A p p e n d i x G

REVIEW PARTICIPANTS

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Police Services Division Appendix G January 2007

T a b l e o f C o n t e n ts

1 List of Interviewed Participants...... 4 1.1 Special Committee To Review The Complaint Process ...... 4 1.2 Chief Constables ...... 4 1.3 Victoria OPCC ...... 4 1.4 Vancouver OPCC ...... 4 1.5 Representatives and BCAPB Executive Committee President ...... 5 1.6 BC Federation Of Police Officers and Vancouver Police Union ...... 5 1.7 Discipline Authorities (In Addition To Chief Constables)...... 5 1.8 Internal Investigators...... 5 1.9 Former Internal Investigators ...... 6 1.10 Special Interest Groups...... 6 1.11 Lawyers ...... 7 1.12 Justice Institute of British Columbia...... 7 1.13 Other ...... 7 1.14 Respondents...... 7 1.15 Complainants ...... 7

2 Interview Selection Methodology...... 8 Appendix G

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1.1 Special Committee To Review The Police Complaint Process • Hon. Wally Oppal; • Insp. John Dehaas, Vancouver Police Department; • Insp. Sheila Sullivan, Vancouver Police Department; and • John Nuraney, MLA.

1.2 Chief Constables • Chief Ian Mackenzie, Abbotsford Police Department; • Chief Paul Hames, Central Saanich Police Service; • Chief Jim Cessford, ; • 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. Appendix G Appendix 1.3 Victoria OPCC • Police Complaint Commissioner Dirk Ryneveld; • Deputy Commissioner Bruce Brown; and • Cynthia Dyck, Investigative Analyst.

1.4 Vancouver OPCC • Bill MacDonald, Senior Investigative Analyst; and • Tom Steenvoorden, Investigative Analyst.

G- Report on the Review of the Police Complaint Process In British Columbia 1.5 police Board Representatives and bCAPB Executive Committee President • 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 bC Federation Of Police Officers and Vancouver Police Union • 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 discipline Authorities (In Addition To Chief Constables) • D/C/C Clayton Pecknold, Central Saanich Police Service; • D/C/C Mike Judd, New Westminster Police Service; • Insp. Sherry Dwyer, Saanich Police Department; • D/C/C Bob Rich, Vancouver Police Department; and • Insp. Rollie Woods, Vancouver Police Department. Appendix G

1.8 internal Investigators • Sgt. Mike Stach, Abbotsford Police Department; • A/S/Sgt. Ian MacWilliams, Delta Police Department;

 Also interviewed as an Internal Investigator.  Ibid.

Report on the Review of the Police Complaint Process In British Columbia G- • 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 former Internal Investigators • 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. Appendix G Appendix 1.10 Special Interest Groups • 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.

G- Report on the Review of the Police Complaint Process In British Columbia 1.11 Lawyers • 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.

1.12 Justice Institute of British Columbia • A/Director Mike Trump.

1.13 Other • 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.

1.14 Respondents • 19

1.15 Complainants • 29 Appendix G

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2 i n t e rv i e w S e l e ct 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 Officersand 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;

Appendix G Appendix • 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.

G- Report on the Review of the Police Complaint Process In British Columbia 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

Appendix G

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