Police Complaint

• Evasive Vancouver police officers prompt police watchdog complaint

  Two officers who punched and injured a drunken man won't face further investigation into their use of force, but four other officers who witnessed the arrest last year could.

  Jan 20, 2023
  
• Vancouver police officer who shoved person facing internal review

  The incident caught on camera in the Downtown Eastside has been flagged to both the Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner and the VPD's professional standards section.

  Crime

  Jun 15, 2022
  
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• Handling of Vancouver police shoving incident faces new questions

  "I find it hard to believe that nothing was documented. They knew the video existed ... you can clearly see the officer trying to obtain the video directly out of my hands."

  Crime

  Aug 4, 2021
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• Discipline of Vancouver police officer to be reviewed by retired judge: commissioner

  Vancouver police held two investigations, first proposing a 15-day suspension and, when the commissioner rejected that finding the department called for a six-day suspension and anger management classes.

  Crime

  Jun 3, 2020
• Group that occupied B.C. minister’s office files complaint over arrests by Victoria police

  Police arrested 12 adults Jan. 22 after a 15-hour occupation. Protesters have now filed a complaint with a police watchdog.

  Jan 29, 2020
• VPD officers discriminated against Indigenous mother, says BC Human Rights Tribunal

  One officer told the tribunal that education about the "darker side of Indigenous history" was a "minor component" of the training they received.

  Crime

  Dec 15, 2019
• Family calls for Edmonton police officer to be disciplined after violent arrest recorded

  The sister of a man at the centre of a violent arrest caught on video is calling for disciplinary action against the Edmonton police officer.

  Crime

  Mar 29, 2019
• Official complaint lodged over Vancouver police ‘carding’ of Indigenous, black people

  VPD data shows 15 per cent of its "street checks" involved Indigenous people, who make up just two per cent of the city's population.

  Canada

  Jun 14, 2018