Only 3 fluent Chinese LE in Vancouver?
Hello Gina Lee (Wow, is this another SP?):
Shank is right about the occasional "white" guy showing up and spooking the AMP.
Chinese guys, or Asian males period, in general rarely join LE.
Let's say Vancouver municipality has approximately 1000 LE.
About 10 are Chinese.
About 6 can speak "some" Chinese.
About 3 can speak fluent Chinese.
Sobering numbers. How many do you think can speak Japanese, Vietnamese, or Korean?
But it is, great looking odds for the AMPs don't you think?
Someone in the PERB audience, will ask, "Isn't 3 fluent officers enough to bust 50 MPs?" Well "3" doesn't necessarily mean "3" is available. Vancouver takes about two of the fluent Chinese and places them in "high-profile public-speaking/Chinese-speaking/I can no longer do uncover" positions.
Yes Vancouver LE has busted a "handful" of MPs but then there are the regrets. The one Chinese LE is tied up in massive court preparation for xxxx number of days. He has to testify in court - so then the whole criminal world can see his face, and then he can say goodbye to his undercover career. Who's the soon to be demoted staff Seargent who wanted him to bust AMPs!? We need our one Chinese LE for the following....
A recruiter for LE, wants to take the "one" young fluent Asian member and reserve him for Asian crime squad. And you can bet that "one" guy is also highly desired for every other undercover operation: Latin/Indian crime squad, and the Vietnamese crime squad, and the Hells Angels crime squad. A big emphasis on drugs.
Busting discrete AMPs (they're not exactly Brazilian Termas!!) and SPs are not at the top of the radar when it comes to deployment of your Asian LE.
SPs are relatively safe from being busted by the limited (miniscule) number of Asian LE. They are unlikely to take the ferry to Victoria and bust "Slava Blixen, JudeTheDude, Sweaty Brooklyn and NickelMace." Names changed to protect the innocent, bushy-eyed and bunny-tailed.
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Its like busting Silicon Valley for liking computers
I know of at least 6 MPs that have been busted.
The 3 that are still in business include: WAVE, NEW WORLD, and TEMPTATIONS.
TEMPTATIONS is by far #1 on the hit list.
What are my views on the pro law?
Its like busting Silicon Valley for liking computers.
When you bust an AMP then you accelerate the growth process.
The owner will form another AMP.
Mamasan will form another AMP.
Doorman will form another AMP.
I recall when the police busted the PENTHOUSE and then miraculously SWs popped up on the west end and Richards/Nelson and independent SPs popped up in heavier numbers in the ads.
Vancouver used to have the "midtown stroll" SWs discretely contained near low-light Quebec and 5th Avenue, and also along that "no-light" road near the Burger/King Mario's Gelati around 1993, but then they were all busted and headed to bright-light Kingsway and Joyce - actually all over Kingsway.
If police do not bust, then at least the "situation" is "geographically contained".
Cheers!