UPDATE : Police chief was just joking: ex-mayor
Jeff Lee, Vancouver SunPublished: Friday, July 28, 2006 http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=8f3dd1bf-cea4-4286-9ac0-87a3c5db22df
Former Vancouver mayor Larry Campbell says Vancouver Police Chief Jamie Graham confided to him earlier this week that an incident in which he placed a shooting target on the city manager's desk was a prank that had gone wrong.Campbell says the conversation took place at the funeral of an RCMP constable in Regina on Tuesday -- two days before Graham went public in a brief news release about the controversial incident.Graham is now under a preliminary investigation by the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner to determine whether he breached the Police Act by putting the human-shaped target on the desk of city manager Judy Rogers.
Jeff Lee, Vancouver SunPublished: Friday, July 28, 2006 http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=8f3dd1bf-cea4-4286-9ac0-87a3c5db22df
Former Vancouver mayor Larry Campbell says Vancouver Police Chief Jamie Graham confided to him earlier this week that an incident in which he placed a shooting target on the city manager's desk was a prank that had gone wrong.Campbell says the conversation took place at the funeral of an RCMP constable in Regina on Tuesday -- two days before Graham went public in a brief news release about the controversial incident.Graham is now under a preliminary investigation by the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner to determine whether he breached the Police Act by putting the human-shaped target on the desk of city manager Judy Rogers.
ORIGINAL STORY
Jeff Lee, Vancouver SunPublished: Thursday, July 27, 2006 http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=89f657e3-c713-4a79-8e35-6d8fd96078e3&k=58041
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Jamie Graham left his shooting range target, with bullet holes in the head and heart, on the city manager's desk. She was concerned and went to the mayor. Vancouver Police Chief Jamie Graham is under investigation after he left a silhouette police target with bullet holes through the head and heart on the desk of the city manager.City manager Judy Rogers was concerned about the incident and went to Mayor Sam Sullivan. Sullivan advised the Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner 10 days ago, and on Wednesday, the deputy police complaint commissioner, Bruce Brown, confirmed he's opened a preliminary investigation. Brown said the circumstances could lead to a full inquiry by commissioner Dirk Ryneveld. The incident is the latest in a series that have damaged relations between the police chief and city hall, and comes at a time when Sullivan has signalled he wants to bring the police department more under the control of the city.
Jamie Graham left his shooting range target, with bullet holes in the head and heart, on the city manager's desk. She was concerned and went to the mayor. Vancouver Police Chief Jamie Graham is under investigation after he left a silhouette police target with bullet holes through the head and heart on the desk of the city manager.City manager Judy Rogers was concerned about the incident and went to Mayor Sam Sullivan. Sullivan advised the Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner 10 days ago, and on Wednesday, the deputy police complaint commissioner, Bruce Brown, confirmed he's opened a preliminary investigation. Brown said the circumstances could lead to a full inquiry by commissioner Dirk Ryneveld. The incident is the latest in a series that have damaged relations between the police chief and city hall, and comes at a time when Sullivan has signalled he wants to bring the police department more under the control of the city.
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