BC's Child and Youth representative has released a scathing report on the life of an 11-year old boy who was tasered by police in 2011. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafonde says the Ministry of Children and Family Development made serious errors that left the child subject to abuse and neglect, both in his birth home and subsequent residential placements. The … [Read more...]
Coroner identifies man who died after taser jolt
November 14, 2012 by
The BC Coroner's Service has identified the man who died after being jolted by a Vancouver Police taser. The victim is 33 year old Alton Bernard Cuyugan. Police were called out to the 13 hundred block of Renfew Street yesterday. A man armed with a knife had been threatening to hurt himself. He was jolted by the taser, … [Read more...]
Transit Police taser unruly woman
October 26, 2012 by
Transit Police used a taser to bring down a woman wielding a butcher knife in Surrey Thursday night. Officers say they arrested Sheila Huber near the King George Skytrain station after watching her slash her own throat with a seven-inch butcher knife. The 41-year-old also allegedly threatened to 'cut up' a hotel security guard, prompting an officer … [Read more...]
Five years since Dziekanski TASER death
October 14, 2012 by
It has been five years since an immigrant from Poland died on the floor of Vancouver’s international airport after repeatedly being stunned by an RCMP TASER. Robert Dziekanski's death was the catalyst for police no longer being allowed to investigate themselves in British Columbia. Retired judge Thomas Braidwood recommended the now month-old … [Read more...]
Legislative committee to examine use of the taser
October 3, 2012 by
An all-party committee of the legislature wants to hear from the public and experts about the use of taser stun guns this month. New Democrat MLA Kathy Corrigan is the deputy chair of the group, she says the review was mandated by the 2009 Braidwood report on tasers following the death of polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski. "Braidwood said that he … [Read more...]
New taser rules go into effect
January 30, 2012 by
A police psychologist says the new standards for police taser use still don't go far enough.Those new rules come into effect Monday, and are based on the recommendations of Commissioner Thomas Braidwood's 2009 inquiry into the death of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski.Dr. Mike Webster says guidelines are one thing, but what's needed, is a further … [Read more...]
Taser cops won’t be tried before next fall
December 4, 2011 by
Four RCMP officers accused of lying when they testified at an inquiry into the death of a man at Vancouver's airport will not go to trial before next fall. Jury selection for the perjury case against Corporal Monty Robinson and Constables Kwesi Millington, Gerry Rundell and Bill Bentley has been set for October 4th, 2012. They were all charged in … [Read more...]
