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Accused Abbotsford police officers’ investigations could be re-opened

Accused Abbotsford police officers’ investigations could be re-opened

The massive investigation into corruption at the Abbotsford Police Department has cast a dark shadow on investigations done by the accused officers. Some lawyers, such as Paul Doroshenko, have already begun checking if any evidence that was used against his clients came from one of the search warrants that are now part of the investigation. […]

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New breathalyzers coming to New Westminster, but familiar problems persist

New breathalyzers coming to New Westminster, but familiar problems persist

The New Westminster Police are rolling out a new breathalyzer that’s new to British Columbia. It’s called the Alco Sensor FST, and New Westminster is the first police force in B.C. to purchase them. Criminal lawyer Paul Doroshenko says the current breathalyzers being used are a “25 year old technology.” Still, the new technology isn’t

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RCMP internal audit on breathalyzers shows “massive problems”: lawyer

RCMP internal audit on breathalyzers shows “massive problems”: lawyer

In 2010 B.C. introduced a new impaired driving law, which included immediate roadside penalties, license suspensions, and the impounding of cars; making the province’s drunk driving laws among the toughest in the country. According to RCMP documentation obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by Acumen Law Corporation defense lawyer Paul Doroshenko, it also

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Court quashes penalties imposed under invalid drunk-driving law

Court quashes penalties imposed under invalid drunk-driving law

The B.C. Supreme Court has rapped the provincial government’s knuckles for penalizing allegedly impaired motorists under the original version of the anti-drunk driving scheme after it was struck down. Victoria had no authority after June 30, 2012 — the deadline to fix the flawed sections of the Motor Vehicle Act — to impose certain Immediate

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Judge criticizes standards of proof used for roadside prohibitions

Judge criticizes standards of proof used for roadside prohibitions

B.C. Supreme Court Justice Mark McEwan has torn a strip off the province’s anti-drunk-driving scheme, quashing an Immediate Roadside Prohibition handed to a drunk, naked man in a van who claimed not to have keys for the vehicle. In a judicial review, he criticized as “specious” and “illogical” a Superintendent of Motor Vehicles adjudicator’s ruling

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Critics of drunk-driving laws take aim at screening devices

Critics of drunk-driving laws take aim at screening devices

The provincial Justice Minister is standing by the province’s drunk-driving laws despite increasing criticisms of the program over the review process for roadside prohibitions, and concerns about unreliable screening devices. This week, the B.C. Supreme Court quashed a ban that had been upheld after review, because the government had relied on a report that should

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Ruling could lead to quashing of hundreds of drunk-driving bans, lawyer says

Ruling could lead to quashing of hundreds of drunk-driving bans, lawyer says

Critics of British Columbia’s immediate bans for impaired driving have a new arrow in their quiver in defending drunk-driving bans, after the B.C. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a government report on the roadside screening devices should have been inadmissible during the review process. The report was used by a government adjudicator to reject

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B.C. drivers have one-in five chance of getting roadside ban overturned

B.C. drivers have one-in five chance of getting roadside ban overturned

VANCOUVER — British Columbia has one of the country’s toughest drunk driving laws, but if drivers choose to challenge a roadside ban and the penalties and fines that come with it, they have at least a one-in-five chance of getting of getting roadside ban overturned. The Office of the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles says in

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B.C. Supreme Court rules against government’s report on breathalyzers

B.C. Supreme Court rules against government’s report on breathalyzers

In a ruling that could result in thousands of appeals of drunk driving suspensions, the B.C. Supreme Court has ruled that a government report on breathalyzers was not admissible in a particular case. Justice Richard Goepel’s ruled that the Superintendent’s Report on Approved Screening Devices was inadmissible in an Immediate Roadside Prohibitions review hearing. Paul

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