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Anna Marie D'Angelo
News Reporter dangelo@nsnews.com

THE West Vancouver Police are current-
ly being investigated by a Vancouver
City Police inspector in connection with
allegations of criminal misconduct, a
spokesman for the attorney general’s
ministry confirmed on Wednesday.

Attorney general's ministry spokesman Chris: Berestord
said special prosecutor Martin ‘Yaylor was alo appointed to
the investigation last fall. Taylor is a former justice of the
B.C. Court of Appeal whe was appointed to the case by the

Lions Gate
toll plan
in doubt

Jan Noble

News Reporter
ian@nsnews.com

TOLLS on an
improved First
Narrows crossing may
not be a certainty.

Instead, wo local Liberal
MI say i in’ the
provincial gasoline
the multi-million dollar project.

But British = Columbia
Transportation Financing

ity spokesman lan MeLcod
aya final financing deci-
sion has not been made

“It was never a certainty but it
remains a probabiliry tolls will be
part of the financing solution,” he
said.

McLeod: said: Transportation

r Lois Boone's office
dian April press release in
which she said tolls were a certain
ty if more than $70 million was
spent on a bridge upgrade.

But on Friday, Boone
Lions Gate project: press
the province will finance projec

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A.G. probes allegations
of criminal misconduct

Crininal Justice Branch of the attorney general's minist
Berestord: said: that: special prosecutors are called into
assess potential criminal charges.
He declined to speak about the nature of the allegations
against the West Vancouver Police, but called them “inap
propriate actions.”

But B.C. Police Commission charman Carolyn Askew

confirmed fast month that a report outlining Owe incidents of

doticket fixing by high ranking West Vancouver Police
rs was sent to the attorney general's ministry.

Ticket fixing iavolves police officers cancelling or ripping
up an issucd tratfic ticket. Ticket fixing has been viewed by
prosecutors and police as obstructing justice, which is a
Cruninal Code offence.

The B.C. Police Commission received the rt outtin-
ing alleged ticket fixing after the lawyer for fired West
Vancouver Police Const. Glen Mason attempted to enter the
report into evidence during 4 successful appeal of Mason's
dismissal

Lawver Ajit Saran wanted to use the ort to show ered -
ibility problems of a West Vancouver police officer involved
in the investigation of Mason's internal discipling case.

B.C. Police Commission members hearing the appeal
(chairman Askew, Susan Brice and Jack Lees ruled the report

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