Police shouldn’t investigate police, jury recommends A CORONER’S inquest jury reviewing the May 12, 1992 police shooting death of 22-year-old Daniel Possee supported Tuesday the formation of an_ in- dependent agency to in- vestigate serious police- related incidents. By Anna Marie D’Angelo News Reporter The recommendation and others followed the lengthy in- vestigation of a North Vancouver drug raid in which West Van- couver Police drug squad member Const. Tim Pollitt shot Possee. Possee was target shooting with a pellet rifle in an East 26th St. basement suite when the patice entered, The jury also recommended to the provincial attorney general that: © in the absence of an independent investigating agency, police from a jurisdiction not involved in the in- cident should conduct the in- vestigation; * there is a need for both visual ard oral methods of identifying police during the execution of .a search warrant; *audio and video recordings should Le used during drug sear- ches to assist in subsequent in- vestigations and police training; ®a checklist of concerns should be addressed by police prior to executing a search warrant for drugs; ®the education minister should consider developing a firearms- weapons safety awarness program for secondary schools. The pro- gram should include information _Tegarding |the hazards of using a . device resembling a weapon such _as a pellet rifle; ’ © appropriate .. warning should:be:included on any weapon look-alike... 0. we . The, fi ve-member - jury classifi ied ; Possee? s° death - ia’. homicid -Homicide is“ not: associated: with lame in any legal: séuse; but in- . dicates « the” person’ died ° of. the “di or ‘indirect’: action ‘or inac- - tion‘of another person. ©: -The raid’ was a joint effort of “ the: West. Vancouver Police and «: the North Vancouver RCMP: The North :.Vancouver RCMP. subse-:- “quently investigated the incident.: "The search warrant for the: raid did not ‘name’ Possee. His sister, Kelly’ Possee, 21, boyfriend, ‘Justin King, 21, were. named in the warrants.“ "Pm very pleased with the rec- ‘ommendations,”’ said Derek’ > Daniel's. father, *" * “They; pushed” on’ points ‘that we a ave: been asking for all: “along. he police, investigation, : badly done.; : We still have questions. We'll ue have’them: the:whole of our lives. ‘YT think t’.doesn’t” finish today,” said Possee. °°; ~On® Monday, coroner. ‘Larry Campbell said in. his summation that contradictory < evidence revealed ‘in the nine-day inquest was s10t unusual in traumatic in- . year... | “Where are: the’ imaginative solutions, to: commuting?” ‘asked : Coun? Pau! Turner... 7". “ What" about , the existing network of rail lines? Does Marathon Realty own Van- couver? Are we not supposed to ask these questions?’’ Coun. Ernie Crist ‘also ‘criti- cized the GVRD approach to transportation. “Single occupancy vehicles are the main polluters and the,’ number-one cause of en-: vironmental damage. a “The GVRD has shown no initiative in tackling the financial issues implicit, in moving: the transport focus away from: the car,’’ Crist told the News., “Why do they not ‘demand “control of the gas levy from the province and administer it for + Hight rapid transit?’ he asked, ‘Initiatives to control liquid and solid waste management and | drinking water quality all receiv... ed philosophical support in! ‘discussion, but the huge dollar. costs associated. with: the pro-. - grams. produced no unanimity ’- “when :it..came. time to -vote.’on cost preferences. - pr Again, many’ suggestions went’ beyond the. scope of the GVRD plans, which left. many people ‘Nevertheless, a large’ majority ndicated their approval of the ‘region-wide . networking. format: and the discussion process. The GYRD will accept public « feedback on its planning initia- “tives until Monday,’ May 31, by » mail at 4330 Kingsway, Burnaby, B.C. or by fax at 442-6399. lug pulled on overnight parking area will no longer provide free park-and-ride facilities for walk-on BC Ferry Corp. (BCFC) patrons. By Maureen Curtis Contributing Writer West Vancouver District Conn: cil adopted a bylaw Monday night - that will prohibit non-resident parking in the neighborhood around the bay. Two local students will be hired this summer to help West Van- ing restrictions. help pay for the $25,200 WEST VANCOUVER DISTRICT COUNCIL couver Police’in a ‘“‘blitz’? cam- paign to implement the new park- They. will be armed with -, hand-held computers that will be loaded with the exempt vehicle registrations for area residents. The new bylaw will prohibit non-residents from parking in the area from midnight to 6 a.m. Violators will face a $25 fine. Revenues from. the’ fines will cost of buying the computers “and hiring. . the students. “The project will finally be successful’ when commuters shift their transportation and parking habits to provide the resident and -business communities’ the relief they need,’’ wrote West Van- couver Police Insp. E.G. Churchill in his report to municipal manager | Doug Allan. Notice of the new parking restrictions will be published in local newspapers. : The BCFC will also inform ferry passengers through public address announcements made dur- ing ferry sailings.