Cannabis Culture @CannabisCulture · 22s 22 seconds ago
Jackson: In 2004, there were 25 grow-op fires in BC. Since Surrey is about 9% of BC's population, that's statistically only about 3 fires
Cannabis Culture @CannabisCulture · 27s 27 seconds ago
Garis said the stat that grow ops are 24 times more likely to have a fire came from report by Darryl Plecas #Allard #cdnpoli #bcpoli
Cannabis Culture @CannabisCulture · 38s 38 seconds ago
Garis: "I don't know if they want to, they were told to" but he agrees everyone wants to be safe
Cannabis Culture @CannabisCulture · 6s 6 seconds ago
Jackson: Since repair notices have been issued and followed, this suggests that people were wanting to comply with regulations
Cannabis Culture @CannabisCulture · 11s 11 seconds ago
Jackson: "that's pure conjecture isn't it?" You didn't ask any of them why they didn't follow the standards so you can't actually say
Cannabis Culture @CannabisCulture · 18s 18 seconds ago
Garis enlisted the help of people "who had experience in the field" because he did not have the expert knowledge to compile report himself
Cannabis Culture @CannabisCulture · 16s 16 seconds ago
Garis: Electrical repair notices were given to legal medical marijuana growers if there was a problem upon inspection - ALL complied he said
Cannabis Culture @CannabisCulture · 31s 31 seconds ago
Garis confirmed: Inspectors took photos of peoples' homes who were NOT found to be growing #marijuana #Allard #cdnpoli #bcpoli
Cannabis Culture @CannabisCulture · 22s 22 seconds ago
Jackson: If an inspector goes into a house & doesn't find violations (or just one) does the inspector take photos of the electrical anyways?
Cannabis Culture @CannabisCulture · 8s 8 seconds ago
Garis said the majority of marijuana growers gave permission for the searches without a warrant – even when they were growing illegally
Cannabis Culture @CannabisCulture · 7s 7 seconds ago
Garis: before they obtained warrants, Surrey inspectors "conducted searches based on the assumption of permission" but gave "no choice"
Cannabis Culture @CannabisCulture · 15s 15 seconds ago
Garis did not personally ever ask the RCMP for information about possible legal grows at houses that passed BC Hydro's "safety threshold"
Cannabis Culture @CannabisCulture · 20s 20 seconds ago
Garis: BC Hydro & RCMP reports on #marijuana were received by Deputy Chief and posted to a secure website for other fire staff to review
Cannabis Culture @CannabisCulture · 1m 1 minute ago
Garis: We did the best with what we had available - "we asked Health Canada for addresses of all the grow ops in Surrey but they denied us"
Cannabis Culture @CannabisCulture · 27s 27 seconds ago
Garis agrees: it "would have been better" to apply proper methods of analysis in making determinations about #marijuana growing statistics
Cannabis Culture @CannabisCulture · 19s 19 seconds ago
Garis agreed that his information about mould and other areas is lacking and can't be used to make accurate judgments about amounts