Port Moody Police Department
Encyclopedia
The Port Moody Police Department is the police force for the City of Port Moody, British Columbia
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and ran towards the police officer after his car was being bumped into by an unmarked car. It was determined post-mortem the teen was in mild physical intoxication from alcohol. The officer who shot the teen was not named in the ensuing Coroner's inquest due to death threats and the a 5-person jury panel found the act to be a homicide (but it has no power to determine criminal charges) and issued two recommendations for the police force . The Mayor and Chair of Police Board determined a complaint against the said officer using excessive and lethal force when other options were available were not substantiated and this decision was further upheld by the Police Complaint Commissioner of British Columbia.
It led to further strain of relationship between Canada and Iran
because of another incident just days earlier where a Canadian photojournalist who died in Iranian custody was responded by the Ambassador to Iran being recalled and a strong demand for investigation over this incident. The Iranian Foreign Ministry responded by accusing the Canadian Government of being racist for targeting its citizen in Canada.
Port Moody, British Columbia
Port Moody is a small, crescent-shaped city in Metro Vancouver, located at the east end of Burrard Inlet in British Columbia, Canada. Port Moody is the smallest of the Tri-Cities, bordered by Coquitlam on the east and south, and Burnaby on the west. The villages of Belcarra and Anmore, along with...
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Controversy
On July 14, 2003, the PMPD came under the spotlight when one of their (off duty and in plainclothes) veteran officers shot dead Keyvan Tabesh, an 18-years old Iranian teen when he held a macheteMachete
The machete is a large cleaver-like cutting tool. The blade is typically long and usually under thick. In the English language, an equivalent term is matchet, though it is less commonly known...
and ran towards the police officer after his car was being bumped into by an unmarked car. It was determined post-mortem the teen was in mild physical intoxication from alcohol. The officer who shot the teen was not named in the ensuing Coroner's inquest due to death threats and the a 5-person jury panel found the act to be a homicide (but it has no power to determine criminal charges) and issued two recommendations for the police force . The Mayor and Chair of Police Board determined a complaint against the said officer using excessive and lethal force when other options were available were not substantiated and this decision was further upheld by the Police Complaint Commissioner of British Columbia.
It led to further strain of relationship between Canada and Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
because of another incident just days earlier where a Canadian photojournalist who died in Iranian custody was responded by the Ambassador to Iran being recalled and a strong demand for investigation over this incident. The Iranian Foreign Ministry responded by accusing the Canadian Government of being racist for targeting its citizen in Canada.
See also
- Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British ColumbiaCombined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British ColumbiaThe Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit - British Columbia was established in 2004 to facilitate the disruption and suppression of organized crime in BC and to support municipal police department when public safety is deemed to be a priority...
- E-CommE-Comm' is the Emergency Communications for Southwest British Columbia.E-Comm provides 9-1-1 service for the Lower Mainland region of southwest British Columbia in Canada covering Metro Vancouver , the Sunshine Coast Regional District, south Squamish-Lillooet Regional District and the Whistler Howe Sound...
, 9-1-1 call and dispatch centre for Southwestern BC