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UBCIC: Brief initial comment on VPD street check report
September 26, 2018 Vancouver Police Board Service and Policy Complaint Review Committee Re: Service or Policy Complaint #2018-133 on Street Checks Dear Committee members, We appreciate the VPD’s considerable effort in drafting report #1809C01 in relation to the above-noted complaint. We have had a brief opportunity to review the report. Due to the short time […]
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Read MoreReport proves no racial disparity in street checks: Vancouver police chief – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Sep 26, 2018 By Hina Alam THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER _ An internal report is recommending an overhaul of the Vancouver Police Department’s use of random street checks, even though it has found “no statistical basis” to conclude officers use the checks to discriminate against certain races. The report’s six recommendations include calls […]
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Read MoreVancouver Police Provide In-Depth Look at Street Check Data
September 26, 2018 Vancouver Police released a new report this week about the department’s use of street checks. It’s an in-depth look at how, when, where, and why street checks are used, and who is being checked. Street checks are a valuable proactive policing tool for ensuring public safety. Although they are used infrequently – […]
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Read MoreNational Inquiry Fall schedule: Family and Child Welfare next hearing
September 25, 2018 Vancouver, B.C. – The Commissioners of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls is at the midpoint of its final public hearings and is taking the opportunity to provide further information on its important work and sacred responsibility. As announced on July 17, 2018 and August 21, 2018, […]
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Read MoreVPD recommends more training for officers conducting ‘street checks’ – Vancouver is Awesome
A Vancouver Police Department review of how its officers conduct street checks has concluded what its chief has said publicly over the past few months—that the practice is not discriminatory, despite data showing an overrepresentation of Indigenous and black people being stopped by officers. Even so, the department has recommended the Vancouver Police Board adopt […]
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Read MoreReport on Indigenous justice released as part of 10th B.C. Justice Summit
Sep. 20, 2018 VANCOUVER – In order to identify and accelerate real, transformative changes to the ways that Indigenous peoples interact with British Columbia’s justice system, the 10th B.C. Justice Summit was held in early June 2018. Government has posted the summit report, detailing the discussions between leaders of B.C.’s justice and public-safety sector and […]
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Read MoreFamily to gather on Highway 16 to honour Smithers, B.C., teen Jessica Patrick – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Sep 20, 2018 SMITHERS, B.C. _ Family and friends of a young northwestern British Columbia mother are calling on people to gather along Highway 16 as a tribute to the 18-year-old. Jessica Patrick, also known as Jessica Balczer, was reported missing on Sept. 3, three days after she was last seen at a […]
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Read MoreUpdate:Balczer is pronounced BAHL’ zer. – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Sep 20, 2018 SMITHERS, B.C. – Family and friends of a young northwestern British Columbia mother are calling on people to gather along Highway 16 as a tribute to the 18-year-old. Jessica Patrick, also known as Jessica Balczer, was reported missing on Sept. 3, three days after she was last […]
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Read MoreFamily of Jessica Patrick ask community to gather on Highway 16 as body brought home – CBC
Patrick was member of the Lake Babine First Nation Sep 20, 2018 Family and friends of Jessica Patrick, an 18-year-old whose body was found near Smithers, B.C. two days ago, are asking community members to gather along Highway 16 as her body is brought home from Prince George. The call came on Facebook, with some […]
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Read MoreIn the news today, Sept. 19 – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Sep 19, 2018 Five stories in the news for Wednesday, Sept. 19 ___ NAFTA TALKS RESUME AS DEADLINE LOOMS Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is back in Washington _ and back in search of a way to bridge the divide that’s keeping Canada out of a new North American free trade pact. Freeland […]
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