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NEWS photo Mike Waketiela

ROSE ALLEN — a 53-year North Vancouver resident -—~ celebrated her 100th birthday this
month with the heip of (left to right) daughter-in-law Betty Alfen, son Jim Allen, and daughter
Joan Godeer. A party was held at Kiwanis Lynn Manor, her home for the past 17 years.

HELP’S AT Hand, by North
Shore Community Services
(NSCS). is a forum for discussing
government policies and pro-
grams, benefits, consumer and
legal rights, taxation and public
services.

Answers are intended only as a
general guide and should not be
applied to individual cases without
further consultation.

Question: i recently received a
fine for a traffic violation and 1
disagree with how the police of-
ficer handled the situation. Who
can I talk to about it?

Answer: If you feel that a
police officer did not treat you
properly, you can file a complaint
against the officer.

If, however, an officer's duties
are carried out according to police
department policy and your
dispute is about the policy, this is
Not considered a complaint under
the Police Act.

The first matter to be determin-
ed is whether your claim is a

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complaint under the Act. Coem-
plaints about policy should be ad-
dressed to the chief constable of
the municipal police department.

The Police Act states that a
**complaint must be in writing and
must be about the conduct of a
municipal officer.””

On the North Shore, there are
two tynes of police departments.

West Vancouver has a
municipal police department and
is governed by the Police Act.

North Vancouver City and
District are policed by the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police
(RCMP) and complaints about the
conduct of members of the RCMP
can be submitted to the detach-
ment directly by calling 985-1131,
or to the RCMP Public Com-
plaints Commission at the B.C.
and Yukon regional office (666-
7363).

To register your written com-
plaint about a municipal police
officer, you should address it to
the chief constable of the police
department concerned.

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You may also complain directly
by writing to the Office of the
Complaint Commissioner at 405 -
815 Hornby St., Vancouver V6Z
2E6; or by calling 660-2385.

The complaint commissioner
will monitor the process and en-
sure that the Police Act guidelines
are followed. Be sure to keep
copies of your written complaint
or any other correspondence.

Once it is determined that there
is a complaint, a form must be
filled out which will officially
degin the procedure.

If you have any questions about
the citizen complaint procedure,
contact the relevant police com-
mission at the number quoted
above.

Pamphlets describing this pro-
cedure are available in Cantonese,
Vietnamese, Punjabi, Spanish and
French from the NSCS office.

This celumn is prepared with
financial assistance from the
Notary Foundation. For more in-
formation call NSCS at 985-7138.

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enjoy it than a satisfying midday or
evening mea! outdoors.

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