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Criminalization and Policing

War on drugs was a failure: former undercover police officer

The war on drugs perpetuates harms and has corrupted the system. It's also completely ineffective. This former undercover cop tells us how and why.
By Peter Kim Peter Kim | Apr 04, 2018 | Criminalization and Policing, Videos, Drug Policy Reform

Complaints to the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner (2016/17)

The Vancouver Police Department received the most complaints from the public, followed by Abbotsford.
By Peter Kim Peter Kim | Mar 07, 2018 | Criminalization and Policing, Data Visualizations

Improving police response to mental health crises: Recommendations from Tony Du coroner's inquest

A Vancouver police officer fatally shot Tony Du "within minutes" of arriving on scene. This death was preventable.
By Peter Kim Peter Kim | Feb 21, 2018 | Criminalization and Policing, Blog

Tony Du Coroner's Inquest Jury Recommendations

Tony Du was fatally shot by Vancouver Police in 2014. These 29 recommendations by are meant to ensure that never happens again.
By Peter Kim Peter Kim | Feb 12, 2018 | Criminalization and Policing, Letters & Statements

Memphis Model Crisis Intervention Team Program

Memphis Model CIT is an innovative, community-based, and collaborative program to increase safety for persons in crisis, family members, the public, and police officers, and to divert individuals living with mental illness from the criminal justice system to appropriate mental health supports in a safe and effective manner.
By Peter Kim Peter Kim | Feb 10, 2018 | Criminalization and Policing, Letters & Statements

Pivot Legal Society calls for systemic changes to police training and policy around mental health-related calls at coroner's inquest into the death of Tony Du

Police must focus on de-escalation instead of shooting to kill.
By Peter Kim Peter Kim | Feb 05, 2018 | Criminalization and Policing, Press Releases

UK police use shields to disarm distraught man with machete

This is how police must respond to individuals in distress--not shoot to kill with lethal bullets.
By Peter Kim Peter Kim | Feb 01, 2018 | Criminalization and Policing, Videos

Police racial profiling in Ontario

Statistics point to a systemic problem linked to bias and racism
By Peter Kim Peter Kim | Jan 10, 2018 | Criminalization and Policing, Data Visualizations

Supporting victims of police violence: Bobbi's story

The system failed Bobbie O'Shea, and a court awarded her $10,000 for the injustice. Learn her story
By Peter Kim Peter Kim | Jan 08, 2018 | Criminalization and Policing, Videos

Police Documents and Liability

Police must be made to cooperate with accountability organizations and investigations
By Peter Kim Peter Kim | Dec 04, 2017 | Criminalization and Policing, Position Papers
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Pivot Legal Society is located on stolen lands of the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish Nation), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). We are grateful to Indigenous Peoples for their continuous relationship with their lands and are committed to learning to work in solidarity as accomplices in shifting the colonial default. 

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