VPD whistle-blower alleges arrest quotas in Downtown Eastside crackdown

The Vancouver Police Board must look into an officer’s allegation that arrest quotas have been issued as part of Mayor Ken Sim’s “Task Force Barrage” initiative in the Downtown Eastside, British Columbia’s police watchdog says.An e-mail from the anonymous whistle-blower is on the agenda for Thursday’s meeting of the board along with a corresponding letter from the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner asking the board to take action.The letter from the commissioner says it received a complaint from an officer on March 8, calling Task Force Barrage a politically motivated crackdown and saying those in charge have been “setting quotas.”