West Vancouver Officer Pleads Guilty to Assault

[TypeRNammer]

and here is a cop pulling me over for street racing in richmond at a blistering rate of 55km/h

like seriously =.=*

[achiam]

I believe that police officers are professionals - they are legally given the privilege of force to maintain the laws that govern our society.
With that privilege however, comes responsibility - and if that responsibility is compromised, the penalties must be severe.

Being drunk is not an excusable reason for a professional to abuse his/her powers - if that were the case, then drunk pharmacists would give out drugs during benders.

The fact that the officer behaved in this power tripping manner not only showed his true colors, but his irresponsibility to allow himself to reach that point.

I for one have partied hard with many other professionals and even seen illicit drug use. I've even heard plenty of work stories that are not supposed to be spoken of. But never once have I heard of anyone abusing their positions in an ill spirited way.

In contrast, I know of only one officer in the VPD. A female friend who went out with him and his buddies drinking had nearly the same story as above but without physical action - the off-duty cops boasted drunkenly about being cops to another guy during a drunken argument and loudly threatened to call back up etc. and bragged about knowing how to use "moves" to take down the other guy. My friend was completely disgusted and told many of our friends of what she saw; I would hope that this was a tiny representation of the force, but one bad apple clearly spoils the barrel.

This kind of off duty behavior is unacceptable, and must be dealt with far greater consequences.
If the officers attacked another drunk and rampaging man, it would be somewhat understandable.
But to attack a newspaper delivery man, even when drunk, completely defies imagination.
I for one feel the officer should be let go.

[Nightwalker]

Originally Posted by StylinRed

They told the crowd who wanted to intervene that "we are the cops"

I tell people I'm Batman all the time. They didn't abuse their powers, they didn't have any. No badge, not on duty, no power.

No doubt about them being right cunts, but there's nothing about being cops when they're at work that makes them special when they're not
(Other than the repercussions that DO affect their career when they fuck up. I wholeheartedly agree about actions like that being unacceptable.)

[Sid Vicious]

Originally Posted by nns

That was a good one. He's also the same guy who was apart of the tasering at YVR. I can't wait to hear what's going to happen to him.

I'm very surprised that guy isn't in jail yet.

I totally acknowledge all the events Sid Vicious mentions, but I don't see it as signs of a corrupt police force. The cops in those events are the scrubs of the force; i.e. they're apart of the minority, not the majority.


So you're saying so long as they exhibit poor judgement, you can do the same?

I wouldnt' say corrupt. Incompetent, bungling, and in need of reevaluating their corporate culture and hiring practices.

im not the only one that agrees, check out the fairly recent macleans article
http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?c...14_10512_10512

[StylinRed]

West Van police officer gets conditional sentence
Sentenced to 21 days served in community
Katharine Kitts VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) 2009-07-29 13:02
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - West Vancouver Police Constable Griffin Gillan has received a conditional sentence of 21 days to be served in the community. Gillan pleaded guilty to assaulting 47-year old newspaper delivery man Phil Khan outside the Hyatt Hotel in downtown Vancouver in January after a night of drinking with two other Metro Vancouver officers.



Khan, surrounded by family members, wiped tears from his eyes as the judge went over what happened that night. Constable Gillan's crime was described as very serious, and the 25 year old who had 20 to 25 drinks that night will serve 21 days of a conditonal sentence and carry a criminal record. Gillan told the court earlier he hasn't had a drink since the incident and has taken anger management courses. A second officer has also been charged--he pleaded not-guilty in March.
Khan's lawyer Mobina Jaffer calls the entire case sad. "Constable Gillan is also a young man and Mr. Khan is not a revengful person. He wants Constable Gillan to also go on with his life, but that is not a chance that Mr. Khan has."

The Crown had been asking for a four to six month jail term. Khan claimed the men smelled of alcohol and uttered racial slurs when they began the unprovoked attack.

... 21 days conditional sentence... jesus fucking christ

[ajax]

Wow screw anything else, I should become a cop. Anyone need someone beat up, any drugs or even someone killed just pm me after I make the force.