I have some first hand dealings with the Vancouver police and numerous members of the department, and I can't say one bad thing. The officers I dealt with were of the upmost professionalism and competence. Not speaking to this incident specifically, it's a shame when all police officers get tarred by the same brush because of a few bad apples. There are bad apples in every profession, policing just happens to be in the public spotlight so we hear more about them. Good stories of what the police do need to be spread around more, but they aren't newsworthy enough.
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