TWO people from North Vancouver are among 37 people who have turned themselves in to Vancouver police following last month's Stanley Cup riot.
The information comes from an update of the Vancouver Police Department's integrated riot investigation team that is preparing charges against those people.
An additional 111 people are under investigation for criminal acts relating to the incident. The Vancouver police said there are also hundreds more who have been identified and will be investigated in the coming months.
So far police haven't released any information about those who turned themselves in, except to say that 30 are men and seven are women. Most of the self-confessed rioters come from the Lower Mainland, while a handful are from Vancouver Island and the Interior. No names have been released.
So far, the riot investigators say they are looking into more than 200 incidents with anywhere from one to 300 suspects in each. The team has received 4,300 email tips, 15,000 images and 1,500 hours of video to review.
But getting to the point of laying charges is expected to be a lengthy and complex process, they said.
Among the crimes being investigated are participating in a riot, assault, break and enter, theft, robbery, arson, possession of weapons and possession of stolen property.
Meanwhile, the independent Vancouver Riot Review has set up a website to receive public feedback and information online.
Former Nova Scotia attorney general Doug Keefe and John Furlong, former head of the Vancouver Olympic Committee, are co-chairing the review into the planning and activities that led to the Stanley Cup riot on June 15 after Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Canucks and Boston Bruins.
Submissions will be considered until Aug. 12.
The focus of the review, due to be released to the City of Vancouver, its police board and the province by Aug. 31 is:
1) What was learned from the 1994 riot and how the findings were integrated into the planning for the Stanley Cup Game 7 celebrations on June 15.
2) The foundational elements of the Vancouver Police Department/City plans for the event and the relationship of those
plans to what transpired in the lead-up to and during the riots.
3) The availability of liquor at public events and the contribution the availability made to the events that unfolded on June 15.
4) A framework for how the City of Vancouver and the VPD work with the appropriate partners to optimize the safe, inclusive and enjoyable participation of the public in celebrations in the public spaces for which Vancouver is world-renowned.
For more information on how make a submission, visit www. pssg.gov.bc.ca/vancouverriotreview.
