British Columbia’s police watchdog says the Vancouver Police Board must look into an officer’s allegation that arrest quotas have been issued as part of Mayor Ken Sim’s “Task Force Barrage” initiative in the Downtown Eastside.

Vancouver police Chief Adam Palmer denied the force uses quotas in a media scrum outside the police board meeting Thursday, but said they will look into the complaint.

The Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner says it received a complaint from a VPD member on March 8, calling Task Force Barrage a “politically motivated crackdown” and saying those in charge have been “setting quotas.”