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You may also remember Kariq Tzul, the King Street resident who was the victim of a beatdown by the Gang Suppression Unit on the first day they were testing a new surveillance bus in GSG territory.

As we told you, the GSU pulled out their new state-of-the-art mobile command centre and was monitoring gang activity in and around the George Street area. Tzul claimed that he was inside a house on King Street when officers from the GSU barged in and started to brutalise him for no reason. He said that one of the officers kicked him so hard in his abdomen that he soiled himself.

Well, officers from professional standards have been investigating the report, and they say that it has been difficult to bring charges due the circumstances surrounding the allegation:

ASP Glen Rivero - OC, Professional Standard Branch

"That investigation is also ongoing. Like I said, we have difficulty when members of the public come forward and cannot positively identify the officers. My request to the general public is that, if you are out in the public and see an infraction by any member of the police department, feel free to video, use your video recorder, use your cellphones. I want to say, I have heard it mentioned that from time to time, police officers take away people's cameras. The police doesn't have any authority, in law, to take away anybody's camera who's videotaping any misconduct, any wrong doing, any sort of illegal activity. I want the general public to know, that any police take away their camera, they can come to myself and report it."