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KELOWNA
- A man at a homeless camp was shot by a police officer
after police say he approached the officer with a knife.
(Castanet)
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IIO investigating
VICTORIA - The jury was asked to look into the death of Rhett Mutch, 20, who was fatally shot in 2014 when he charged at police officers with a knife. (CBC)
VANCOUVER - The police officer
involved in the
2014 shooting death of Phuong Na (Tony) Du will
not be charged.
(Global)
VANCOUVER - Det Const James
Fisher was arrested and faces 3 counts of sexual
exploitation, 1 count of sexual assault, 1 count of
breach of trust and 1 count of attempt to obstruct
justice.
(CBC)
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Officer charged
VICTORIA - BC's criminal justice branch says no charges have been approved against Delta police officers and paramedics who failed to file a report with the Children's Ministry about a child in need of protection. (CP) RELEASE: No charges in Paige Cauchie case .pdf
VANCOUVER - Block Watch captains in the Grandview Heights area of South Surrey say they are frustrated by a lack of communication from police and what they describe as a 'one-way flow' of information around crimes occurring in their neighbourhood. (Peace Arch News)
VICTORIA - The
BC Human Rights Tribunal
sided with Const David Bratzer, saying the Victoria
Police Department interfered with his rights as a
citizen to freely express his views and ordered the
award for injury to dignity, feelings and self-respect.
(CBC)
OTTAWA - The civilian watchdog
that oversees the RCMP has completed its investigation
into the force's treatment of indigenous women and girls
in northern BC.
The
CRCC
for the RCMP will send its interim report to the federal
force for review.
(Globe & Mail)
KELOWNA - RCMP Supt. Nick
Romanchuk has been off since Sept. 6.
It comes while the
Abbotsford Police Department continues to investigate a
series of allegations against the Kelowna RCMP - an
investigation that began at the same time Romanchuk took
a leave of absence.
(CBC)
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Outsiders ask to investigate
VANCOUVER - The BC Court of Appeal is examining whether it was legal for the RCMP to search 2 BlackBerry phones seized from a suspect following a 2006 kidnapping in Richmond. (CP) COMMENT: Case wrong one for BCCLA to champion Search cellphone only with a warrant |
VICTORIA - Sukhwinder 'Vinnie' Dosajnh was taken into custody. He's accused of sexually assaulting someone off-duty in 2005. (CBC) MORE: Officer charged Cop arrested
VANCOUVER - A teenager taken
down by Mounties in a case of mistaken identity says she
was on her way to a job interview when she found herself
handcuffed and face-down on the pavement.
The teen's father,
Garry Auguste, is a former police officer.
(CTV)
VANCOUVER - The RCMP in BC
have named Assistant Commissioner Brenda
Butterworth-Carr as the division's new commanding
officer.
Butterworth-Carr takes
over the position from deputy commissioner
Craig Callens, who is
retiring after holding the commanding officer position
for 5 years. (CBC)
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New commanding officer
RCMP news release
VANCOUVER - Daniel Peter
Rintoul, 38, died in a confrontation with officers
outside a
2830 Bentall St store on
Nov 10.
(CTV) MORE:
Investigators seek witnesses, videos
LILLOOET - A statement
from the RCMP says an internal audit and review of the
Lillooet detachment's evidence locker was done in
February 2015.
A sergeant with the
detachment has been charged with 4 counts of breach of
trust and 4 counts of theft. (CP)
NANAIMO - In Sept 2009,
Constable David Pompeo shot William Gillespie during
a traffic stop in Chemainus.
In 2013, Pompeo was
found guilty of aggravated assault, but a year later won
an appeal for a new trial.
(Global)
VANCOUVER - Irwin Cohen realized there was a dearth of data looking at those who flee the scene of a serious collision. (Globe & Mail) MORE: DDACTS
TERRACE
- RCMP Const. Bruce Lofroth now has a
criminal record after being handed a suspended sentence
with one year of probation for an assault on a youth in
2014.
The assault charge
stemmed from a video,
taken May 28, 2014, that
showed an officer physically restraining a male person
who was on the ground in front of a business on Lazelle
Ave. (Terrace Standard)
VICTORIA - Former RCMP officer
Dale Lee Sheets was sentenced to 6 months behind bars.
Sheets pleaded guilty
to one count of possession of child pornography in
October.
(CTV)
VANCOUVER - An increase in the number of traffic surveillance cameras at intersections has resulted in a 506% increase in the number of offences in Richmond, BC, in 2011. (CBC) MORE: BC Red light cameras Red light camera Watchdog probe Privacy concerns
VPD cold case website Vancouver police have launched a new website to help them crack 313 unsolved murder cases. MORE: vpdcoldcases.ca 8 cold cases |
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VANCOUVER - Police Chief Constable Adam Palmer fired a broadside at the IIO in an 8 page letter in which he questioned their competence and motivations in the way they conduct their investigations. (Crime & Punishment) |
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Basic seem beyond IIO's capability Suspect shot while fleeing police |
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OPCC 2015-2016 annual report .pdf
Summerland police involved shooting |
Something's got to give with IIO |
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IIO Clear statement .pdf
Charges approved
.pdf No charges approved .pdf
Nearly
a year later still no answers from IIO Officers may have committed offence Committee IIO report .pdf |
Report on shooting .pdf |
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VICTORIA - Kenneth Fenton, 28, pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing death and dangerous driving causing death. Const. Sarah Beckett's vehicle was hit by a truck April 5, 2016, at an intersection in Langford. (CP) |
Regimental funeral |
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GRANISLE - 2 people
identified by neighbours and relatives as Shirley
Williams, 77, and her son Jovan are dead after shots
were fired involving police in Granisle.
(Smithers Interior
News) |
No answers |
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VANCOUVER - A
YouTube user posted an audio recording identified as an exchange
between emergency officials on the morning Hudson Brooks was killed.
The recording includes a statement by a female officer indicating '(I)
think I shot myself.'
Brooks, who would have turned 22 Thursday, died around 2:30am on July
18, 2015, after what police initially described as a physical struggle
outside of the South Surrey RCMP detachment.
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Mom has to wait to see son's body |
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DAWSON CREEK - The RCMP officer who fatally shot a man associated with the hacker group Anonymous last year will not be facing charges. James Daniel McIntyre, 48, was killed outside a public hearing for the controversial Site C hydroelectric dam in Dawson Creek on July 16, 2015. (CTV) IIO 2015-000104 .pdf
Police 'begged' activist to put down the knife Questions into IIO investigation Officer ordered to stand trial |
Unpleasant realities of policing Carjacker accuses cop of shooting at him |
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IIO charges approved .pdf Addict had untreated mental issues Mountie shoots suspected drunk driver |
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Man was threatening spouse's life |
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Suspect killed in police shootout Reality at odds with picture painted |
Family of fallen thanks public |
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VANCOUVER -
One man is dead and 6 Vancouver police officers were taken to
hospital following an altercation that involved the use of "chemical
agents" in an attempt to subdue him.
(CBC) No charges approved .pdf |
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Police, firefighters fall into icy river |
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VANCOVUER - The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner is dropping its corruption investigation into 11 members of the Abbotsford Police Department but will continue its probe of 3 other officers. (CBC)
OPPC media statement
(.pdf) IIO press release .pdf |
OPCC RCMP probe former cop |
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Call for public oversight of RCMP |
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VANCOUVER - RCMP in BC will make staff cuts in a specialized gang unit and to their major crimes division to make up for a $4.2M budget shortfall next year. (CTV) |
BC policing plan .pdf |
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VANCOUVER - Former Mountie Monty Robinson is suing the RCMP for ruining his career and reputation, claiming his access to legal funds was restricted to stop him from going public. (CBC) Legal opinion .pdf Doust opinion .pdf |
Robert Dziekanski taser incident |
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Braidwood ruling .pdf |
Mountie's perjury conviction a travesty Inquiry shows police at their worst |
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VANCOUVER - The IIO has taken over the case involving the death of a man tasered by police in Burnaby. (CTV) Police Taser woman 'wielding knife' |
Police Taser teen wielding a knife Coroner's jurors urge more Tasers Chief Graham's internal e-mail .pdf |
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VANCOUVER - No charges have been approved against 2 police officers after suspects in separate incidents were bitten by service dogs, BC's Criminal Justice Branch says. (CP) |
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VANCOUVER - 2 Transit Police officers found guilty of assaulting a construction worker at a downtown Vancouver SkyTrain station have been given conditional discharges. Bruce Shipley and Alfred Wong must serve 25 hours of community service for the incident, which happened in Feb 2012 at Granville Station. (CTV) |
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PENTICTON - James McIntosh, 5, was riding his bike across a busy intersection on Sept. 15, 2015, with his brother and father at his side, when he was struck by a truck making a right turn. The truck was driven by Const. Ace Jimmy Stewart, who was off-duty at the time. Stewart has been charged with driving without due care and attention. (CTV) |
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VANCOUVER - BC Solicitor General Kash Heed is being sued for defamation by Doug Bruce. (CTV) |
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VANCOUVER - Cpl James Brown claims that Grant Wakefield improperly gained access to those photos, mixed them in with photos of a different man committing violent sexual acts, and presented them all to local media. Also sued is Vancouver lawyer Cameron Ward. (CTV) |
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VICTORIA - Suspended Victoria Police Chief Frank Elsner has stepped down from his job amid a lengthy investigation into his alleged misconduct, according to the Victoria and Esquimalt Police Board. (CTV) |
Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner |
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Ian Bush shooting 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. |
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VANCOUVER - 'The Queen's New Guard' is a dramatic feature documentary that follows the world's oldest police pipe band, The Vancouver Police, as they attempt to make history on their 100th anniversary by becoming the first non-military pipe band to perform the Changing of the Queen's Guard Ceremony in London. (Kick Starter) |
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