Kwantlen Polytechnic University
12666 72 Avenue, Surrey, V3W 2M8
Fax: (604)-599-3344
Email: Maggie-folk@aol.com
October 28th, 2019
Information and Privacy Coordinator
Vancouver Police Department
3585 Graveley Street
Vancouver, B.C.
Canada V5K 5J5
Fax: (604) 606-2622
Under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, please kindly provide me with the following:
- A copy of all reports that involve people with a visible minority being stopped by the Vancouver Police Department in the Downtown East Side between October 1st 2017 to present day October 28th 2019
Please provide me with with an electronic copy such as PDF, or CD to avoid photocopy fees.
If you have any questions please call me at (604) 222 333
Please advise me when the material is available for release.
Sincerely,
Magdelaine Folk
My request isn't addressed to a specific person as VPD did not provide a specific person to send requests to on their website. I chose to make this request to see if police target certain minorities unfairly, and to confirm or disprove stereotypes. This idea came to me when Chad played his 911 call in class and the operator specifically asked about the race of the man Chad was calling about. There could be any number of reasons as to why that question was asked, ie other calls had already been made about the individual but it still seemed very inappropriate. If the operators are jumping to conclusions about race, are the VPD capable of doing the same to other minorities? Well we know the answer to that is yes, we see this often, but I'd like to know how often it happens especially in an area such as the downtown east side where minorities are very prominent, I also want to look specifically at this area because I live very close to it. With this request I hope to get a clear list of minorities stopped and examine the reasons they were stopped by police.
