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Lowe and <br>B.C.&#146s Office of the <br>Police Complaint Commissioner</h1> <h2><em>News about the corrupt characters <br>who block police accountability and <br>will hold authority over Richard Rosenthal&#146s <br>Independent Investigations Office (IIO)</em></h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Secrecy, dishonesty and zero accountability: <br>Yet another OPCC cover-up</h3> <h5>New Westminster police constable Sukhwinder &#147Vinnie&#148 Singh Dosanjh <br>benefited from the corruption of Stan T. Lowe and Rollie Woods <br>at B.C.&#146s Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner. <a href="opcc_coverup_new_westminster_police_sukhwinder_vinnie_dosanjh_firearms_assault_illegal_entry_paid_suspension.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><em>An appeal to B.C.&#146s media:</em></h5> <h3>Okay, you told us about <br>IIO chief Richard Rosenthal. <br>Now what about OPCC boss Stan Lowe?</h3> <h5>In just five days, B.C.&#146s media gave the new guy much more <br>scrutiny than ever devoted to Stan Lowe and his crew of ex-cops. <br>But they have a lot to answer for, starting with their cover-up <br>of a VPD assault on a disabled woman. <a href="bc_office_police_complaint_commissioner_media.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3><em>Lowe integrity:</em> <br>Police complaint commissioner <br>Stan T. Lowe and his deputy, <br>Rollie Woods, are corrupt</h3> <h5>Their lies, cover-ups, breach of public trust <br>and support for gratuitous police violence <br>will bring them millions of dollars. <a href="opcc_corruption_police_coverup_stan_lowe_rollie_woods.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Welcome to Canada and the <br>Independent Investigations Office, <br>Richard Rosenthal</h3> <h5>This job calls for an outsider. <br>Here&#146s hoping you&#146re the right one. <a href="richard_rosenthal_independent_investigations_office.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Ex-police complaint commissioner <br>Ryneveld gets another lucrative <br>government gig </h3> <h5>Ironically, challenging an alleged gangster. <br>But Dirty Dirk&#146s a liar who lacks the integrity <br>to practise law. <a href="dirk_ryneveld_corrupt_bc_police_complaint_commissioner.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>The OPCC to the rescue?</h3> <h5>Cop-cover-up king Stan Lowe and his corrupt crew of ex-cops <br>will review the cop-on-cop investigation into the cop shooting <br>of Alvin Wright. <a href="opcc_langley_rcmp_alvin_wright.html" target="_blank">But maybe this time...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Thomas Braidwood sells out</h3> <h5>His support notwithstanding, B.C.&#146s <br>new Independent Investigations Office <br>isn&#146t what he recommended. <a href="braidwood2.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <h5>The B.C. Liberals&#146 handling of this issue shows they can now <br>pass off any odious policy with political aplomb. <a href="http://www.straight.com/article-394326/vancouver/greg-klein-braidwood-supports-new-policeoversight-agency-he-didnt-recommend" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Richard Peck sidesteps the central issue</h3> <h5>The Dziekanski death squad will be charged with perjury, not manslaughter. <br> Among other things, that lets Stan Lowe off the hook. <a href="richard_peck2.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Rehabilitating Rollie Woods (II)</h3> <h5>A media puff piece praises the latest corrupt ex-cop <br>to be named B.C.&#146s deputy police complaint commissioner. <a href="rollie_woods2.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Police accountability: <br>Comparing B.C. with Ontario (VI)</h3> <h5>You won&#146t read this in B.C.&#146s mainstream media. <br>And that&#146s part of the reason we&#146ll never have <br>effective police oversight. <a href="bc_ontario6.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Police accountability: <br>Comparing B.C. with Ontario (V):</h3> <h5>Ontario&#146s SIU faces public criticism and a <br>second investigation by the provincial Ombudsman. <br>B.C.&#146s OPCC continues to escape scrutiny. <a href="bc_ontario5.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>VPD Const. Taylor Robinson charged with assault <br>but the OPCC gang have questions to answer</h3> <h5>Where was B.C.&#146s police &#145watchdog&#146 for six weeks <br>after the Vancouver police assault on a disabled woman? <a href="vpd_brutality.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Not fit to print?</h3> <h5>B.C.&#146s media neglect some important problems <br>concerning police accountability. <a href="bc_police_media.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Stan Lowe and his crew of ex-cops: <br>A major obstacle to police accountability</h3> <h5>Download a leaflet <a href="Assets/B.C._OPCC_info.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>The problem goes beyond biased investigations</h3> <h5>Thanks to favourable treatment from prosecutors and courts, <br>cops walk free when civilians wouldn&#146t. <a href="police_accountability.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Police-involved deaths: <br>The failure of self-investigation</h3> <h5>Ontario has three times the population of B.C. <br>But B.C. has twice as many in-custody deaths and an <br>oversight agency that&#146s closely tied to the police it oversees. <br><a href="http://www.straight.com/article-354662/vancouver/british-columbia-leads-country-police-deaths-report" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Who&#146s watching the police?</h3> <h5>Ex-cops and cop culture prevail at the OPCC. <br>Will B.C.&#146s new police oversight agency be any different? <a href="http://www.straight.com/article-353776/vancouver/whos-watching-cops" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>The OPCC has a big problem <br>but it&#146s not money</h3> <h5>No budget increase will fix B.C.&#146s system of police accountability <br>as long as Stan Lowe and his crew of ex-cops run the show. <a href="opcc_budget.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>What&#146s behind Chief Jim Chu&#146s proposal?</h3> <h5>An expanded IIO could improve police accountability <br>or do the opposite, depending on what happens with the OPCC. <a href="iio.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>This cover-up has been another <br>VPD/OPCC co-production</h3> <h5>Looks like the OPCC helped Vancouver cops cover up <br>an especially troubling assault. Yet the B.C. government wants <br>the OPCC to run the new Independent Investigation Office. <a href="vpd_assault6.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>When you see them comin&#146, <br>better step aside</h3> <h5>A disabled woman didn&#146t, and a rough, tough Vancouver cop <br>shoved her to the ground. The VPD cover-up lasted <br>six weeks, until the BCCLA released the video. <br>The OPCC won&#146t answer media inquiries. <br>Read about it <a href="vpd_assault5.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Watch the video <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVeLXWbA4Wc" target="_blank">here</a>.</h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Justice compromised, with OPCC approval</h3> <h5>Cops drag out the seven-month-long Yao Wei Wu <br>police brutality investigation for another two months, <br>putting a lawsuit on hold. Stan Lowe and his crew approve. <a href="http://www.vancourier.com/Vancouver+police+beating+case+delayed+until+fall/3310168/story.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <h5>More about the dubious investigation into the <br>Vancouver police beating of Yao Wei Wu <a href="bc_police_brutality.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.cknw.com/Channels/Reg/NewsLocal/Story.aspx/Story.aspx?ID=1190103" target="_blank">here</a>.</h5> <h5>Sept. 20, 2010 update: <br>And another delay, with OPCC approval. <a href="http://www.vancourier.com/Investigation+into+police+beating+Vancouver+delayed+again/3552320/story.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <h5>Oct. 5, 2010 update: The OPCC grants yet another delay. <br>&#147This case starkly illustrates why police <br>should not be investigating other police officers&#148 <br>&#151 and also why their investigations shouldn&#146t be <br>reviewed by ex-police officers. <a href="yao_wei_wu2.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Welcome to the OPCC, Poulton and Collins. <br>You should feel right at home</h3> <h5>The newest additions to Stan Lowe&#146s crew of ex-cops <br>help maintain the OPCC&#146s police culture. <a href="opcc23.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <a name="Richard Peck Stan Lowe Robert Dziekanski" id="peck"></a><h3>Is special prosecutor Richard Peck <br>whitewashing ex-prosecutor Stan Lowe?</h3> <h5>Lowe&#146s Dziekanski decision could get in the way <br>of his appointment to the IIO. Unless, maybe, <br>somebody comes up with some revisionist history. <a href="stan_lowe14.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <h5>May 4, 2011 update: Richard Peck has dragged out his Dziekanski review <br>for nearly a year. Meanwhile he supported the Criminal Justice Branch decision <br>to defend police misconduct in Frank Paul&#146s death. <a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/Delay+reviewing+Dziekanski+file+creates+injustice/4721926/story.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <h5>May 6, 2011 update: Peck sidesteps the central issue, <br>charging the Dziekanski death squad with perjury, not manslaughter. <br>Among other things, that lets Stan Lowe off the hook. <a href="richard_peck2.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <a name="Thomas Braidwood Independent Investigation Office" id="braidwood"></a><h3>Will the B.C. government defeat Braidwood&#146s purpose?</h3> <h5>Against his recommendations, they might put <br>B.C.&#146s new police oversight agency under the jurisdiction <br>of Stan Lowe, Canada&#146s most outspoken supporter <br>of the Dziekanski death squad. <a href="braidwood.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <h5>The province&#146s hesitation on a key Braidwood recommendation <br>&#151 that the new Independent Investigation Office answer <br> to the ombudsperson &#151 is &#147curious and worrying.&#148 <a href="iio5.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <h5>Well, the government defeated Braidwood&#146s purpose alright <br>&#151 with more than a little help from Braidwood himself. <a href="braidwood2.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Police accountability: <br>Comparing B.C. with Ontario (IV)</h3> <h5>Ontario&#146s NDP criticizes the AG for <br>&#145buckling under a very powerful police lobby.&#146 <br>Meanwhile B.C.&#146s NDP, Liberals and cops <br>stand united against police accountability. <a href="bc_ontario4.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <a name="Ontario police note vetting" id="note"></a><h3>Police accountability: <br>Comparing B.C. with Ontario (III)</h3> <h5>A conflict between Ontario police and the SIU <br>contrasts with the very chummy relationship <br>between B.C. cops and the OPCC. <a href="bc_ontario3.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <a name="police accountability in B.C. and Ontario" id="ontario"></a> <h3>Police accountability: <br>Comparing B.C. with Ontario (II)</h3> <h5>Without an ombudsperson&#146s strong oversight <br>B.C.&#146s police &#145watchdog&#146 will remain B.C.&#146s police lapdog. <br><a href="bc_ontario2.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Police accountability: <br>Comparing B.C. with Ontario (I)</h3> <h5>Their system is a flawed work in progress <br>but it surpasses ours in three crucial areas. <a href="bc_ontario.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <a name="Linda Bush RCMP reform" id="bush"></a><h3>Linda Bush addresses the issues sincerely. <br>But the RCMP?</h3> <h5>Mounties will gladly accept legislative changes <br>as long as Stan Lowe and his crew of ex-cops <br>continue to run the show. <a href="rcmp_reform.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <a name="Tom Stamatakis" id="lobby4"></a><h3>Police use unreliable stats <br>from an unreliable source</h3> <h5>The OPCC cooks its books for cops, <br>who may have created the OPCC in the first place. <br><a href="lobby.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Rehabilitating Rollie Woods (I)</h3> <h5>B.C.&#146s Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner might be <br>building a positive media image for this biased ex-cop <br>while it hires five more ex-cops just like him. <a href="rollie_woods.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Stan Lowe is part of the problem <br>with our police complaints process</h3> <h5>The system doesn&#146t work, it&#146s long needed reform <br>and B.C.&#146s police complaint commissioner is a <br>prime example of what&#146s wrong with it. <a href="stan_lowe17.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Much ado about the RCMP</h3> <h5>Media buzz notwithstanding, <br>proposals to make the Mounties more accountable <br>amount to almost nothing. Meanwhile B.C.&#146s biased <br>complaint system for municipal cops escapes media scrutiny. <br><a href="opcc_rcmp.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Lesson 1: <br>Don&#146t go near a stapler</h3> <h5>OPCC boss and Dziekanski death squad supporter <br>Stan Lowe will advise immigrants <br>on dealing with police. <a href="stan_lowe9.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Stan Lowe wants five new recruits <br>for his crew of ex-cops</h3> <h5>This time, will the OPCC hire people with ability and integrity? <br>Or will it hire more people like Rollie Woods and Bruce M. Brown? <br><a href="opcc_release.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>There&#146s a human cost to our <br>biased system of police complaints</h3> <h5>People like Ian Upton, Rollie Woods and Bruce M. Brown <br>might think they&#146re just sticking up for their buddies. <br>But their dishonesty takes a toll on the welfare <br>of people they&#146re paid to serve. <a href="opcc_bias2.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>All&#146s well here, <br>claim Stan Lowe and his crew of ex-cops</h3> <h5>We&#146re doing a great job &#151 trust us, <br>their 2009 report implies. <a href="opcc_2009.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Stan Lowe states his guiding principle: <br>Bigshots should be accountable to no one</h3> <h5>&#147People will not be able to freely exercise their discretion <br>because they&#146re concerned about one day <br>being brought to an inquiry.&#148 <a href="stan_lowe7.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>We need an independent review <br>of the decisions and hiring practices <br>of B.C.&#146s Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner</h3> <h5>No one can screw up the way <br>Rollie Woods and Bruce M. Brown <br>screwed up unless it&#146s deliberate <br>and they know they can get away with it. <br><a href="opcc_review.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>The rising cost of rubber stamps</h3> <h5><a href="stan_lowe15.html" target="_blank">Stan Lowe</a> and the ex-cops at B.C.&#146s <br>Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner <a href="http://thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/BC-Politics/2009/10/26/PoliceBudget/" target="_blank">want more money</a>. <br>But our tax dollars would be better spent on an independent review <br>of the <a href="http://www.bcpolicecomplaints.org/opcc_bias.html" target="_blank">OPCC&#146s decisions</a>, as well as its <a href="http://www.bcpolicecomplaints.org/crony.html" target="_blank">hiring practices</a>.</h5> <h5>What would Lowe and his crew do with a budget boost, anyway? <a href="opcc_release.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <h5>Oct. 11, 2010 update: <br>The OPCC has a big problem but it&#146s not money. <a href="opcc_budget.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Against all evidence, <br>Stan Lowe sided with the cops. <br>But would an independent prosecutor do the same?</h3> <h5>Lawyer and former judge William Sundhu <br>continues the campaign to lay criminal charges <br>against the Dziekanski death squad. <a href="http://www.opinion250.com/blog/view/14432/3/b.c.+lawyer++presses+for+special+prosecutor+in+dziekanski+case" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <h5>July 1, 2010 update: Is special prosecutor Richard Peck <br>whitewashing ex-prosecutor Stan Lowe? <a href="stan_lowe14.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Did Rollie Woods <br>work on the Reuben Coleman file?</h3> <h5>The Vancouver police investigation into a Vancouver police shooting <br>was approved by the ex-cops at B.C.&#146s Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner. <br>At least one of them might have been a crony <br>of the cops involved. <a href="crony.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Bill 7: Where&#146s B.C.&#146s opposition party?</h3> <h5>The NDP opposition joins the BC Liberal government <br>in supporting a biased police complaint system. <a href="ndp.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Keeping a Lowe profile</h3> <h5>Stan Lowe finally made his public debut <br>as police complaint commissioner. <br>But he needn&#146t have put if off <br>if this is the kind of media coverage he gets. <br><a href="stan_lowe6.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>An open letter to <br>police complaint commissioner Stan Lowe</h3> <h5>It was nice meeting you, but your Dziekanski decision <br>and your staff of ex-cops hardly inspire confidence. <a href="stan_lowe4.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>MLA Mike Farnworth did <em>what</em>?</h3> <h5>Farnworth attended the fundraiser for Robert Dziekanski&#146s mother. <br>Farnworth also helped appoint Stan Lowe police complaint commissioner. <br>Lowe took part in the decision to smear Dziekanski <br>and shield four cops from criminal responsibility for his death. <br>As a result, Dziekanski&#146s mother is campaigning to have Poland press charges. <br>So she held a fundraiser &#151 which Farnworth attended. <br><a href="stan_lowe3.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Questions arise about <br>police complaint commissioner</h3> <h5>How can Stan Lowe hold public confidence <br>as police complaint commissioner and <br>why did five MLAs appoint him in the first place? <br><a href="stan_lowe15.html" target="_blank">More...</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>&#145A Lowe point&#146</h3> <h5>An editorial in the <a href="stan_lowe2.html" target="_blank">Vancouver Province</a>.</h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>&#145It&#8217;s easier to blame Robert Dziekanski&#146</h3> <h5>A column by Les Leyne in the Victoria <a href="stan_lowe1.html" target="_blank">Victoria Times-Colonist</a>.</h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Stan Lowe&#146s &#145embarrassing damage control exercise&#146</h3> <h5>A column by Ian Mulgrew in the <a href="stan_lowe18.html" target="_blank">Vancouver Sun</a>.</h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><a href="Assets/Stan_Lowe.pdf" target="_blank">Download</a> a leaflet about Stan Lowe</h5> <h5><a href="media.html" target="_blank">Go to News and Comment page</a> </h5> <h5><a href="contact.html" target="_blank">Or contact me</a></h5> <p>&nbsp;</p> <!-- InstanceEndEditable --></div> <!-- end #container --></div> <script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-4053584-1"; urchinTracker(); </script> </body> <!-- InstanceEnd --></html>