[van-discuss] Re: police unlawful arrest

[foxy1 at uniserve.com]

I once had occasion (somewhere around 1993) to complain about two Burnaby 
RCMP who had parked a surveillance van on private condo property which 
overlooked an apartment complex known for trouble. Not only did these two 
not give ID, they wouldn't even admit they were police until I spotted the 
interior of the van. I understand that the law does not allow them to do 
what they did.

I made a complaint and was visited by someone who tried to tell me that if 
the complaint held it would "sully the record" of the officer concerned (it 
turned out the other one was a rookie)!  I wouldn't back down and got a 
written letter of apology from the officer concerned.

FL

At 13:56 10/11/02 -0700, you wrote:
>On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 10:29:26AM -0700, Mark Bussanich wrote:
> > All that said, officers are required by law to have a visible ID number on
> > their uniform (usually on the left chest).
> >
>
>do you have any specifics at hand?  Is this part of the Police Act, or is it
>some sort of standing order?  Does it apply to both RCMP and Vancouver
>Police, or just one?
>
>i've asked for badge numbers many times when they aren't visible (which is
>at just about every demonstration that doesn't include several hundred union
>members), and i've gotten varying responses, such as "no, we don't have to
>wear any badges", or "Ya, this is my badge!  (pointing to the coat-of-arms
>emblem on the shoulder)"
>
>It'd be kinda nice to know where to look to find this regulation, just so
>that i could quote them the sub-section if i felt like it (to show that i
>won't be baffled if they try and lie to me about anything else).
>
>--
>
>         -Pete
>
>"Too long have the workers of the world waited for some Moses to lead them
>out of bondage. I would not lead you out if I could; for if you could be led
>out, you could be led back again."
>   -- Eugene Debs
>
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