The Vancouver Police Department has asked its New Westminster counterpart to investigate the actions of an officer who shoved a disabled woman in the Downtown Eastside last month.
Surveillance cameras in front of the Lux Hotel on East Hastings Street captured footage of Const. Taylor Robinson pushing a woman to the ground as she tries to pass between three officers walking side-by-side on June 9.
None of the officers stop to help her up.
The woman shown in the footage is 26-year-old Sandy Davidsen, who suffers from cerebral palsy and walks with a noticeable limp.
The VPD says it has asked New Westminster police to conduct criminal and Police Act investigations into Robinson's actions, as well as those of the two officers with him at the time.
Robinson has apologized to Davidsen, and is no longer walking the Hastings Street beat.
