The Port Moody police issued a news release Thursday listing the number of people who they think were wrongfully given IRPs due to their calibration screw up. In damage control, they excluded the people who received IRPs from the period September 20, 2010 to December 31, 2010. In other words, their news release says that […]
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Fourteen out of 174 roadside suspensions issued by Port Moody police in 2011 will be overturned after an independent investigation found the suspensions were based on readings of improperly calibrated breathalyzers. The findings, announced Thursday, were forwarded to the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles, which said it will be contacting the 14 drivers to cancel their
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We have received a few phone calls from people who were represented by other law firms who have learned the hard way that they were prohibited without notice from driving. You may recall that in July 2012, Legal Services Branch sent a letter to lawyers who are acting for people seeking a judicial review of
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At the end of each month we typically look back to tally our successes and failures and think about what we can do better and how our efforts can be more effective for our clients. One thing that came up in our office discussions yesterday was the very tangible link we see between our perseverance
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An important victory for anyone who received an IRP for Fail or Warn between September 20, 2010 and October 2011: the Port Moody Police have finally admitted miscalibrating their ASDs. They sent the press release to the local media today (1.5 months after they concluded the investigation) perhaps because it’s earthquake and flood week. In
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PORT MOODY — Nearly a year after allegations surfaced that roadside breathalyzers used by the Port Moody Police Department were incorrectly calibrated, a police watchdog has agreed. The Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner (OPCC) has determined that the force’s approved screening devices (ASD) had been incorrectly calibrated and the allegations of neglect of duty
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In you were issued an Immediate Roadside Prohibition in Port Moody from June 15 until today, you should give us a call. As CTV has reported, we obtained records through a Freedom of Information request from the Port Moody Police. The records show that the Port Moody Police have been providing false information to the
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A Vancouver lawyer is calling for all Port Moody impaired driving bans issued since June 15 to be overturned, CTV’s Investigators have learned. Paul Doroshenko recently won a case for a client who failed two breathalyzer tests in that Metro Vancouver municipality in August. Doroshenko reviewed maintenance documents for the screening devices that registered a
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When the new version of the IRP scheme came out mid June, one of the first undisclosed changes the Government also brought in was a document to hide ASD malfunctions. For over a year we identified never-ending ASD problems. To counter the evidence we disclosed, they came up with a document to hide the problems
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The Port Moody Police Department has launched a further investigation into potentially flawed approved screening devices, or roadside breathalyzers. In a press release from the Port Moody police last week, the department and the Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner (OPCC) have received a final investigative report for the matter. “At this time the Port
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One day a report will be released on the Port Moody ASD calibration debacle. We assume it will come on a busy news day, or a Friday so it gets little attention from the media. What astounds us is that we figured out the problem in a matter of minutes and then confirmed our findings
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The end of April is now upon us and we still have not heard a peep from the New Westminster Police concerning the Port Moody Police. If you have followed our blog, you may recall that we revealed that the Port Moody Police were not following proper procedures in calibrating Approved Screening Devices. We gave
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