Mulligan Affair

MULLIGAN AFFAIR was the most sensational POLICE scandal in BC history. Walter Mulligan, a 20-year veteran of the VANCOUVER police, was appointed chief of the force in 1947. At 42 years old, he was the youngest chief in the city's history. His tenure was marked by rumors of corruption and charges that he was close to illegal gambling interests. In the mid-1950s Vancouver experienced a sudden wave of violent crime, much of it drug-related. The tabloid press began to publicize the claims of...

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