Vancouver Police kill people at a higher rate than other B.C. police, but force notes \u0027core city\u0027 draws thousands of people from other areas
In B.C., about two-thirds of police-involved deaths since 2000 were a result of shootings, the lowest proportion of any Canadian police force.
McDermott said the figures confirmed “what we hear from communities about how much violence is inflicted by the police, both by municipal agencies and the RCMP themselves.”Article content Gray was handcuffed and his legs were tied together when he stopped breathing and went into cardiac arrest. First responders tried to revive Gray for about 40 minutes until he was pronounced dead at the scene.
“As the province’s largest police agency serving the biggest population, there are more interactions that require police to use force,” wrote Steve Addison, a media relations officer with the VPD.
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