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Man's stun gun death caught on tape police tazer taser

Vancouver cops under fire for camera seizures

Vancouver police are under fire for their rough handling of a newspaper photographer during an incident where a man was shot. The photographer surrendered his camera under the threat of arrest but later the...

opinion by mtippett | 37 wks ago | updated 37 wks ago
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Michelle Says So

Police act as mental health officers: report

A new report from the Vancouver Police Department finds that officers are spending a big chunk of their time doing a job they're not trained for--front-line mental health management.The report, titled Lost in...

created by Rob Peters | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Man Roaming Interstate Stunned By Taser Gun

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Vancouver airport to spend $1.3-million after taser incident

"The Vancouver Airport Authority said Friday it will spend $1.3-million from this year's operating budget on improvements to ensure there's no repeat of an incident like the one that led to the death of Polish...

created by Leonard Brody | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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RCMP Taser Elderly Stroke Survivor

Kelowna - John Peters, 68, suffered a stroke in 1990. He is blind in one eye, hard of hearing, and has neurological problems which affect his speech. But the RCMP added to his problems last Monday by shooting him with a Taser gun in Kelowna, B.C. Like Robert Dziekanski, the...

created by jr | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Warsaw questions Mounties' conduct

This may turn out to be one of the most significant instances of citizen reportage since Rodney King:"Tens of thousands of people around the world saw a troubling record of Robert Dziekanski's final moments in a bystander's 10-minute video, which media outlets ranging from...

created by mtippett | 2 years ago
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A Tazered Son: Will Mrs. Dziekanski's Questions be Answered?

My condolences to Mrs. Dziekanski on the tragic death of her son Robert. The incomprehensible drama of the breaking story of an unarmed Polish passenger, Robert Dziekanski, tazered by a police officer at Vancouver airport will be gone in a few weeks time....