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Port Moody Police Department
Heraldic badge of PMPD
Heraldic badge of PMPD
MottoCourage Integrity Service
Agency overview
Formed1913
Employees70
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionPort Moody, British Columbia, Canada
Governing bodyPort Moody Police Board
Constituting instrument
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters3051 St. Johns Street
Police constables52
Civilians18
Elected officers responsible
  • The Honourable Mike Farnworth, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General of British Columbia
  • Her Worship Meghan Lahti, Mayor & Chair of the Port Moody Police Board
Agency executive
  • David Fleugel, Chief Constable
Website
http://www.portmoodypolice.com/

The Port Moody Police Department is the police force for the City of Port Moody, British Columbia.

Chief constables
Chief constable Term of appointment
C.C. Mills 1913 to 1922
Thomas Mackie 1922 to 1939
George Helmsing 1939 to 1942
T, Davis 1942 to 1946
A.W. Kruger 1946 to 1960
A.D. Kupkee 1960 to 1967
E.C. Millard 1968 to 1969
L.A. McCabe 1970 to 1986
G.W.G. Laughy 1987 to 1992
R.C. Singbeil 1993 to 1998
D.W. Stuckel 1998 to 1999
P.J. Shrive 1999 to 2008
B. Parker 2008 to 2013
C. Rattenbury 2013 to 2017
D. Fleugel 2017 to present

Controversy

On July 14, 2003, the PMPD came under the spotlight when a plainclothes officer shot and killed Keyvan Tabesh, an 18-year-old Iranian teen who had been driving around the city behaving erratically and wielding a machete in a threatening manner.[1] After hearing radio transmissions that indicated Tabesh's vehicle was of interest after fleeing from a marked police unit, the officer came upon the vehicle turning on to a cul-de-sac. He used his unmarked police vehicle to block it in to prevent it from fleeing while he waited for marked police units for cover.[2] Tabesh and one other occupant exited the vehicle. The officer identified himself as police and shouted for the men to not move. Rather than fleeing from him or dropping prone, both males ran towards the officer, Tabesh holding what the officer perceived to be a wood-handled weapon of an unknown type.[3] The officer fired at the pair, killing Tabesh.[3]

It was determined post-mortem that Tabesh had a blood alcohol content of .07, or "mild to moderate physical intoxication".[4] At the coroner's inquest, it was found that Tabesh had major depression with psychotic features, and had been prescribed medication which he had stopped taking just prior to the incident.[5] The five-person jury panel at the inquest found the act to be a homicide, meaning that it was caused by another person rather than natural causes or an accident, without the implication of criminal responsibility.[6] The mayor and chair of the police board determined that a complaint against the officer for using excessive and lethal force when other options were available was not substantiated. This decision was further upheld by the Police Complaint Commissioner of British Columbia.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Police Complaint Commissioner's Reasons for Decision Regarding a Request for a Public Hearing into: Fatal Police Shooting of Keyvan Tabesh, July 14th 2003 (PDF) (Report). British Columbia: Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner. pp. 4–7.
  2. ↑ OPCC Report 2005, p. 7-9.
  3. 1 2 OPCC Report 2005, p. 10.
  4. ↑ OPCC Report 2005, p. 4.
  5. ↑ OPCC Report 2005, p. 19.
  6. ↑ Jury calls teenager's death a homicide Archived 2011-07-15 at archive.today
  7. ↑ OPCC Report 2005, p. 23.
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