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AK on Global News: VPD Officers To Start Wearing Cameras This Fall

Jun 15 2023

Vancouver police officers are set to begin using body-worn cameras this fall, following recommendations from a coroner’s inquest into the death of a man who was severely beaten by members of the force seven years ago. The Vancouver Police Department has been exploring the possibility of cameras since 2009, but expedited the timeline of a pilot program after jurors […]

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Drunk in public: can police arrest me?

Jun 19 2017

It’s the early hours of Saturday morning in downtown Vancouver. Even the stragglers are starting to head home after a night of drinking. They pour out of bars and nightclubs in a tapering trickle, like the last drops in a good bottle of scotch. Some hail taxis, hop on a bus or head down the

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Vancouver police officer smashes driver’s window

Mar 28 2015

A YouTube video of a Vancouver police sergeant, who smashed a motorist’s window, has raised questions about the rights drivers have when they are pulled over by police. The testy exchange caught on video shows the unidentified driver opening his window just a crack and infuriating the police officer by not stepping out of the

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A young man killed himself

Oct 27 2014

The people of Haida Gwaii are tortured by sorrow and are grieving beyond words this evening because a young man killed himself. On October 18th, this young man hung himself here in Vancouver. The young man is a member of the Haida people. My understanding is that he lived much of his life in Old

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Magical IRP defences

Dec 30 2013

Just before Christmas, we had two people call us hoping to glean our magical IRP defences to deal with their 90-day Immediate Roadside Prohibitions. In one case, the individual had concocted an argument that was guaranteed to lose. She hired us to take over when she realized that she was in over her head. In

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Back to School Special: What you should be teaching your children

Sep 3 2013

Ah, September. The time of year when children head back to school. In the Lower Mainland of BC in particular this is a special time of year as students head back to university. And many new university students move into the Lower Mainland from around the world. It’s a special time of year. You can

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DUI cases tossed due to shoddy paperwork

Jan 26 2013

Vancouver police have been taking shortcuts in DUI cases by photocopying forms used to demonstrate that breathalyzer machines have been tested and are working properly. Criminal lawyer Paul Doroshenko said at least 17 cases of 90-day driving suspensions have been tossed out because of shoddy paperwork provided by the Vancouver police department. “I think every

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Vancouver photocopy debacle: IRPs issued on photocopied evidence

Jan 23 2013

In early September 2012 we were reviewing disclosure in a client’s Immediate Roadside Prohibition (IRP) case issued in Vancouver and we noticed that something was a little funky. Now, we are aware that the ASDs in Vancouver have a long history of being improperly calibrated and of having serious reliability problems. So we generally look

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Drunk driving cases tossed due to bad paperwork

Jan 22 2013

Roughly seventeen drunk driving cases have been thrown out after police cut corners by photocopying alcohol breath test calibration forms. When defence lawyer Paul Doroshenko was working on a case involving suspected drunk drivers he represented, he found that calibration forms police fill out to prove breath tests are working had been photocopied, including the

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Hockey! and drunk driving

Jan 7 2013

Many people and businesses are celebrating the end of the hockey lockout/strike. From taxi drivers, ticket resellers, restaurant and bar owners, hospitality industry workers, the people and the companies that sell advertising, the businesses that supply all of the sports bars and restaurants and stadiums with all of their stuff — they’re all happy, and

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The Missing Women’s Inquiry

Dec 27 2012

On December 17, 2012, the Honorable Mr. Wally Oppal released the long-awaited report in the Missing Women’s Inquiry. This Report came after months of testimony from police officers, Crown-Counsel prosecutors, sex trade workers and the families of missing and murdered women. Just shy of 1,500 pages, in six separate volumes, the Report into the Missing

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Standard police procedure

Aug 20 2012

As criminal lawyers we have seen many cases where people have been treated terribly by the police. We’ve come to see this as standard police procedure, although any police force would understandable deny this. However, from time to time it gets on the news, usually when there’s someone who manages to catch the police in

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