The squats ended when the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) deployed at least 100 officers to evict the squatters.
He joined the Vancouver Police Department as a civilian employee in 1978 and became a sworn officer in 1980.
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On February 15, 2011, Owen published letters in several major Canadian newspapers apologising for comments that he made blaming former Vancouver Police Department Inspector Kim Rossmo for delays in the investigation of serial killer Robert Pickton.