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Old 07-17-2009, 08:34 PM   #1
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Vancouver Officer Pleads Guilty to Assault *update -sentenced*

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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.






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West Vancouver Police Constable Griffin Gillan says he cannot remember much of the night when he attacked a newspaper deliveryman because he had downed about 20 drinks by the time the assault occurred.

As Constable Gillan pleaded guilty Friday in provincial court to simple assault, his lawyer told the judge his client had an alcohol-induced blackout early on Jan. 20 when the melee involving the officer and two other off-duty policemen occurred just outside the Hyatt Regency Hotel.

“I still have zero recollection past a certain point that night,” the 25-year-old officer told Firoz (Phil) Khan, the victim of the bizarre attack, in an apology delivered in court as Mr. Khan looked on from the spectators' gallery in the courtroom, sitting a row from Constable Gillan's parents, girlfriend and supporters.

“Based on what I have read from your statement and the statements of other persons there that night, there was absolutely no reason for someone who is out on the street to be approached by a complete stranger and then assaulted.”

But Crown Ralph Keefer filled in the blanks yesterday with a statement of facts, largely undisputed by the defence, on an incident that came to involve three regional police forces as well as the Vancouver Police Department, which launched an aggressive investigation into the matter.

Mr. Keefer Friday called on Judge Jeanne Watchuk to impose a jail sentence of four to six months, followed by probation, noting among other things that his attack on Mr. Khan went through four stages of grabbing, kicks, punches and placing a foot on Mr. Khan's head.

“Not only did [Constable Gillan] disgrace himself. He disgraced police officers everywhere,” said Mr. Keefer.

But Constable Gillan's lawyer, David Butcher, called for a discharge or a suspended sentence or probation, describing the incident as way out of character for a man well-regarded by neighbours and colleagues.

He noted his client had given up alcohol, should not be punished more severely than any other young person in such a situation, and has co-operated with investigators. He also tabled a raft of supportive letters from friends, colleagues and family, including Vancouver Sun columnist David Baines, whose wife is Constable Gillan's aunt.

Constable Gillan, massively impaired after a night watching hockey and hopping among bars in West Vancouver and downtown with two fellow officers, drunkenly thought he was making an arrest when he attacked 47-year-old Mr. Khan, Mr. Keefer told the court.

The officer walked up to Mr. Khan, delivering 75 newspapers to the Hyatt, asked for directions, and – dissatisfied at the slow response – grabbed him by his lapels and kneed or kicked him in the stomach, knocking him to the ground where he continued to assault him, Mr. Keefer said.

When Mr. Khan asked “why are you hitting me?” Constable Gillan replied because “you're under arrest,” said Mr. Keefer, noting the officer also told Mr. Khan to put his face on the ground with his legs crossed and not to move.

“This is a typical police command affecting a forceful arrest, as you know, except here the officer was off duty, drunk and targeting a completely innocent civilian minding his own business,” Mr. Keefer said.

With his foot on the back of Mr. Khan's head, Constable Gillan called two officers he had been out with earlier in the evening – Blair Tanino of the Delta police force and Jeffrey Klassen of the New Westminster force – but had become separated from.

He told them he needed “back up” at the Hyatt, Mr. Keefer said, quoting from an account provided by Mr. Khan.

The two officers flagged a cab from nearby Granville Street, came to the scene and joined in the struggle to varying degrees, with Mr. Khan yelling for spectators to call the police while Constable Klassen, according to one witness, said “We are the police.”

At one point, Constable Tanino was kicked in the mouth by Constable Gillan.

A Vancouver police officer, only two weeks out of training, arrived on the scene and recognized Constable Tanino as his “use of force instructor” at the regional Justice Institute the previous fall. After conducting witness interviews, the three off-duty officers were arrested.

Mr. Keefer said Constable Gillen claimed his drinks were spiked though a blood test found no evidence of that.

Judge Watchuk said she would sentence Constable Gillan on July. 29.

Mr. Keefer said Mr. Khan, a native of the Fiji Islands, reported he heard one officer say “we don't like brown people,” but was not prepared to attribute the slur to any particular officer.

No charges were laid against Constable Tanino, whom Mr. Keefer described as the “least involved” in the incident. Constable Tanino is to testify at Constable Klassen's trial next spring on a charge of assault.

Mr. Khan declined comment as he left the court Friday though Liberal Senator Mobina Jaffer, acting as his lawyer in the case, said he has not been able to work since the incident.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle1223322/

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long read but how much do you want to bet this cop doesn't even get a slap
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He should be held accountable as any regular citizen AT THE VERY LEAST.

Maybe not prison time but definately lose his job without pay, forced to go to AA, not be allowed to have alcohol in his system for a period of time, and have a curfew. Really, that's what anyone should get at the least - he should actually be held to a higher standard, being an officer at the time.

The other two should be suspended without pay for making the situation worse.
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These are the guys we pay to serve and protect what a joke....

What a joke is to stereotype every police force in the lower mainland because of the actions of a select few.
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What a joke is to stereotype every police force in the lower mainland because of the actions of a select few.
doesnt matter too many pigs who are power tripping abusing their power. OR bs their way thru when they have no clue wtf they are talking about
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You must work with or deal with police often to be able to make that bold statement.


This must've been awkward for the VPD cop:
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With his foot on the back of Mr. Khan's head, Constable Gillan called two officers he had been out with earlier in the evening – Blair Tanino of the Delta police force and Jeffrey Klassen of the New Westminster force – but had become separated from.

He told them he needed “back up” at the Hyatt, Mr. Keefer said, quoting from an account provided by Mr. Khan.

The two officers flagged a cab from nearby Granville Street, came to the scene and joined in the struggle to varying degrees, with Mr. Khan yelling for spectators to call the police while Constable Klassen, according to one witness, said “We are the police.”

At one point, Constable Tanino was kicked in the mouth by Constable Gillan.

A Vancouver police officer, only two weeks out of training, arrived on the scene and recognized Constable Tanino as his “use of force instructor” at the regional Justice Institute the previous fall. After conducting witness interviews, the three off-duty officers were arrested.
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i think its safe (and sad) to say only a select few of officers are actually good guys, and the majority of them are dirty power tripping cops...

and that is from experience through observing many encounters with them as a volunteer in the DTES
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should have a stiffer sentence then the public considering the high regard we 'should' have for police.
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as is how quite a few officers assume everyone 'street races' just because we modify and appreciate our cars.
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The thread title should read "West Vancouver Officer...", not VPD
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im glad that thats the only thing concerning you


and the thread says vancouver officer... not vpd or rcmp or any of those slight formalities this guys a representative of vancouver including metro-vancouver and even more importantly he represents the police of canada not just west-van
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They weren't abusing their power, they were off duty and in street clothes.

Being blackout drunk must be dangerous if your a street cop and you're used to doing this shit all the time. Probably easy to get confused and do something REALLY stupid like this.
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They weren't abusing their power, they were off duty and in street clothes.

Being blackout drunk must be dangerous if your a street cop and you're used to doing this shit all the time. Probably easy to get confused and do something REALLY stupid like this.
They told the crowd who wanted to intervene that "we are the cops"
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What a joke is to stereotype every police force in the lower mainland because of the actions of a select few.
I disagree. If public outcry isn't addressed and power abuse is treated with this "slap on the wrist" style that we've become accustomed to, the VPD/RCMP will grow into an LAPD of the 90's - some have called it the most corrupt police force in the western world, at the time. There's actually a book on how corrupt it was, and the trial/new police chief that broke down the entire code of silence etc. I didn't buy the book but read briefly through it, and there was actually court documented drug dealing within the police force, and to the extent that there were rival police "factions" battling against each other inside the force.
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Preventative measures, right? I get that, and I see where you're coming from.

What I don't get is the angst-ridden RS teenagers who will take any chance they get, with any scrap of information/misinformation, and spin it into another "I hate the cops because blah blah blah blah" rant. I'm sure a lot of them have valid reasons to hate the cops, but they sing the same tune over and over all the time, and after a while, it gets annoying to hear.

If you're going to complain about something, at least do it properly. Like this, this is classic:
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and that is from experience through observing many encounters with them as a volunteer in the DTES
Give me a break. If they were all so horrible then why didn't the cops that subsequently showed up at the scene let the accused cops go? I mean, seeing as they're so high on power and everything. Are you saying that we lucked out that night and all the nice cops just happened to show up on that very scene? Come on...

Oh, BTW, i have no personal interest in how the cops are portrayed in the news or in society. I just have something against people who make stupid arguments in general, claiming issues are far grander than they really are. Achiam, this is not directed towards you.
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uhm.... you like to put things into the extreme i see... how could the cops that showed up even think about letting them go? (im sure they might have) if there weren't a million witnesses who weren't considered "scum" in fact im sure if it happened in the DTES the cops would have been let go (ive seen on-duty cops do the same)


whoever changed my thread title... there really isnt any need whatsoever

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VANCOUVER - The Crown asked a provincial court judge Friday to send a West Vancouver police officer to jail for six months for initiating an unprovoked assault on a newspaper delivery man last January.

The police officer, Griffin Gillan, 25, pleaded guilty Friday to assaulting Firoz Khan, who was delivering newspapers outside the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Vancouver after 2:30 a.m. on Jan. 21.

Prosecutor Ralph Keefer said Gillan was initially charged with robbery with violence in regard to the theft of Khan’s cellphone. But considering his extreme level of intoxication and the specific intent required, the Crown was not satisfied Gillan had committed a theft and decided to accept a plea of simple assault.

The court was told Gillan consumed as many as 25 drinks, including shots of hard liquor, and had no memory of his disgraceful behaviour.

Gillan began with up to five drinks while watching a Vancouver Canucks hockey game at a West Vancouver bar with two other off-duty officers: Jeffrey Klassen, 38, of the New Westminster police, who was also a use-of-force instructor for police training at the Justice Institute of B.C.; and Blair Tanino, a Delta police officer.

After the game, the trio went to downtown Vancouver and consumed more drinks at two bars on Granville Street, first at El Furniture Warehouse, then at the Roxy nightclub.

At the first bar on Granville, after consuming five shots and more drinks, Gillan got into an argument with a man in a black jacket, who was removed from the premises.

About 1:30 a.m., the trio went to the Roxy and had more drinks. Gillan, who had been an officer for only 18 months, left alone from the Roxy and flagged down a passing Corvette, which picked him up.

The man driving the Corvette, Aubrey Simon, who has since died, told police he was driving to the Hyatt on Burrard Street to meet some friends. He said Gillan said he was a Vancouver cop, which struck Simon as odd, considering the man was extremely intoxicated.

Simon said Gillan suddenly became very angry, began kicking the car’s dashboard and climbed out the passenger window. Simon asked him if he was okay and Gillan replied: “If you come any closer, I’ll have people deal with you,” then walked out in the middle of the street.

Simon recalled he went into the Hyatt and phoned 911 to report Gillan’s irrational behaviour. By the time Simon came back outside, Gillan and two other men had a man pinned to the ground and appeared to be roughing him up.

Keefer said Gillan approached Khan, 47 (who he described as a friendly man, married with three children) as he stepped out of his Dolphin Delivery truck carrying 75 newspapers to be delivered to the Hyatt.

“Buddy, I need to know how to get to Broadway and Cambie,” Gillan said to Khan, who replied “Give me a second,” as he balanced the stack of newspapers on his shoulder.

“You f---ing come here right now,” Gillan told Khan, the prosecutor said.

The off-duty officer then grabbed Khan by the lapels and kneed him in the stomach. Khan fell, sending the newspapers flying. Once on the ground, Khan recalled, he was hit three times around his head and shoulders.

Khan was then dragged to his feet and had his sweatshirt pulled over his head.

“Why are you hitting me?” Khan asked, the court was told.

“Because you’re under arrest,” Gillan replied.

“What for?” the delivery man asked. Gillan didn’t answer but became angry, forcing Khan back on the ground, putting him face-down and putting his foot on the back of Khan’s neck.

The off-duty officer then used his cellphone to call his buddies at the Roxy, asking for “backup.”

Klassen and Tanino took a cab to the Hyatt, jumped out and grabbed Khan, who by then had been pulled back on his feet by Gillan. The two were facing each other, with their arms on each other’s shoulders.

Khan recalled calling out: “Help, please help. ... Call the police.”

Hyatt night manager Ron Windsor came outside and asked the men if he should call police.

“We are the police,” Klassen said, while he pulled Khan’s head down by the hair.

A bystander called 911. During the call, played in court, one of the off-duty officers was heard shouting police-style commands.

Khan recalled further violence. At one point, the Crown said, Gillan tried to kick Khan while he was pinned on the ground and missed, instead kicking one of the off-duty officers in the mouth as he sat on Khan.

The first Vancouver police officer who arrived on the scene, identified in court only as Const. Jaswal, heard one of the three off-duty officers say, “We are police” and recalled they asked him to arrest Khan, who was then handcuffed.

The arresting officer, just two weeks on the job, recognized one of the off-duty officers, Klassen, as his use-of-force instructor at the police academy.

When a bystander told the arresting officer that Khan was the victim, the handcuffs were removed while the officer made further inquiries of the witnesses at the scene. Eventually, he arrested the three off-duty officers.

“This wasn’t one blow but four separate assaults,” Keefer told Vancouver Provincial Court Judge Jeanne Watchuk, asking for a jail sentence of four to six months.

The prosecutor said Khan did not suffer a concussion and his injuries were not severe, but he still suffers from the attack with dizzy spells, stiffness and behaviour changes, which seem to be signs of a lingering head injury.

Keefer said Gillan not only disgraced himself but all police officers.

“He abused his authority as a police officer,” he said. “This was just collective bullying in the name of police.”

Keefer said the victim alleged a racial slur was made. Khan told police one of the off-duty officers said, “We don’t like brown people,” but this was not heard by any witness at the scene.

Gillan was belligerent after he was arrested and spat on the arresting officer’s car.

At the end of the Crown submissions, Gillan stood up in court and read out an apology while facing Khan, who was in court with his wife.

“I am deeply and truly sorry,” the officer said. “It has changed my life forever and, again, I am extremely sorry for what you and your family have been put through.”

He added: “I still have zero recollection past a certain point that night.”

Defence lawyer David Butcher asked the judge to impose a conditional discharge, noting that Khan suffered relatively minor injuries. He pointed out that Khan was offered to be taken to hospital by ambulance and declined.

Alternatively, the lawyer asked the judge to impose a suspended sentence or a conditional sentence, which would allow Gillan to serve a jail sentence under house arrest.

He said his client drank “huge amounts” of alcohol that night and accepts responsibility for his behaviour.

“Const. Gillan’s response to his conduct is to stop drinking,” Butcher said. “He has not had alcohol since that night. He doesn’t want a repetition of that night.”

Butcher said Khan became a media celebrity and exaggerated what happened to him.

(Lawyer Mobina Jaffer, a Liberal senator, told reporters outside court that her law firm is representing Khan, who has been unable to work since the incident. “He’s destitute,” she said, adding that no civil lawsuit had been filed yet.)

Butcher read in court excerpts of dozens of letters of reference, including one from Vancouver Sun business columnist David Baines, Gillan’s uncle.

The letters described Gillan as a kind, caring and responsible young man.

Butcher said letters of reference from Gillan’s police supervisors described the rookie policeman as a very good officer who was patient, professional, calm, level-headed, hard-working and dedicated.

“They all report this incident is out of character for him,” Butcher said.

The judge adjourned sentencing to July 29 at 9:30 a.m.

Klassen’s trial is scheduled for next spring.

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Preventative measures, right? I get that, and I see where you're coming from.

What I don't get is the angst-ridden RS teenagers who will take any chance they get, with any scrap of information/misinformation, and spin it into another "I hate the cops because blah blah blah blah" rant. I'm sure a lot of them have valid reasons to hate the cops, but they sing the same tune over and over all the time, and after a while, it gets annoying to hear.

If you're going to complain about something, at least do it properly. Like this, this is classic:

Give me a break. If they were all so horrible then why didn't the cops that subsequently showed up at the scene let the accused cops go? I mean, seeing as they're so high on power and everything. Are you saying that we lucked out that night and all the nice cops just happened to show up on that very scene? Come on...

Oh, BTW, i have no personal interest in how the cops are portrayed in the news or in society. I just have something against people who make stupid arguments in general, claiming issues are far grander than they really are. Achiam, this is not directed towards you.
i dunno im not fuck the police type person but look at what's happened recently
- ian bush
- dziekanski debacle (and then subsequently one of the officers killing a person during a dui)
- the drug dealers walking because the RCMP lied to get the wiretaps

i mean i can see why people have such a negative perception of the police here
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LOL and cops never stereotype anyone...........................
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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.

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So you're saying so long as they exhibit poor judgement, you can do the same?
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Old 07-18-2009, 01:34 PM   #24
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there've been other instances of DUI and Hit & Runs not just that particular officer
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Old 07-18-2009, 02:58 PM   #25
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So you're saying so long as they exhibit poor judgement, you can do the same?
their job is based on judgement. lol. cops are held at a higher standard than us common folk. if i was the one randomly beating up this dude, i would get fucked by the law hard. this retard is gonna get off with nothing more than a slap on the wrist. a cop that does that shit shouldnt be a cop.
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