The VPD-led task force was launched in 2017 as a response to increasing gang violence. It included officers from the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of BC, the RCMP, the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT), and local municipal police departments.
“Together, the team launched several projects under the Tourniquet umbrella, including Projects Tariff, Temper, Triplet and Territory,” VPD spokesperson Constable Tania Visintin said in a statement.
A total of 27 people were convicted as a result of the task force. Convictions against these individuals include participation in a criminal organization, murder conspiracy, firearms trafficking, and drug trafficking.
Additionally, the task force has seized more than 170 firearms, over 10 kg of fentanyl, 40 kg of heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine, and more than $2 million in cash, jewelry, and high-end vehicles.
Revealed: Identity of senior Waikato Mob member on meth charges
(Photo / NZ Herald) Fri, 9 Jul 2021, 7:29AM
A senior gang leader who has been outspoken about helping broken people make positive changes in their lives has been charged with importing and distributing methamphetamine.
Name suppression has today been lifted from Mark Anthony Griffiths, or Griff , who was a longstanding member the Waikato Mongrel Mob Kingdom when he was arrested in November following a covert police investigation.
The chapter has generated headlines in recent years for establishing an all-female chapter, guarding their local mosque after the terror attacks in Christchurch and delivering food to 3000 vulnerable people during Covid-19 lockdown.
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Surrey RCMP’s End Gang Life awareness initiative aims to educate youth on the dangers of organised crime. (flickr/Province of British Columbia)
The City of Surrey’s Community Safety department launched the Empower Surrey website this month as part of the Surrey Anti-Gang Family Empowerment program which aims to address the rise of gang life and violence in the community.
It was created together with local youth who gave firsthand information about the current challenges they face. The website caters to parents, caregivers, and trusted adults to increase their awareness and give support to affected individuals and families.
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Joseph Rodríguez: LAPD 1994 : New book and online exhibition by the Bronx Documentary Center
Pacific Division officers confront a man found squatting in an apartment building garage.
BRONX, NY
.- In a year when millions of Americans poured into the streets demanding changes in police strategy, training and deployment, the Bronx Documentary Center (BDC) believes a crucial part of the conversation should be Joseph Rodríguezs photo series and just-released book, LAPD 1994.
The BDCs online exhibition with images and text from Rodríguezs book gives us an up-close and personal look at the cops, victims, and violent perpetrators in working-class communities of Pico Union, Rampart, and South Central Los Angeles.