No Federal Criminal Charges to Be Filed in Woodcarver’s Shooting

By Wawmeesh Hamilton, Indian Country Today, January 14, 2012 -Via- warriorpublications.wordpress.com2012/01/14/no-federal-criminal-charges-to-be-filed-in-woodcarvers-shooting/

Federal prosecutors have closed the case against the former Seattle Police Department officer who shot and killed a Nuu-Chah-Nulth woodcarver in 2010.  U.S. District Attorney spokesperson Thomas Bates announced on Friday January 13 that his office will not pursue federal criminal charges against Ian Birk, 29, for the September 2010 shooting of John T. Williams in Seattle.

Senior B.C. Mountie charged with stealing cocaine

By: ctvbc.ca     Wednesday Jan. 11, 2012

A commanding officer with the B.C. RCMP has been arrested and charged with theft after he allegedly stole and used cocaine from police exhibits.

Staff Sgt. Stuart Seib, commander of the Merritt detachment, was arrested on Tuesday after a four-day investigation that ran through the weekend. Police allege that Seib stole from evidence on more than one occasion, and the thefts came to their attention after he disclosed them to fellow officer.

Another B.C. Mountie files suit over on-the-job sex abuse

By Keith Fraser, Postmedia News January 5, 2012

VANCOUVER — Another female RCMP officer                                                                                          in B.C. has come forward to  allege sexual abuse while on the job.

Const. Karen Katz has filed a lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court describing several incidents of abuse.

RCMP Rookie Shatters Penticton Mans Leg on New Years Eve

RCMP Rookie Constable Adam Burton shattered Marcus Caspersons leg, which now has an 8 inch steel plate in it, on New Years Eve after stopping him for having an open can of beer as he was walking from his residence to a neighbors. In defense of his actions, the rookie alleges that Markus took a swing at him and ran, Markus says he did no such thing, poured out his beer as directed and started walking home when he was attacked by the rookie and had his leg shattered as he was tackled and stomped on.

To Serve & Protect PDF – Report on VPD by Pivot

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Although this document portrays reform & working alongside police as an effective way to stem police violence, common sense proves otherwise with the cases of police brutality, incompetence & corruption maintaining, if not increasing, every year. That being said, the information in this report can be shocking and revealing for anyone who has yet to experience first hand the sickness and violence within the Vancouver Police Department.

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Alberta Mountie sues RCMP over harassment

CBCNews Nov.14,2011

An Edmonton-area RCMP officer is suing the Mounties over allegations he was harassed by his co-workers at the Stony Plain detachment over a period of seven years.

The RCMP External Review Committee, which investigates grievances in the force, found Gerry Hoyland was intimidated, threatened and ridiculed by other Mounties while stationed in the town just west of Edmonton from 1998 to 2005.

Female Mountie found guilty of disgraceful conduct

By Sam Cooper, The Province December 16, 2011

VANCOUVER — After RCMP adjudicators ruled Friday a female officer is guilty of having sex with her boss on the job and could be fired for slandering him — while he faces just demotion — a civil lawyer representing the woman slammed Canada’s national police force as “not a safe place for women to work.”

VPD’s “Public Safety Unit” Riot Cops

Notes from the VPD’s 2011 Stanley Cup Riot Review

by Zig Zag

If you’ve attended your fair share of protests in Vancouver, then you’ve probably encountered the riot cops. Most of the time, they appear in baseball caps with shiny, lime green, safety vests. Sometimes they sport helmets, shields, and three-foot long wooden batons.

Established in 1993 as the Crowd Control Unit (CCU), the riot squad has evolved into a professional, award-winning model of ‘public order’, at least according to the Vancouver Police Department’s 2011 Stanley Cup Riot Review, released on Sept. 6, 2011. The report focuses largely on the riot but contains a surprisingly large amount of information on the VPD’s riot squad, now called the “Public Safety Unit” (PSU).

Former RCMP staffer feared for family members’ lives as Mountie harassed her, court hears

By SAM COOPER, The Province November 18, 2011

In an RCMP sex-conduct hearing Thursday, a North Vancouver RCMP staffer alleged a well-connected B.C. Mountie tried to rip off her shorts and pin her down for sex against her will, and was “criminally harassing” her to the point that she feared for family members’ lives.

But, she told RCMP lawyers, she didn’t report the allegations because she didn’t trust the RCMP’s internal investigation process, partly because the detachment’s commanding officer had allegedly taken a questionable photo of her backside.

Harassed and belittled at hands of RCMP, says Couture in lawsuit

By KEITH FRASER, The Province December 5, 2011

A Surrey RCMP officer is suing the B.C. solicitor-general’s ministry, the Attorney-General of Canada and three RCMP officers, alleging she was harassed, demeaned and belittled by bosses who operated in an atmosphere of “fear and control.”