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Home 🌿 Marijuana Politics 🌿 Vancouver, Victoria need clear pot-shop policies: police watchdog 🌿Vancouver, Victoria need clear pot-shop policies: police watchdog
Drug squads in Vancouver and Victoria have discretion on whether to bust illegal marijuana dispensaries, but police boards in those cities should have clear policies on when and why they enforce the federal laws prohibiting such storefront pot sales, says B.C.’s municipal police watchdog.
Police Complaint Commissioner Stan Lowe said in letters to the chairs of both boards that police departments should craft criteria determining which risks to public safety merit raiding a dispensary and that forces should provide detailed explanations of what such a process looks like. The letters, obtained by The Globe and Mail, contain recommendations that are not binding, but Mr. Lowe’s suggestions come as police forces across Canada grapple with a burgeoning number of dispensaries.
Letter to Victoria police board
The Vancouver force needs a “clear, objective policy to guide officers,” Mr. Lowe wrote in a Nov....
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