Vancouver Police Department's "Public Safety Unit" Riot Cops: Notes from the VPD's 2011 Stanley Cup Riot Review
Submitted on December 9, 2011
By Zig Zag - Vancouver Media Co-op
Established in 1993 as the Crowd Control Unit (CCU), the riot squad has evolved into a professional, award-winning model of 'public order', at least according to the Vancouver Police Department's 2011 Stanley Cup Riot Review, released on Sept. 6, 2011. The report focuses largely on the riot but contains a surprisingly large amount of information on the VPD's riot squad, now called the “Public Safety Unit” (PSU).
