The Davies Commission

Inquiry into the Death of Frank Paul
William H. Davies, Q.C., Commissioner


Home Report Obtaining Report Hearings Hearings Schedule and Transcripts Hearing Information Rules of Procedure Policy Phase Terms of Reference Legislation Commissioner Counsel Backgrounder Media Releases Media Information Participants Commissioner's Rulings	ALONE AND COLD The Davies Commission Inquiry Into the Death of Frank Paul To learn more about how to obtain a hard copy of the final report please click here. Download Full Report Full Report Download Full Report View Report By Section (HTML and PDF) Beginning View PDF Title Page and Letter of Transmittal PART 1—Overview and Executive Summary View PDF Overview Executive Summary Summary of Recommendations PART 2—The Commission of Inquiry View PDF The Commission The Judicial Decisions Evidentiary Hearings Policy Issues The Inquiry’s Report PART 3—The Criminal Justice Branch’s Response to Mr. Paul’s Death View PDF Witnesses Called By Commission Counsel Organization of the Criminal Justice Branch The Charge Assessment Process The Charge Assessments in the Frank Paul Case PART 4—Positions of the Participants View PDF Introduction and Commission Counsel The Paul Family, First Nations Summit, Union of BC Indian Chiefs, and BC Assembly of First Nations Vancouver Police Department and Vancouver Police Board Don Morrison, Former Police Complaint Commissioner United Native Nations Society BC Civil Liberties Association Criminal Justice Branch, Ministry of Attorney General PART 5—The Integrity of The Branch’s Response View PDF The Importance of Integrity to Public Confidence in the Prosecutorial System Were the Branch Lawyers Subject to Internal or External Pressures? Did the Branch Lawyers Examine the Evidence in a Fair, Independent, and Objective Manner? The Difficulty of the Charge Assessments in this Case Conclusion on the Integrity of the Branch’s Response PART 6—Charge Assessments in Conflict of Interest Situations View PDF Introduction Current Policy and Procedure The Practice in Other Canadian Jurisdictions Discussion PART 7—Proposed Reforms of Branch Policies View PDF Introduction Inadequate or Incomplete Reports to Crown Counsel Criminal Offences Considered by the Prosecutors Legal Research Undertaken by the Prosecutors Charging Standard Applied Communications Between Prosecutors and Others Timeliness of the Charging Decisions The Reconsideration of Charge Assessments Notification of the Victim’s Family The Branch’s Media Release First Nations Cultural Awareness Ancillary Issues Abbreviations and Acronyms View PDF Abbreviations and Acronyms Appendices View PDFs Terms of Reference Participants and Counsel Evidentiary Hearing Dates and Witnesses Commission Personnel Commissioner’s Ruling

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