Life for police is tough, perhaps a complaints sytem is on its way for regulators?

Crossing the line

Among the substantiated complaints:

- A New Westminster police officer was caught buying cocaine from a known drug dealer to whom he was already in debt, using the drug and failing to pay his bar tab. He was fired.

- In Vancouver, a police officer used the police database to conduct unauthorized searches while maintaining a personal relationship with someone whom he knew associated with criminals. The same officer was also found to have "used the services of a prostitute." He was also fired.

- A Vancouver officer drank while off-duty and got in his car "while his ability to do so was affected by alcohol." The OPCC report says he told another officer who pulled him over he was a police officer, in order to receive favourable treatment. He received a six-day suspension without pay.

- In Abbotsford, a female officer pulled over a car for failing to stop and forced the female motorist to the ground at gunpoint where she was handcuffed. The motorist was eventually released without charge, but given a traffic ticket for failing to provide a driver's licence. However, the police complaints commission found the officer had not provided the woman a reasonable opportunity to produce her licence. The officer was given a written reprimand and sent for retraining.

- In Victoria, an officer used his department's email address to send a photo of a naked male. He was suspended without pay for eight days.

- A New Westminster officer drove his car into a rock, sustaining minor damage. It was the officer's sixth motor vehicle accident in six years, four of which were his fault. The officer was sent for driver assessment and training.

READ the full report: 2013 Police Complaints Commission Report

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