Police Discipline

• Transit cop who brutally beat UBC student handed 2-day suspension due to discipline delay

  A disciplinary proceeding settled on a two-day suspension for a Metro Vancouver transit police officer who beat a UBC student, in part because of how long proceedings had taken.

  Crime

  Nov 30, 2023
  
• VPD officer who engaged in ‘sexual activity’ with high school student in Cuba demoted

  Const. Mark Simms, who was in the country off-duty, was charged with sexual assault in 2018 but eventually acquitted of any criminal offence.

  Crime

  Nov 25, 2022
  
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• Vancouver police officers who used ‘reckless’ force in 2016 wellness check to keep their badges

  In February, an adjudicator ruled the pair had recklessly used force during the 2016 call, which left a Vancouver man with serious injuries to his face and head.

  Crime

  Jun 11, 2021
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• In U.S., arbitration allows police officers fired for misconduct to return to jobs

  Some experts in law and in policing say appealing cases to an arbitrator who then overturn discipline stands in the way of real accountability.

  World

  Jun 24, 2020
• 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