Thursday, January 24, 2008

Victoria Police Investigations


BC'c police complaint commisioner will investigate 2 cases involving the Victoria police. One of these cases, we discussed here yesterday.


Ryneveld is right to begin these investigations.


We weren't there and we don't know exactly how things went.


Several people have disagreed with me about the case of the 15-yearold girl, and that's great, because engaement and dialogue is what this blog is about.


I stick to my position that the girl in that case may have been way more than a small nuisance and that restraint is sometimes necessary.


Did those cops go over the top?


I don't know.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

From what I understand, the police could not reach the girl's parents because they had no phone. The police went to the parents residence but there was no response to their intercom.
If you had a 15 year old daughter who was not home, and the intercom was buzzing in the middle of the night, would you not answer it?

Anonymous said...

this story is bogus. the parents should have thanked the cops and then disciplined the kid themselves. it seems that the press love these police-bashing stories. how frustrating it must be for the people who put their lives on the line to protect us.