• Connect to CKNW
CKNW News Club
CKNW
NEWS
ON-AIR
SPORTS
EVENTS
PHOTOS & VIDEOS
CONTESTS
CONTACT US
Related Links

BC Police Complaints Commissioner loses Wu case
VANCOUVER/CKNW AM980
Laura Baziuk | Email news tips to laura.baziuk@corusent.com
3/4/2013

The B-C Police Complaint Commissioner has lost an appeal to call a public hearing into the Yao Wei Wu case of alleged police misconduct.

The B-C Court of Appeal has dismissed the Commisioner's request to hold a public hearing into the Vancouver man's case.

Three years ago two police officers attending a domestic dispute call mistook Wu for someone else and beat him up.

The officers were cleared of wrongdoing but the Complaint Commissioner tried to hold a public hearing into what happened to preserve public confidence in police discipline.

BC's highest court has now unanamously ruled no, saying he did not have the authority to do so, at that time and in those circumstances.

The Judges have ruled it's not up to them to decide whether the officers should have been cleared or not, only to decide on the Commissioner's jurisdiction, which they have denied.

 «  Return to previous page
 »  Send to a friend
Subscribe to channel

Leave a comment:

showing all comments · Subscribe to comments
Comment Like
  • 16
  1. ChrisM_18 posted on 03/04/2013 12:20 PM
    Laura ?? ..." the cops mistook Wu for someone else and beat him up " ??

    I am not the greatest defender of the cops - but I think this is somewhat of a mis representation of what happened . I doubt that the cops deliberately set out to beat up the man they thought was involved in a domestic dispute . I think they were probably considerably overzealous in apprehending the supposed suspect - but there is a world of difference in the intents of the two actions !
    1. LeonW posted on 03/04/2013 12:25 PM
      @ChrisM_18 Based on what do you think it is a misrepresentation? Your gut? I'm familiar with this case and the cops knocked on his door and before he could even speak he was hauled out and beaten up. Now the justice system let the B@stards get away with it. Oh Canada... what have you become?
    2. WDW1 posted on 03/04/2013 02:38 PM
      @ChrisM_18 I am also familiar with this case and ChrisM_18 is basically correct. A terrible mistake was made, the police immediately admited their mistake and Mr. Wu's subsequent legal action was settled for an amount that was acceptable to him.

      In the dynamic activities our police are required to undertake, force is often necessary and, yes, mistakes do unfortunately happen. Given the huge number of incidents the police respond to, the number of unfortunate mishaps is very small. But we tend to hear only of the ones that go wrong. Nevertheless, we should not become complacent.
    show more replies
  2. JulieC_1742 posted on 03/04/2013 01:32 PM
    Welcome to Kanukustan the police state.
    1. WDW1 posted on 03/04/2013 02:43 PM
      @JulieC_1742 I have first hand experience of life in a police state and you really have no idea.
    show more replies
  3. ianm_0078 posted on 03/04/2013 01:52 PM
    The officers were responding to a domestic violence call and were not advised there was a secondary suite in the home. Mr. Wu answered the door and can't speak English and could not communicate with the officers and tried to close the door on them. They responded as they are trained and apprehended the wrong suspect.
    1. SlimP_9860 posted on 03/04/2013 04:44 PM
      @ianm_0078 They beat up the wrong guy because they didn't have the correct information, and so they were cleared by the Delta police investigation?
    show more replies
  4. Gordon W Stewart posted on 03/06/2013 12:07 AM
    Since when do the Law Courts tell the Police Commissioner he can't call a Public Hearing? We are told time and time again that the OPCC is independent of government. Well?
    The idea of Public Hearings is to find out what went wrong and to fix what needs fixing, like maybe asking the caller if there are more than one suite in the dwelling?
    I believe the OPCC shuld be shut down ASAP, in my opinion it's nothing but a Flowery Display of Smoke and Mirrors which employes unemployed ex-police and prosecutors.
    Take a good look the BC Police Act, the OPCC can discriminate against those harmed by police by refusing the citizens a Public Hearing when the citizen request one. But if a police officer gets anything more than a written reprimand, the officer can ask for a Public Hearing and the OPCC MUST hold one, that's clearly discrimination!
    Shut down the OPCC, we have seen their flaws and inefficiencies, as far as Independant, and Impartial and Lawfull views, that's hogwash!
showing all comments

More CKNW News Headlines 1 to 25 of 7752  
BREAKING: Vancouver Canucks fire coaching staff
BC Place Stadium replaces departed GM
RCMP warn women at UBC to be vigilant after two groping incidents
Dix stays
City Hall proposes mobile unit, block party to better engage Vancouverites
Brother defends Toronto mayor over allegations of illicit drug use
Aboriginal woman reaches settlement with feds over solitary confinement
Former MLA identified as float plane crash victim
Car explosion in Vancouver's West End
Cougar sighted in quiet neighbourhood
Float plane crash claims man's life
Gas fire ousts Mission residents from homes
UBC Law Professor says media story "false"
Labour unions say they lost the battle but won the war
Police look for suspect after rodeo protester attacked
Abbotsford 22-year-old charged with child porn offences
Man who killed girlfriend, left body in West Van park sentenced
Canadian man missing in Mexico previously charged with drug offences
Harper speaks out on Senate scandal
Young man dies in crash on First Narrows Bridge
Emergency crews kept busy over long weekend
Abbotsford to face injection lawsuit
Former MLA claims to have the answers for NDP loss
Abbotsford Police investigating possible hit and run
27 year old man dead after collision on Lions Gate Bridge
read more