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The inquiry into money laundering has begun to grapple with the real impediments to a successful war on dirty money a dysfunctional policing and political system.
Senior police officers and public safety bureaucrats are finally testifying and are blaming the challenges of cooperative federalism and gaps in the province’s patchwork-quilt of policing for a lack of prosecutions.
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The disconnect between Victoria and Ottawa, the lack of expertise, the exorbitant cost, the years-long commitment of officers, the detail and time needed to obtain warrants, legal disclosure obligations, court-imposed timely prosecution and trial deadlines … all handcuff law-enforcement, in their opinion.
BC’s Police Act takes power from citizens and their elected representatives and blocks needed reform.
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Solicitor-General Mike Farnworth announced the committee last June to review the 45-year-old Police Act and said police officers require a modern policing structure that provides greater clarity for their roles