A p p e n d i x G. Appendix G. S u b m i t t e d b y : Police Services Division January 2007

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1 A p p e n d i x G REVIEW PARTICIPANTS S u b m i t t e d b y : Police Services Division January 2007

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3 T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s 1 List of Interviewed Participants Special Committee To Review The Police Complaint Process Chief Constables Victoria OPCC Vancouver OPCC Police Board Representatives and BCAPB Executive Committee President BC Federation Of Police Officers and Vancouver Police Union Discipline Authorities (In Addition To Chief Constables) Internal Investigators Former Internal Investigators Special Interest Groups Lawyers Justice Institute of British Columbia Other Respondents Complainants Interview Selection Methodology... 8

4 1 L i s t o f I n t e r v i e w e d P a r t i c i p a n t s 1.1 S p e c i a l Co m m i t t e e To R e v i e w T h e P o l i c e Co m p l a i n t P r o c e s s Hon. Wally Oppal; Insp. John Dehaas, Vancouver Police Department; Insp. Sheila Sullivan, Vancouver Police Department; and John Nuraney, MLA. 1.2 C h i e f Co n s ta b l e s Chief Ian Mackenzie, Abbotsford Police Department; Chief Paul Hames, Central Saanich Police Service; Chief Jim Cessford, Delta Police Department; Chief Dan Maluta, Nelson City Police Department; Chief Lorne Zapotichny, New Westminster Police Service; Chief Ben Andersen, Oak Bay Police Department; Chief Paul Shrive, Port Moody Police Department; Chief Derek Egan, Saanich Police Department; Chief Jamie Graham, Vancouver Police Department; Chief Paul Battershill, Victoria Police Department; and Chief Scott Armstrong, West Vancouver Police Department. 1.3 V i c to r i a O P CC Police Complaint Commissioner Dirk Ryneveld; Deputy Commissioner Bruce Brown; and Cynthia Dyck, Investigative Analyst. 1.4 Va n co u v e r O P CC Bill MacDonald, Senior Investigative Analyst; and Tom Steenvoorden, Investigative Analyst.

5 1.5 P o l i c e B o a r d R e p r e s e n tat i v e s a n d B C A P B E x e c u t i v e Co m m i t t e e P r e s i d e n t Ted Price, Abbotsford Police Board; Gordon Irving, Central Saanich Police Board; Mayor Lois Jackson, Delta Police Board; Don Barcham, Nelson Police Board; Dwight Ross, New Westminster Police Board; Jo-anne Kern, Oak Bay Police Board; Dan Brown, Port Moody Police Board; Tarry Grieve, Port Moody Police Board; Mayor Frank Leonard, Saanich Police Board; Shona McGlashan, Vancouver Police Board; Ken MacLeod, Victoria Police Board; Ardath Hoole, West Vancouver Police Board; and Peter Webster, BCAPB Executive Committee President. 1.6 B C F e d e r at i o n O f P o l i c e O f f i c e r s a n d Va n co u v e r P o l i c e U n i o n Cst. Dillon Sahota, Central Saanich Police Association; Cst. Heath Newton, Delta Police Association; Sgt. Pat Severyn, Nelson Police Association; Cst. Todd Sweet, New Westminster Police Association; Cst. Ryan West, Port Moody Police Association; Sgt. Steve Irwin, Saanich Police Association; Cst. Will Dodds, Saanich Police Association; Cst. Tom Stamatakis, Vancouver Police Union; Sgt. Steve Ing, Victoria Police Association; Det. Ed Pearce, West Vancouver Police Association; and Don Bland, Consultant, BC Federation of Police Officers. 1.7 D i s c i p l i n e Au t h o r i t i e s ( I n A d d i t i o n To C h i e f Co n s ta b l e s ) D/C/C Clayton Pecknold, Central Saanich Police Service; 1 D/C/C Mike Judd, New Westminster Police Service; Insp. Sherry Dwyer, Saanich Police Department; 2 D/C/C Bob Rich, Vancouver Police Department; and Insp. Rollie Woods, Vancouver Police Department. 1.8 I n t e r n a l I n v e s t i g ato r s Sgt. Mike Stach, Abbotsford Police Department; A/S/Sgt. Ian MacWilliams, Delta Police Department; 1 Also interviewed as an Internal Investigator. 2 Ibid.

6 Sgt. Howie Grant, Nelson Police Department; Sgt. Denny Crosato, New Westminster Police Service; Sgt. Lori Jackson, New Westminster Police Service; Sgt. Dave Wynes, Port Moody Police Department; Sgt. Ross Poulton, Saanich Police Department; Sgt. Teresa Buckoll, Vancouver Police Department; A/Insp. Bob Cooper, Vancouver Police Department; Sgt. Ken Eng, Vancouver Police Department; Sgt. Malcolm Evanson, Vancouver Police Department; Sgt. Steve Hyde, Vancouver Police Department; Sgt. Ross Jackson, Vancouver Police Department; Sgt. Mike Purdy, Vancouver Police Department; Insp. Ian Upton, Vancouver Police Department; Sgt. Tom Sawyer, Victoria Police Department; Sgt. Todd Wellman, Victoria Police Department; Sgt. Rhys Wickes, Victoria Police Department; and Staff Sgt. Doug Bruce, West Vancouver Police Department. 1.9 F o r m e r I n t e r n a l I n v e s t i g ato r s Insp. Scott Green, Saanich Police Department; Insp. Bob Downie, Saanich Police Department; Sgt. Dan Bezanson, Vancouver Police Department; Sgt. Mario Giardini, Vancouver Police Department; Sgt. John Grywinski, Vancouver Police Department; Insp. Warren Lemcke, Vancouver Police Department; Insp. Rick McKenna, Vancouver Police Department; Sgt. Kim Serheniuk, Vancouver Police Department; Sgt. Ray Tetzel, Vancouver Police Department; Sgt. Loris Zuccato, Vancouver Police Department; and Insp. Tony Zanatta, Vancouver Police Department S p e c i a l I n t e r e s t G r o u p s Jason Gratl, BC Civil Liberties Association; Larry Cohen, BC Civil Liberties Association; Murray Mollard, BC Civil Liberties Association; Shirley Heafey, BC Civil Liberties Association; David Eby, Pivot Legal Society; and John Richardson, Pivot Legal Society.

7 1.11 L aw y e r s Bill Smart, Smart & Williams; Cameron Ward, Cameron Ward & Company; David Butcher, Wilson Buck Butcher Sears; David Crossin, Crossin Coristine Woodall; Frank Falzon, Barrister & Solicitor (for OPCC); Kevin Woodall, Crossin Coristine Woodall; and Richard Peck, Peck & Company J u s t i c e I n s t i t u t e o f B r i t i s h Co lu m b i a A/Director Mike Trump Ot h e r Chief Judge Hugh Stansfield: Associate Chief Justice Dohm; Don Morrison, Former Police Complaint Commissioner; Frank D Argis, Ministry of Attorney General, ITSD; Chee Yow, Ministry of Attorney General, ITSD; Sally Horton, Systemtek Consulting; and Alex Armstrong, Lexicon Projects R e s p o n d e n t s Co m p l a i n a n t s 29

8 2 I n t e r v i e w S e l e c t i o n M e t h o d o l o g y As part of the review of the police complaints process, Police Services Division conducted 141 interviews/ focus groups with 148 key stakeholders. The interviews were administered from February 20, 2006 to October 19, 2006 by the Police Complaints Review Team and Josiah Wood in a face-to-face semi-structured format. Sampling methods varied between respondent groups. A census was conducted of the following groups: Professional staff of the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner; Chief Constables; Discipline Authorities (where other than the Chief Constable); Police officers assigned to the internal investigations function; Representatives of the BC Federation of Police Officers and the Vancouver Police Union; and Police Board representatives (one selected per Board). Requests for volunteer participation were sent to: Respondent officers drawn from the file sample; and Complainants drawn from the file sample. Representatives from the following groups were selected purposively: Representatives of special interest groups, such as the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association and Pivot Legal Society; Lawyers affiliated with the police complaints process; Representatives of the 2001 Special Committee to Review the Police Complaint Process; BCAPB Executive Committee President; and The Justice Institute of British Columbia. Please see Table 1 for detail.

9 Total number of Interviews: 141 Total number of Participants: 148 Table 1: Interviews Interviewed Respondent Groups # Participants OPCC 6 Chief Constables 11 DA 5 Internal Investigators 30 BC Federation of Police Officers and Vancouver Police Union 11 Police Board Representatives and Executive Committee President 13 Respondent 19 Complainant 29 Special Interest Groups 6 Lawyers 7 Special Committee 4 Justice Institute of British Columbia 1 OTHER 6 TOTAL # OF PARTICIPANTS: 148

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