismissed Mounties keep their jobs VANCOUVER - It was a high-profile story five years ago when two Mounties were ordered to resign for exchanging offensive e-mails on police cruiser computers. (Vancouver Sun) MORE: Let the punishment fit the crime RCMP must reconsider cop firings Cops' punishment was harsher than their banter |
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Car thief gets his 'break' from judge VANCOUVER - A car thief paralyzed when he was shot by police asked the judge for a break and was handed a suspended sentence and probation. (Province) |
VANCOUVER - A North Vancouver man who punched an RCMP officer in the face in a confrontation outside a pub has been acquitted of assault. (Vancouver Province) |
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VANCOUVER - A Surrey Mountie, believing his estranged brother might be a "person of interest" in a firebombing of the Port Mann detachment, used the RCMP computer databases to track him down. (Vancouver Province) |
PRINCE GEORGE - A suspect was sent to hospital 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) |
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VICTORIA - 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) |
Civil liberties group files suit Lesson for parents and police in jail video |
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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) |
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 |
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VANCOUVER - No criminal charges should be laid against two Vancouver police officers in the shooting death of a homeless man in March, an investigation has concluded. Michael Vann Hubbard, 58, was shot and killed March 20 in downtown Vancouver. His family alleged that officers used excessive force and filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Vancouver police. But a report into the incident said the two officers feared for their lives when Hubbard advanced toward them with a knife. (CTV) |
Reality at odds with picture painted Cellphone video shooting blank Chief Constable Chu's memo to VPD members BC Civil Liberties upset at Chu's memo Memo sheds more light on shooting Police identify man killed by officer |
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VANCOUVER - An off-duty West Vancouver police officer who beat up a newspaper delivery man in downtown Vancouver should not be fired from his job, an internal Police Act disciplinary report recommended. (Vancouver Province) |
Internal probe for Delta officer |
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VANCOUVER - Four Mounties who challenged a BC public inquiry's jurisdiction won't be spared from potentially being found at fault in the death of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski. Judge Thomas Braidwood will keep his option to find misconduct against the RCMP officers involved, should that be where evidence leads him, the BC Court of Appeal ruled. (CP) BC to implement recommendations Taser commission cost $3.7M, to date Email suggests officers planned to Taser Inquiry can find Mounties guilty Mounties ask court to bar finding misconduct RCMP put stop to media statements |
Robert Dziekanski taser incident Mounties divided on explosive email BC police chiefs call for civilian investigations Taser to challenge inquiry findings Taser lawsuit accuses public inquiry of bias Canada blocking Taser investigation: Poland Raise threshold for Tasers use Inquiry shows police at their worst Feds advised RCMP to consider skipping inquiry How an inexperienced traveller met his end Braidwood threatens RCMP with subpoenas Canada inquiry told of Taser use |
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Man swallows bag of drugs, dies VANCOUVER - Surrey RCMP confirmed Friday that 22-year-old Brandon Whitelaw of Surrey died after swallowing the bag during his arrest. (Vancouver Province) PREVIOUS: Man dies in police custody |
VANCOUVER - When Burnaby RCMP Const. Amyn Dharamshi lost his wallet, he probably thought things couldn't get much worse. But that was before someone found it and dropped it in a mailbox. (Vancouver Sun) |
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VANCOUVER - The Con Air program, which gives suspected criminals a one-way plane ride back to the jurisdiction where they've allegedly committed a crime, is receiving additional funding - and the attention of other provinces. (CTV) MORE: Con Air cons back in town Victoria launch 'Con Air' |
VANCOUVER - In a statement of claim filed in BC Supreme Court, Maya Sanford argued her attack on Const. Richard Van de Pol was the result of an adverse reaction she suffered from smoking marijuana and that the officer had no legal justification for shooting her. (Vancouver Sun) |
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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 |
Chronic offender campaign violates BC privacy laws VANCOUVER - A portion of the VPD's chronic offender's campaign has been halted, because the campaign could violate the province's privacy laws. (News 1130) PREVIOUS: 'Ludicrous offenders' |
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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' Distressed woman |
VANCOUVER - Allen Dalstrom was fired by OCABC Chief Officer David Douglas in 2004 after concerns were raised about Dalstrom's handling of Project Phoenix, a multimillion-dollar investigation of the Hells Angels that was never prosecuted, and over comments Dalstrom allegedly made to a journalist writing a book about the Angels. (Vancouver Sun) PREVIOUS: Investigator fired 'without justification' Animosity |
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Victoria's new police chief wants to improve police radios, deal with homeless campers, balance his budget and locate creative sources of funding for new programs. (Victoria Times Colonist) |
Chief G still has a lot to teach about policing |
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VANCOUVER - Four Lower Mainland police officers and an elected school board official now face or have been convicted of driving-related charges, most of them alleging drunk driving. (Vancouver Sun) |
Cop charged with drunk driving |
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VANCOUVER - The mother of Kyle Tait broke down and cried after hearing that a BC Coroner's jury had ruled his death was a homicide. Noel Tait said she was relieved by the decision and welcomed the three-man, two-women jury's eight recommendations - but said many questions remain unanswered. (Vancouver Province) |
Panel throws out car thief's appeal Jury wants cameras in all cop cars 'I though I was watching Todd Sweet Die' |
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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 |
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) |
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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) |
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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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 |
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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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Ruling in Paul case sets precedent VANCOUVER - In a precedent-setting ruling, Frank Paul inquiry commissioner William Davies has ordered BC's criminal justice branch to explain why charges weren't laid against police involved in the death of the homeless man. (Vancouver Sun) |
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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 - Burnaby's Reuben Coleman, 21, was shot by an acting sergeant of the VPD Dec. 10, 2007. (Vancouver Province) MORE: Officer cleared Man killed by police ID'd 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 |
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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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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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) |
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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VICTORIA - The Law Society of BC is investigating a complaint against Victoria labour lawyer Marli Rusen, who allegedly had a sexual relationship with former Victoria police chief Paul Battershill while she was hired by the police force to negotiate severance packages for employees under Battershill's command. (Victoria Times Colonist) |
What happened to the police chief Where's the beef against the chief? |
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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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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) |
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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PRINCE GEORGE - A veteran Mountie is suing top RCMP officers over an internal investigation of his alleged sexual misconduct with some of the underage girls whose testimony sent a former judge to prison. (Vancouver Province) |
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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. (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) Too many Police Chiefs |
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VICTORIA - Michael Ferguson, the former RCMP constable who shot and killed a prisoner in a Pincher Creek jail cell seven years ago, was granted full parole 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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VANCOUVER - BC Solicitor General Kash Heed is being sued for defamation by a former West Vancouver police officer who says his one-time chief tried to further his political career at his expense. Doug Bruce names both Heed and West Vancouver Mayor Pamela Goldsmith-Jones in the lawsuit, accusing them of making deliberately false statements about him. (CTV) Ex-cop sues Mayor, former Chief Lepine to take top cop job in West Van |
Fontaine sets the record straight Watchdog orders probe into officer's charge City police have two messes to drink in Chief faces questions about police station parties Drunk West Van cop to be promoted Officers accused of drinking on duty West Vancouver police chief leaving West Van police face misconduct allegations Former chief denies he interfered with probe |
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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) |
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Major crimes go unprobed in BC VANCOUVER - BC has not had enough RCMP officers to investigate some of the province's most serious crimes for at least a decade, according to a confidential 2005 provincial government document. (Vancouver Sun) PREVIOUS: Canada's largest homicide unit uses aggressive team approach to solve murders |
Radar lesson triggers surprise takedown COQUITLAM - Chalk one up for the Class of 2006. Coquitlam's North Road became a real-life classroom for the 18 police recruits when a Justice Institute of BC class in catching speeders turned into a lesson in true crime. (Province) |
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VANCOUVER - "This is PC 970 Al Arsenault, signing off 10-7 for life. Thanks for all your camaraderie and friendship. Good work and good night." So ended the 27-year policing career of Vancouver police Const. Al Arsenault as he spoke into his radio at the notorious intersection of Main and Hastings yesterday. (Province) RELATED: Odd Squad |
Man shot by police had replica gun VANCOUVER - The RCMP say the man shot dead by police last week at a Burnaby gas station had pulled a replica handgun on officers, not a real gun. Daniel Antony King, 37, of Pitt Meadows, was killed early Friday morning after a stolen car chase through Coquitlam and New Westminster, and then into Burnaby. (CBC) PREVIOUS: Man shot by police in Burnaby |
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VANCOUVER - A police officer from New Westminster BC who was shot in a drug raid Thursday night was fired on by a member of the Municipal Integrated Emergency Response Team. (Vancouver Sun) |
Police officer charged with threatening wife - another cop VANCOUVER - A police officer is suspended with pay and facing a charge of threatening to kill, or cause bodily harm to, his wife -- who is a decorated city cop. (Province) |
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Nitro the police dog receives a hero's sendoff VANCOUVER - Close to 700 human mourners attended Monday's funeral for Nitro, a German shepherd police dog who died last month while pursuing a suspected car thief. (CTV) |
Police dog that was killed on the job to be honoured |
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Cops catching more stoned drivers as methods of detection improving VANCOUVER - Stoned drivers - and not just the drunk ones - are finding themselves pulled off BC roads by police trained to spot people driving under the influence of drugs. (The Province) SURVEY: Data from in school surveys 2005 |
VANCOUVER - The mother of a young man shot to death by an RCMP officer seven months ago in the northern BC town of Houston filed a lawsuit Friday against the rookie officer, Const. Paul Koester, claiming he was negligent. (Vancouver Sun) |
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When you issue a warrant, make it Canada wide VANCOUVER - Solicitor General John Les and Federal Justice Minister Vic Toewes say BC is becoming a haven for criminals dodging warrants from other provinces. (CKNW) |
Victim's step-dad wants New West police to pay for shot son's funeral VANCOUVER - Kevin Webb wants New Westminster police to pay for his stepson's funeral after an officer shot and killed the 16-year-old as he was sitting in a stolen SUV. (Province) |
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VANCOUVER - Two BC Mounties were ordered to resign over the past year after disciplinary panels found them guilty of severe misconduct -- rape in one case and attempted fraud in the other. (Vancouver Sun.) |
Pursuing officer found partly to blame in innocent's death VANCOUVER - An RCMP officer was found partly to blame yesterday for the death of a Surrey girl, killed by a stolen vehicle being pursued by the officer. (Province) |
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VANCOUVER - Kim Rossmo is a former Vancouver policeman who developed a computer program that links geographic information and criminals. He is the 2005 recipient of the Sterling Prize in Support of Controversy. (Vancouver Sun) RELATED: Geoprofiling Georgraphic profiling |
Some RCMP detachments in disarray VANCOUVER - Some Lower Mainland RCMP detachment needed no improvements while others needed major work in a number of areas, according to internal management reviews obtained by The Vancouver Sun under the federal Access to Information Act. (Vancouver Sun) |
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VANCOUVER - A survey of nearly 1000 people between June 8th and the 13th has found 86 per-cent of most residents approve of police performance across the Lower Mainland while 75 per-cent say senior management are doing a good job. (CKNW) VPD Poll .pdf |
Police give fallen officer honours ABBOTSFORD, BC - Hundreds of police officers stood row upon row in silence for several minutes outside St. Ann's Catholic Church in Abbotsford as they prepared to say farewell to a fallen member, Abbotsford police Const. John David Goyer. (Vancouver Sun) |
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Vancouver is one of the last metropolitan areas in Canada without a regional police force. (Vancouver Province) Start thinking of enforcement on a broader scale |
Naked man dies after being Tasered VPD Taser use .pdf Reports: |
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Police Taser teen wielding a knife Police Taser woman 'wielding knife' VPD to get 96 more police officers Police chief wants to add 129 officers Communities reviewing police service Police costs per capita in 2005 Watchdog orders Probe of police chief |
Taser International disputes CBC testing Ex-police chief violated code of conduct Man arrested after battle dies Man who was Tasered and hit with baton dies 'Extremely combative' man Tasered New RCMP Taser limits 'don't go far enough' Taser Inc. hires former adviser to PM Coroner's jurors urge more Tasers |
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City police ramp up anti-terror security Council decides 17 new police officers enough Overtime costs 10% of police budget RCMP officers justified in using Taser VPD vindicated by RCMP investigation VPD: Officer-Involved Shooting – Update |
Chief Graham's internal e-mail .pdf Anti-terror commandos to be based in BC Scuffle turns into war of words Reality at odds with picture being painted 6'5", 300 pound officer has good days, bad days Police cruisers collide, four officers injured BC man found dead in car police had checked |
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Inquest finds Taser wasn't a factor in man's death Sixty BC cops disciplined in 18-month period Police taser likely didn't kill man: pathologist Chief's apology satisfies police board Police chief was just joking: ex-mayor Graham apologizes for target stunt Man claims he was beaten by VPD Man dead after scuffle with police |
Police budget for investigations spent Man shot by Vancouver police identified Police reviewing fatal shooting Statement from the Chief Constable Coroner says drugs killed Ont. man, not Taser Five police officers under criminal investigation Alleged beating victim back in custody Vancouver officers sentenced in beating case |
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VANCOUVER - An RCMP officer has been found guilty of assault causing bodily harm after punching a man during an arrest in North Vancouver. (CKNW) |
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