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Confiscations, public health obstructions, and perpetual displacement: Experiences and perspectives on urban law enforcement practices during a period of "recriminalization" among people who use criminalized drugs - PubMed
Our findings illustrate how harmful law enforcement practices that target people who use criminalized drugs, particularly those relying on public spaces for survival, persisted during the evolving drug policy periods. Together, these law enforcement practices along with the lack of understanding reg …
![This was left to Chief Supt. John Brewer, who served as silver commander from 2017 until June 2021, when Attfield retired and Brewer became the group’s top Mountie.
Brewer is a nearly 30-year veteran involved in domestic and international policing operations including in Afghanistan, according to court files. He’s a former member of an RCMP Emergency Response Team (ERT), the force’s militarized SWAT units.
His silver operational plan begins with a detailed timeline before offering “general comments on TMEP [Trans Mountain expansion project] and CGL opposition.”
The section reveals the C-IRG has been casually monitoring the political activity of peaceful law-abiding groups based on fears that unknown extremists, professional protesters and agents provocateurs may use violence to support the cause.
“While Police are impartial, it is operationally necessary to have awareness of opposition to the oil and LNG pipeline project,” the plan explains. “It is understood that the majority of individuals and groups will express their opposition through lawful advocacy, protest and dissent.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eo3blvgu4a726fvcnlzjrtj2/bafkreigpxefn4upsgcywugbn2nqb5tsvm7lkteo2al2gslybtoay5rfmj4)
