Pubdate: Thu, 22 Oct 2009
Source: Province, The (CN BC)
Copyright: 2009 Canwest Publishing Inc.
Contact: http://www.canada.com/theprovince/letters.html
Website: http://www.canada.com/theprovince/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/476
Author: Katie Mercer
Cited: YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_bHUqrlU0s

ABBOTSFORD POLICE LAUNCH INVESTIGATION

Abbotsford police have launched an investigation into two of their own
after a takedown of alleged drug dealers.

On Oct. 9, the two officers were finishing a foot patrol in Ravine
Park when they spotted a man pacing in front of a house in the
2500-block Bourquin Crescent East.

They watched as a vehicle with two men pulled up and a drug deal took
place, police say. Outnumbered and without a patrol car, the officers
arrested the three men.

In a citizen-filmed video of the arrests, one officer is seen kicking
a suspect in the side. The other officer is later seen walking on the
back of the man's legs.

A week after the incident, one of the officers involved in the arrest
stumbled across the video on YouTube and brought it to his
supervisor's attention.

Chief Const. Bob Rich directed the department's Professional Standards
Section to bring the matter to the attention of the Office of the
Public Complaints Commissioner to review the use of force. 
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