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February 21, 2012 | By Darcie Bennett

The impacts of adult sentencing reforms, including mandatory minimum sentences for a number of drug offences, have garnered a lot of attention as Bill C-10, also known as the “Omnibus Crime Bill” makes its way through parliament, but also buried in the bill are significant changes to Canada’s Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA).
February 17, 2012 | By Douglas King

In the last two weeks there has been a lot of discussion in the lower mainland about police dogs, and more specifically about an incident involving a bus, a police dog and one of our clients, Christopher Evans. Mr. Evans has elected to work with us to file a civil suit against the Vancouver Police Department in an effort to change the way police dogs are trained and deployed.
February 16, 2012 | By Scott Bernstein
He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome; for he is still an enemy - Thomas Hobbes

 
February 7, 2012 | By Darcie Bennett

January 24, 2012 | By Douglas King

This week at the Vancouver Police Board hearing where I presented on our service and policy complaint regarding the use of the VPD dog squad (more to come on that later this week), there was much discussion about the recent drop in property and violent crime across almost every district in the city.
January 23, 2012 | By Scott Bernstein

JANUARY 23, 2012 | BY SCOTT BERNSTEIN
January 20, 2012 | By Darcie Bennett

Yesterday was the culmination of a pretty amazing journey for me. I sat in the front row at the Supreme Court of Canada as the as the federal government tried to persuade the country’s top court that Sheri Kiselbach, a former sex worker with 30 years of experience and Sex Workers United Against Violence (SWUAV), a non-profit organization run by and for street-based sex workers in the Downtown Eastside, do not have standing to challenge the laws related to adult prostitution because they are not directly affected.
January 10, 2012 | By Darcie Bennett

The Legal Service Society of BC (LSS) is  responsible for providing legal aid to people in British Columbia.  As a result of government cuts to the LSS budget, more and more low-income people in British Columbia have to rely on pamphlets, websites and summary advice services when navigating the family court system. Funding for family law representation is largely limited to short-term help for parents leaving abusive relationships.
December 8, 2011 | By Peter Wrinch

Back in 2003, when Vancouver won the bid for the 2010 Winter Olympics residents were promised an Olympic experience built on the three pillars of social, environmental and economic sustainability.  The flagship project of the most sustainable Olympics ever- the Olympic Village development on south east False Creek.
December 7, 2011 | By Douglas King

It was a little surprising to hear the news this morning that Richard Rosenthal, head of Denver’s police oversight agency, would be leaving his job and heading up to B.C. to lead our province's up and coming Independent Investigations Office, but only because it was just yesterday that I was meeting with one of the inspectors from VPD professional standards and neither of us was aware of the upcoming announcement. Pivot was one of the first organizations in B.C.