ANATOMY OF A DEATH PROXIMAL TO TASERS

After the Vancouver police department disclosed to the media, a full month after my brother died, that Tasers had been used on him, the Police Complaint Commissioner ordered an investigation into the use of tasers by police. The reason for this was the "delay in disclosure of the use of the taser to both the family and the public which created an adverse perception by the public of the ability of the Vancouver police department to conduct an impartial investigation."

The Chief of Police of the Victoria Police Department, the police department responsible for quietly bringing tasers into Canada in the first place, was mandated with thoroughly investigating the circumstances surrounding my brother's death. He was also asked to undertake a review of use of force protocols in place at that time and make such interim recommendations as he deemed appropriate for the use of tasers by police officers in British Columbia.

To be continued ...