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GRAND FORKS -
The
altercation began as police received a report of an
erratic driver just before 3:30pm.
When police attempted
to stop the vehicle, they said the driver tried to avoid
the officers by ramming his vehicle into several police
cars.
Police fired shots and
the male driver suffered unknown injuries.
(CBC)
VICTORIA - There will be no charges for the RCMP officer who fatally shot Peter de Groot, a 45-year-old farmer who spent days evading police in the BC Interior back in 2014. (CTV) REPORT: Slocan Death 2014 .pdf Statement from the RCMP Delay unacceptable
VANCOUVER - In a lawsuit filed in BC Supreme Court, former APD Const. Ravinder 'Rob' Thandi claims the APD, City of Abbotsford and Abbotsford Police Board, as well as APD Chief Bob Rich and deputy chief David Shmirler, did not adequately consider how mental illnesses contributed to his case. (Vancouver Province)
VANCOUVER - Const Brian Eden, a Richmond RCMP officer has been fired after it was found he had misused police files to contact a 17-year-old sexual assault victim and share flirty texts and a photo. (PostMedia)
VICTORIA - No charges will be laid against Smithers, BC, RCMP officers involved in the death of Jacobus Jonker. (CBC) MORE: BC Prosecution Service release .pdf Justice delayed is justice denied
QUALICUM BEACH - RCMP were
asked to assist in responding to a complaint of a
man who had stabbed himself inside a vehicle.
When they arrived, a
struggle ensued and at least one shot was fired by
police.
(PQB news)
SAANICH -
KELOWNA
- A man at a homeless camp was shot by a police officer
after police say he approached the officer with a knife.
(Castanet)
MORE:
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)
MORE:
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)
Older phones not as sensitive 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. COMMENT: Case wrong one for BCCLA to champion Search cellphone only with a warrant |
SURREY - Ditch the Mounties and spring for a local police force in Surrey, says a new municipal political party fed up with the enduring gang violence that has plagued that city. (PostMedia) MORE: RCMP to ask Surrey for significant staff increase Residents rally for change
NANAIMO - Police confirmed
officers shot and killed a suspect during an arrest
attempt at the Departure Bay ferry terminal.
(Nanaimo News Now)
VARADERO - A 17-year-old girl from Ontario complained that one of the vacationing officers, a member of the Vancouver Police Department, assaulted her near Varadero, Cuba. (Global) MORE: Officers identified
ABBOTSFORD - An Abbotsford
Police officer is under investigation for allegedly
stealing money while searching a drug dealing suspect's
house.
(Abbotsford News)MORE:
Cops
says it was a joke
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops RCMP
officer has been charged with assault causing bodily
harm following an incident that occurred Aug. 25, 2017,
while the officer was on duty. Const. Joedy Todd
Henderson is facing one count of assault causing bodily
harm. (CBC)
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)
MORE:
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)
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
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)
MORE:
Outsiders ask to investigate
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 - This past month the new Chief Civilian Director of the IIO Ronald J. MacDonald released a report into an incident in which a man died of a self-inflicted pellet rifle shot during an encounter with Burnaby RCMP. The incident occurred on Dec 20, 2017. The report was released on Feb 20, 2018 just two months after the event. In the IIO's 5 year history this has never occurred. (Crime & Punishment) |
New head of BC's police watchdog SIRT director leaves to head IIO IIO death was not self-inflicted Officer's refusal to provide info to IIO |
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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 - Const Ian Jordan was involved in an accident on Sept 22, 1987, as he responded to a possible break-and-enter. As officers rushed to the scene, Jordan's vehicle crashed into another Victoria police car. That car was carrying officer Ole Jorgensen, who suffered a serious injury in the crash. (Global) |
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ABBOTSFORD - Officers were called about a possible stolen vehicle in the parking lot of the Fraser Valley Auto Mall at about 11:30am Monday. The caller blocked the suspect's vehicle in while waiting for police to arrive. A male suspect emerged from that vehicle and began shooting at the caller and others with a shotgun. There was an exchange of gunfire and one officer was pronounced dead at the hospital. The suspect, a man in his 60s from Alberta, fled in the vehicle and police officers pursued. The man was apprehended and taken to hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. (CP) |
Officer killed in line of duty |
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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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CASTLEGAR - RCMP West Kootenay Traffic Unit Const Jason Tait has been charged with manslaughter in relation to the shooting of Waylon Jesse Edey during an attempted traffic stop near Castlegar on Jan. 29, 2015. (Columbia Valley Pioneer) BCPS media statement .pdf IIO media statement .pdf |
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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 - Const Elizabeth Cucheran is charged with aggravated assault and assault with a weapon. On July 18, 2015, Hudson Brooks, 20, appeared outside and began screaming. He was believed to be suicidal at the time. Officers went outside, where a struggle ensued and Brooks was shot. It was later determined the 20-year-old Surrey man had been shot multiple times. (Vancouver Sun) |
YouTube user posted an audio recording 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 |
Pedestrian hit by RCMP vehicle 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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Suspect killed in police shootout Reality at odds with picture painted |
Family of fallen thanks public |
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VANCOUVER - Mounties and paramedics responded to calls about a
'distraught male' who was screaming in the intersection of 10 Ave
and 161A St, Surrey, shortly after 1:30pm.
The officers' arrival led to a 'physical struggle,' the IIO
said. The man went into cardiac arrest and died at the scene at
around 3pm, despite efforts to resuscitate him.
(CTV) Man dies while being taken into custody No charges approved .pdf New West police to review arrest |
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Police, firefighters fall into icy river |
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VANCOUVER - 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) 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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OTTAWA - The SCC has dismissed appeals from 2 men convicted of perjury in connection with a notorious Taser death at Vancouver's airport in 2007. Kwesi Millington and Benjamin (Monty) Robinson were among 4 Mounties charged with perjury following a public inquiry into the death of Robert Dziekanski. (CP) YVR video report .pdf
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Robert Dziekanski taser incident Legal opinion .pdf Doust opinion .pdf |
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Braidwood ruling .pdf |
Mountie's perjury conviction a travesty Inquiry shows police at their worst |
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CHILLIWACK - The IIO says that officers responded to reports of a parental abduction involving a male suspect. Officers arrived and used a taser on the man sending him into medical distress. Police administered first aid and paramedics were called, but the man died a short time later. (CBC) |
Police Taser teen wielding a knife Coroner's jurors urge more Tasers Chief Graham's internal e-mail .pdf Police Taser woman 'wielding knife' |
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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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