OK folks, long-time lurker - first time shitposter, here.
I created an account because I need to explain something to you guys:
None of you have any idea how totally corrupt the Surrey/Langley RCMP and Vancouver Police Department are. If you did the slightest bit of digging, you'd find enough information to warrant its own thread. I can promise you that they brought a detachment from outside the area because they wanted this done right. Let me phrase this appropriately: From my understanding, the Surrey/Langley/Coquitlam area RCMP and the Vancouver Police Department are essentially "owned" by the Hells Angels in BC, and it's been this way for decades. I don't know what kind of blackmail the HA has on these police departments, but they've made said police departments pretty much worthless.
Look into the serial killer Robert Pickton (the pig farmer guy). This guy was not the only person killing hookers on his farm. For at least 15 years, his farm was a well known Hells Angels party spot, and many high level RCMP detectives and VPD police officers were known to take part in these parties. Something that has long been discussed by people who live in the region, is that Pickton's farm was a HA "killspot," where they would get rid of problematic people. This went on for over a decade. The cops in the region knew all about it. When Pickton went down, they pinned everything on him as a lone actor and covered up any mention of the HA.
The gang is extremely powerful in British Columbia. They pretty much run the stevedores down at the port, as well as anything to do with trucking in the film industry. They have millions upon millions of dollars in "legitimate" assets in the region from these two industries, which is enough to bribe or blackmail anyone in the local police departments. Therefore, cops in the area are essentially useless.
If people in that region of BC want serious crimes to be handled competently, they have to get RCMP detectives from outside Surrey/Langley/Coquitlam, and never involve the VPD.