For better or for worse, I have created a public event on Facebook regarding the Vancouver Police Board meeting that will discuss my VI complaint on Thurs, June 13:
https://www.facebook.com/events/648515822331910/
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In Feb 2019, I submitted a service and policy complaint against the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) as a result of:
1) the VPD’s lack of proper training and understanding of the Motor Vehicle Act (MVA) and the Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement (CVSE) Vehicle Safety and Inspection Standards
2) the unprofessional enforcement of certain sections of the MVA and CVSE due to item #1
3) the deplorable usage of vehicle inspection notice and order (N&O) to unfairly and potentially endlessly penalize the same motorists with situations where there is little to no recourse on the losses suffered by the said motorists regardless of whether the said motorists are guilty of violating the MVA or CVSE inspection standards
A copy of my complaint can be found below:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rPS...nxELyva2j/view
The Vancouver Police Board will be considering my complaint at the June 13th meeting of its Service and Policy Complaints Review Committee. The meeting will immediately follow the Board’s regular meeting, which will be held at the Jewish Community Centre, starting at 1:00 pm at 950 West 41st Ave. Both meetings are open to the public and are live-webcast on the Board’s website: www.vancouverpoliceboard.ca. The agendas and papers for both meetings will also be available online from Tuesday, June 11th 2019.
As required by the Police Act, the VPD has initiated an investigation into the Service and Policy complaint, and the investigation report is set to come forward on June 13 (presumably at or prior to the meeting?). The Police Board will then make a decision and proceed with one or more of the following options:
- request further investigation
- take any action they deem appropriate
- dismiss the complaint if they are satisfied with the steps that the VPD has taken since the receipt of the complaint
I do not know how the investigation or the meeting will play out. And while the meetings are open to public, I do not know how much (or how little) an attendee can do at the meeting other than just sit down and listen. At any rate, I am going to be there in person to find out.
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Since the VI complaint portion of the meeting follows the regular board meeting, I do not know when the discussion will actually occur. Furthermore, although I will be there at the meeting myself, I do not necessarily encourage anyone else to attend -- the meeting is likely going to be dead boring, and I seriously question what a (public) attendee can do other than just sit down and listen.
But feel free to share the event in any manner you like. More awareness on this VI crack down is always a good thing.