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British Columbia’s police watchdog says 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.

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 complaint commissioner says it received a complaint from the VPD member on March 8, calling Task Force Barrage a “political motivated crack down” and saying those in charge have been “setting quotas.”

The police watchdog says that legally, the board must now initiate an...

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