Pubdate: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 Source: Vancouver Sun (CN BC) Copyright: 2008 The Vancouver Sun Contact: http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/letters.html Website: http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/477 Author: Chad Skelton Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?188 (Outlaw Bikers) FIRED BIKER COP SETTLES SUIT AGAINST PROVINCE A fired biker-gang investigator who sued the Organized Crime Agency of B.C. for wrongful dismissal has reached an out-of-court settlement with the province. Allen Dalstrom was fired by OCABC Chief Officer David Douglas in 2004 after concerns were raised about Dalstrom's handling of Project Phoenix, a multimillion-dollar investigation of the Hells Angels that was never prosecuted, and over comments Dalstrom allegedly made to a journalist writing a book about the Angels. Dalstrom alleged in court documents that Phoenix failed because of a turf war between the RCMP and the OCABC. His trial threatened to expose divisions between the RCMP and municipal police in B.C., with some of the most senior officers in the province scheduled to testify. They included RCMP Deputy Commissioner Gary Bass, former deputy commissioner Bev Busson and former Vancouver police chief Jamie Graham. Dalstrom's trial began last month but only lasted a few days before the two sides entered settlement talks. On Wednesday, lawyers for both sides confirmed that a tentative settlement had been reached. Neither side would say exactly how big the settlement is. However, Dalstrom's lawyer Kevin Woodall said: "It involves a letter of apology and it involves substantial compensation." - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin