A special constable with the Vancouver Police Department has received a six-month house arrest sentence following the commission of two violent assaults against detainees in January 2023.

溫哥華警察局一名特別警員於2023年1月對被拘留者發起兩次暴力襲擊，被判處六個月的居家監禁。

The judicial proceedings centered on the conduct of Omar Ahmed Flores, a 33-year-old special constable. On January 1, 2023, Flores assaulted a 17-year-old Indigenous female, identified as M.C., who was heavily intoxicated and secured in a restraint chair. Despite the presence of nine other officers and staff, Flores delivered four punches to the victim's abdomen. Judge Colleen Elden characterized the state's handling of the minor as abhorrent, noting that the victim's intersectional vulnerability as an intoxicated Indigenous youth exacerbated the gravity of the breach.

此次司法程序集中於 33 歲特別警員 Omar Ahmed Flores 的行為。2023 年 1 月 1 日，Flores 襲擊了一名 17 歲的原住民女性（化名 M.C.），當時她處於嚴重醉酒狀態且被固定在拘禁椅上。儘管現場有另外九名警員和職員在場，Flores 仍對受害者的腹部揮了四拳。法官 Colleen Elden 將政府處理該名未成年人的方式定調為令人厭惡，並指出受害人作為一名醉酒原住民青少年的多重脆弱性，加劇了此次違法行為的嚴重性。

Subsequent to this event, on January 7, 2023, Flores engaged in a second assault against a male detainee. Following a failed attempt by the detainee to spit at the officer, Flores executed a series of strikes, including stomping on the individual's head and delivering multiple punches and knee strikes to the torso. The court determined that no officer-safety exigencies existed during this encounter.

在此事件之後，2023 年 1 月 7 日，Flores 對一名男性被拘留者進行了第二次襲擊。在該名被拘留者嘗試向警員吐痰失敗後，Flores 採取了一系列攻擊，包括踩踏該個人的頭部，並對其軀幹多次揮拳及用膝蓋撞擊。法院判定，在該次衝突中並不存在任何危及警員安全的緊急情況。

Regarding institutional antecedents, it was disclosed that Flores had recently returned from a month of counseling necessitated by prior aggression toward detainees. While the defense posited that the incidents occurred during a period of psychological impairment, the court found this claim unsubstantiated. The Vancouver Police Department has confirmed that Flores remains suspended pending an investigation by the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner. The sentencing reflected the heightened duty of care owed by state agents, with the judge rejecting more lenient proposals from the prosecution and defense to ensure general deterrence.

關於機構前的紀錄，披露 Flores 最近剛完成為期一個月的心理輔導，這是由於其先前對被拘留者有暴力行為。雖然辯方主張這些事件發生在心理受損期間，但法院發現此說法缺乏證據支持。溫哥華警察局已確認 Flores 目前仍處於停職狀態，等待警察投訴專員公署的調查結果。判決反映了國家代理人應承擔的高度照顧責任，法官拒絕了檢方和辯方提出的較寬鬆建議，以確保達到一般威懾效果。

The defendant has been sentenced to house arrest and intends to resign from the police service, while the VPD awaits the results of an external regulatory investigation.

被告被判處居家監禁並打算從警察服務中辭職，而溫哥華警察局則等待外部監管調查的結果。