When it learned of the incident, Internal Investigations went out looking for the dealers to "encourage" them to file a complaint against their own members There were arrest records for the 3 drug dealers and of course, they were easily found; same location they were initially arrested at and deal drugs from. As for the lawsuit against the department, I believe Vancouver has the highest lawyer to population per capita than any other city in Canada, so that wasn't a problem.

One interesting note as reported in last week's newspaper is the fact that the lawyer representing the 3 drug dealers is very frustrated with his clients. Apparently, they are not fully cooperating; they have either been re-arresting on trafficking and are in jail, have skipped meetings with their lawyers, or have simply disappeared.

There are many individual and committees around here who hate cops and other forms of government and authority figures. We have pretty much every left wing, tree-hugging, granola-eating, Berkeinstock-wearing, liberal protesting-type living here on the West Coast (mild climate and easy to get social assistence).

In my opinion, we have a weak judicial system and social atmosphere that encourages deadbeats, drug crimes, a strong hatred for police which results in sky-rocketing property crimes.