Police Oversight

• Hearing begins into death of B.C. woman shot with police plastic bullets

  Lisa Rauch, 43, died several days after being shot in the head with plastic bullets on Christmas Day 2019.

  Crime

  Apr 15
  
• Mayors won’t automatically chair police boards under proposed B.C. Police Act changes

  Under new legislation proposed by the B.C. government, municipal mayors will no longer automatically act as the chair of their local police boards.

  Politics

  Apr 4
  
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• IIO probes Vancouver police arrest after suspect hospitalized

  The incident shaped up shortly before 10 p.m. on Feb. 29, when officers were called to a report of a man damaging vehicles in a parking lot on Alberni Street.

  Crime

  Mar 6
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• B.C. human rights commissioner to probe police discrimination in use of force

  British Columbia's human rights commissioner has launched an inquiry into police use of force against people who are racialized or dealing with mental health issues.

  Health

  Jan 30
• Syrian refugee injured by Vancouver police dog launches lawsuit

  Thirty-three-year-old Sam Saltah alleges he was attacked outside his East Vancouver home in August 2023 as he was having a cigarette.

  Crime

  Jan 8
• Assault charge laid against Vancouver special municipal constable

  Special municipal constables work for the VPD as jail guards, community safety officers and traffic control officers. 

  Crime

  Jan 4
• Vancouver police begin wearing body cameras

  Dozens of Vancouver police officers are now recording their interactions on body-worn cameras in a pilot project the department says is aimed at improving public trust.

  Jan 4
• First look at the Vancouver Police Department’s new body cameras

  Const. Katie Ranger is among 84 patrol members who will be wearing them in the coming days, following training sessions.

  Crime

  Jan 3
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• Assault trial of 3 Vancouver police officers hears closing arguments

  Constables Brandon Blue and Beau Spencer along with now-retired constable Gregory Jackson face assault charges over a May 2017 arrest at the Commercial-Broadway SkyTrain station.

  Crime

  Dec 22, 2023
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• Watchdog probing ‘serious harm’ of man in Nanaimo RCMP custody

  Nanaimo RCMP said a man in custody "collapsed unexpectedly inside a police cell" shortly before noon on Sunday, Dec. 10.

  Crime

  Dec 12, 2023