Freedom Of Information Request

February 29, 2016

Information and privacy coordinator – Freedom of Information

RCMP
"E" Division
14200 Green Timbers Way,
Surrey, B.C. V3T 6P3

To whom it may concern,

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I am requesting a copy of all documents containing information regarding my request to be provided to me.

-          All documents containing all drug trafficking cases in the Newton area located in Surrey, British Columbia, specifically between 64 avenue and 120 street, and 88 avenue and 152 street since March 1, 2015.

-          A list showing all the arrests that were made involving illegal drug trafficking in this specific newton area (between 64 avenue and 120 street, and 88 avenue and 152 street) in Surrey, B.C. since March 1, 2015.

If it is possible for you to provide this documented information to me, please do so in the form of a PDF file or email so I am able to physically see this data and information for my personal use. Please forward this information to me at 09spence23@gmail.com. If my request is unclear or misleading, please contact me via telephone at any time at (778)-840-7609

Please let me know when the information will be available for release.

Sincerely,

Spencer Maichin

9353 Ebor Road

Delta, British Columbia

V4C 4R4

With this Freedom of Information request, I am going to try and see if there is a correlation with the high volume of shootings in Newton last year around this time. There was an article on Vancity buzz indicating that there was 18 shootings over a 45 day period. If I get this information regarding the drug trafficking cases in Newton, I will be able to tell if these drug trafficking cases are around the same time period with the frequent amount of shootings in newton last year. The reason I want to know this because I am usually commuting through Newton to get to school and work via public transit, and if I know that these shootings are drug trade/ trafficking related, it will make me feel safer, rather than thinking that these shootings are random and can happen to anyone.

LINK: http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/04/surrey-18-shootings-45-days/

There is no specific person to contact regarding the FOI request. I went on the B.C. RCMP website and looked under the Contact page and it simply gave me a general inquires contact information. I also went on the National RCMP page and found a page for the policies of Access to Information, but again only gave me a mailing address in Ottawa for written requests

LINK: http://bc.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=2112&languageId=1&contentId=-1

LINK: http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/atip-aiprp/index-eng.htm