VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Police Board must look into an officer's allegation that arrest quotas have been issued as part of Mayor Ken Sim's "Task Force Barrage" initiative in the Downtown Eastside, British Columbia's police watchdog says.
VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Police Board must look into an officer's allegation that arrest quotas have been issued as part of Mayor Ken Sim's "Task Force Barrage" initiative in the Downtown Eastside, British Columbia's police watchdog says.
An email from the anonymous whistleblower is on the agenda for Thursday's meeting of the board along with a corresponding letter from the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner asking the board to take action.
The letter from the commissioner says it received a complaint from an officer on March 8, calling Task Force Barrage a politically motivated crackdown and saying those in charge have been "setting quotas."
Much of the email from the whistleblower was redacted but one sentence reads that they were taught that officers could decide whether to charge people.
"But now it's clear they don't value their officers' discretion and decision making and they're setting quotas. I don't think this is legal or right," it says.
A statement from police spokesperson Sgt. Steve Addison does not directly answer whether quotas are being used, but says the police are "unapologetic" about the work they are doing in the Downtown Eastside and the "results of Task Force Barrage speak for themselves."
Addison said...
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