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West Vancouver Police Department
The West Vancouver Police Department (WVPD) is the municipal police force for the district of West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Operations The West Vancouver Police respond to calls for service using one of four patrol platoons. Each patrol platoon is staffed by several constables, a corporal (road supervisor), and with oversight from a duty sergeant. In addition, a police canine handler and their police dog complement each patrol platoon. The patrol division is augmented by several support sections including; traffic; community policing / school liaisons; information services sections, and a victims' services unit operated by volunteers. Serious crimes are investigated by detectives in the general investigation section. Homicides that occur in the District of West Vancouver are investigated by the integrated homicide investigation team which is supplemented by a seconded WVPD member. To further support the concept of seamless policing within the Lower Mainland region, ...
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Mike Farnworth
Michael C. Farnworth (born July 23, 1959) is a Canadian politician who has served as the 15th and current deputy premier of British Columbia since 2021, and the minister of public safety and solicitor general since 2017. A member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP), Farnworth represents the riding of Port Coquitlam in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, where he is the NDP's house leader, and the dean of the Legislative Assembly. Background Born in Bebington, England, Farnworth was raised in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia. He attended Simon Fraser University, earning a bachelor's degree in geography. Prior to entering elected office, Farnworth worked at CP Rail, Gulf Oil, and Mount Isa Mines. Farnworth has publicly acknowledged that he is gay. He has had a relationship with his partner, Doug, for over twenty five years. Political career After serving three terms on Port Coquitlam City Council and working for Port Moody—Coquitlam Member of Parliam ...
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Police Board
A police board is an appointed form of local government charged with the responsibility of overseeing a local police force. In the United States, the term is used for some police departments. For example, the Chicago Police Board oversees the Chicago Police Department. In Canada, the police board is charged with overseeing a territorial police department - the term is also used for the same function in Scotland. Every municipality in Canada that operates their own police force is required to establish such a board. The legislation of Police Boards is in the jurisdiction of each provincial legislature. British Columbia, Canada All municipalities with a population over 5,000 are required by the British Columbia ''Police Act'' to provide for a police service. Municipalities in this category have two options: contract with the provincial government for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or create an independent local police agency or department. Municipalities that choose to ...
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West Vancouver
West Vancouver is a district municipality in the province of British Columbia, Canada. A member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District, West Vancouver is to the northwest of the city of Vancouver on the northern side of English Bay and the southeast shore of Howe Sound, and is adjoined by the District of North Vancouver to its east. Together with the District of North Vancouver and the City of North Vancouver, it is part of a local regional grouping referred to as the North Shore municipalities, or simply "the North Shore". West Vancouver is connected to the downtown city of Vancouver via the Lions Gate Bridge. Originally named First Narrows Bridge, its completion in 1938 allowed the people of the North Shore municipalities to cross of the Burrard Inlet to the city. West Vancouver had a population of 44,122 at the 2021 Canadian census. Cypress Provincial Park, mostly located within the municipal boundaries, was one of the venues for the 2010 Winter Olympics. W ...
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Kash Heed
Kash P. Heed (Kashmir Singh Heed) (born November 1955) is a former Canadians, Canadian politician, who was elected as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 British Columbia general election, 2009 provincial election, representing the riding of Vancouver-Fraserview. He formerly served as the Executive Council of British Columbia, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General. He was formerly chief constable of the West Vancouver Police Department and a former superintendent with the Vancouver Police Department and was the first Indo-Canadian police chief in Canada. Policing Heed graduated from the B.C. Police academy, Police Academy in 1979 and began his career as an officer with the VPD. In June 2007 he lost out to Deputy Chief Jim Chu for the position of Chief Constable of the VPD, but days later was appointed to that title in West Vancouver. He led the West Vancouver Police Department for 19 months and resigned on February 23, 2009 ...
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Delta Police Department
The Delta Police Department (DPD) is the police force for the City of Delta, British Columbia, a suburban community in Metro Vancouver with a population of 102,661. As of 2019, the Delta Police Department has an authorized strength of 194 sworn members and 72 civilian support staff, and an operating budget of $35,981,000. In 2007, the DPD became responsible for policing the Tsawwassen First Nation through an agreement between the nation and the provincial and federal government. Under the ''Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement Act'', the First Nation does not have the power to establish a police force on their own, but are able to do so by requesting the minister of public safety and solicitor general. The nation chose to employ the DPD to enforce its laws. In 2020, the DPD was recognized as one of BC's top employers. Delta is one of the safest cities in the Metro Vancouver area, according to Statistics Canada Data The crime severity index in Delta is just under 53 index po ...
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New Westminster Police Service
__NOTOC__ The New Westminster Police Department is the police force for the City of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. It occupies the lower floors of the former Federal Building and Post Office at 555 Columbia Street, at the corner of 6th Street. The force has around one hundred members; Dave Jansen has been Chief Constable since June 2020. History The force was created in 1873 when the city council hired as its first constable Jonathan Morey, a former sergeant with the Royal Engineers, Columbia detachment, who stayed behind after the detachment was disbanded in 1863. Other residents were temporarily deputized when needed; by the 1880s, as the number of constables increased, badges and uniforms were introduced and patrol routes and a budget instituted; the budget was reduced after a fire destroyed much of the city in 1898. From 1901 to 2001, except for a period in 1970 during renovations, the New Westminster Police Department was at the New Westminster City Hall. It was pr ...
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Vancouver Police Department
The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) (french: Service de police de Vancouver) is the police force for the City of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of several police departments within the Metro Vancouver Area and is the second largest police force in the province after RCMP "E" Division. VPD was the first Canadian municipal police force to hire a female officer and the first to start a marine squad. VPD, along with eleven other BC municipal police forces, seconds officers to the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit – British Columbia. VPD now occupies the former Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) building at 3585 Graveley Street, which houses administrative and specialized investigation units. History At the first meeting of Vancouver City Council, Vancouver's first police officer, Chief Constable John Stewart, was appointed on May 10, 1886. On June 14, 1886, the morning after the Great Fire of 1886 ...
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Crown Counsel
Crown counsel are lawyers, generally in Common Law jurisdictions, who provide advice to the government and acts as prosecutors in cases. In various jurisdictions their title can vary and they could also be known as the Queen's Advocate, King's Advocate or Crown advocate. In some Canadian provinces they are titled Crown attorney. In Ceylon, following the enactment of the republican constitution, Crown Counsel were re-titled State Counsel. In Hong Kong, following the handover of Hong Kong to China, Crown Counsel were re-titled Government Counsel.Schedule 1 to the Legal Officers Ordinance See also *Crown attorney *Crown advocate Crown advocate is a title used in some former British colonies (and until recently in Britain) for a government prosecutor. In former British Colonies and certain British extraterritorial courts the title is (or was) used by the senior government ... References {{reflist Prosecution Lawyers ...
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E-Comm
E-Comm 9-1-1 is a multi-municipality agency that provides emergency communications operations for British Columbia. The company coordinates 9-1-1 service for police, fire, and ambulance service, providing call-taking and dispatch services for multiple agencies in the Lower Mainland area. E-Comm's service area covers Metro Vancouver (from Lions Bay to Langley), the Sunshine Coast Regional District, south Squamish-Lillooet Regional District the Whistler-Howe Sound and Fraser Valley Regional District area serving residents in the province. The company provides call-taking for all participating municipalities, transferring incoming calls to the appropriate agency. Furthermore, E-Comm provides dispatch services for eighteen police and fire departments. E-Comm owns and operates the Wide-Area Radio Network (WARN), a shared communications system used by police agencies, fire departments and the entire British Columbia Ambulance Service in Metro Vancouver. The WARN features earthquake ...
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Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit Of British Columbia
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