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#3281 Matt R.

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Posted 24 March 2024 - 11:53 AM

No certainly not but over a million per officer is spent on supporting them in their work? Really?

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Posted 24 March 2024 - 11:56 AM

Those numbers ain’t right.
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#3283 Mike K.

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Posted 25 March 2024 - 07:10 AM

If we bill the CRD, won’t the CRD bill us?
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Posted 25 March 2024 - 08:20 AM

It costs $10,000 to kill a deer in clown world. This sounds cheap!

Edited by dasmo, 25 March 2024 - 08:22 AM.

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Posted 25 March 2024 - 10:30 AM

800 mil for 600 cops? That’s a lot of overhead!

 

No kidding. Some quick digging into Halifax tells me:

Budget about $96m.

About 550 cops and 820 FTEs total.

 

They have some RCMP policing for rural areas at $33m. Not sure how many additional cops for that but its 188 FTEs. 30% additional is federal funded.

 

Based on that, they have likely more police overall than 600 for their region (and a bit higher population), but an annual spend of effectively about $140m if including the RCMP 30% subsidy.



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Posted 25 March 2024 - 10:31 AM

The CoV/Esquimalt police budget alone is far too high based on that.



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Posted 25 March 2024 - 10:49 AM

Halifax constable salaries:
" The annual constable base salary ranges from $67,133.28 to $111,888.79 (as of October 1, 2023)."

VicPD starts at 77k.



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Posted 25 March 2024 - 11:43 AM

A California police department said it will need a new way to disguise the faces of suspects in photos posted to social media after Lego asked the department to stop using its intellectual property.

 

The Murrieta Police Department has been using various images -- including emoji faces and characters from The GrinchShrek and Barbie -- to cover the faces of suspects in mug shots and other photos posted to social media for a couple of years, and this year California adopted a statewide law prohibiting police from sharing photos of suspects in non-violent crimes.

 

 

https://www.upi.com/.../6441711387473/


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Posted 25 March 2024 - 06:11 PM

IIO is Investigating the Injuries of a Man in an Incident in Langford (#2024-067)

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The Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO) is investigating the recent injuries sustained by one man involved in an incident with an off-duty member of the RCMP in Langford.

Information provided by the RCMP states that at around 2:25 p.m. on March 20, 2024, an off-duty RCMP officer was travelling southbound in the 2500 block of Millstream Road when there was a collision between the officer’s unmarked police vehicle and a man operating a bicycle.

The man sustained serious injuries in the collision.

The IIO was notified of the incident the following day and commenced an investigation. Initial investigative steps will seek to confirm the circumstances surrounding the collision.

 

https://iiobc.ca/med...gford-2024-067/

 

 



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Posted 25 March 2024 - 06:16 PM

New, improved stun gun is accepted for police use in B.C., province says

Mar 25, 2024 

VICTORIA — British Columbia has approved the use of an updated Taser weapon for officers around the province to use as a less-lethal weapon during police confrontations.

 
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A statement from the Ministry of Public Safety says the Taser 7 offers the ability to discharge a second shot without reloading a new cartridge and its short-distance shooting range option, among other “enhancements.”

The ministry says the new Taser was approved by the director of police services after getting advice from a panel that includes police, the Independent Investigations Office and the British Columbia Schizophrenia Society.

It says a nine-month field trial last year involved officers from the Vancouver, Victoria and Port Moody police departments and found that the model was “effective, and no serious injuries or deaths among subjects, officers or bystanders were reported.”

The government says the weapon is already authorized for use in Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
 


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Posted 27 March 2024 - 09:44 AM

IIO is Investigating the Death of One Man in Parksville (2024-074)

March 27, 2024

Case: 2024-074
Incident Date: March 25, 2024
Detachment: Oceanside
Location: Parksville
Agency: RCMP

INFORMATION BULLETIN
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For Immediate Release


The Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO) is investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a deceased man in Parksville on March 25, 2024.

Information provided by the RCMP states that police were called around 12:05 p.m. on March 24 after a witness saw a man laying in the brush away from a marked trail near Little Mountain, south of Parksville.

Officers arrived at the location and performed a search but were unable to locate anyone.

At around 11:12 a.m. on March 25, the same witness returned to the area and located the man’s body in the same location as previously reported while walking along a hiking trail.

Police and Emergency Health Services attended the scene and confirmed the man was deceased.

The IIO was notified the same day and has now commenced an investigation.

Initial investigative steps will seek to confirm the details surrounding the initial police search, what caused the man’s death and whether police action or inaction were contributing factors.

 

Link: https://iiobc.ca/med...ville-2024-074/



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Posted 27 March 2024 - 09:51 AM

IIO is Investigating Injury Sustained by One Man in Victoria (2024-047)

March 26, 2024

Case: 2024-047
Incident Date: August 30, 2023
Location: Victoria
Detachment: Victoria Police Department
Incident Classification: Serious Harm
Case Status: Open - Investigation in Progress

INFORMATION BULLETIN
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The Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO) is investigating the injury of one man following his arrest by members of the Victoria Police Department (VicPD).

Information provided by the affected person, a man, states that at about 8:00 p.m. on August 30, 2023, police attended a residence in the 1000 block of Johnson Street where the man and a friend were having a disagreement. Police arrested the affected person.

The man reports that he sustained a serious but not life-threatening injury while being removed from the police vehicle to be lodged in VicPD cells.

The IIO was notified of the incident on March 6, 2024 and commenced an investigation. Initial investigative steps appear to confirm that the man’s injury meets the threshold of serious harm, as defined by the Police Act. The investigation continues to determine what role, if any, police actions or inaction may have played in the injury.



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Posted 27 March 2024 - 03:47 PM

IIO is Investigating the Death of One Man in Parksville (2024-074)

March 27, 2024

Case: 2024-074
Incident Date: March 25, 2024
Detachment: Oceanside
Location: Parksville
Agency: RCMP

INFORMATION BULLETIN
Independent Investigations Office
For Immediate Release


The Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO) is investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a deceased man in Parksville on March 25, 2024.

Information provided by the RCMP states that police were called around 12:05 p.m. on March 24 after a witness saw a man laying in the brush away from a marked trail near Little Mountain, south of Parksville.

Officers arrived at the location and performed a search but were unable to locate anyone.

At around 11:12 a.m. on March 25, the same witness returned to the area and located the man’s body in the same location as previously reported while walking along a hiking trail.

Police and Emergency Health Services attended the scene and confirmed the man was deceased.

The IIO was notified the same day and has now commenced an investigation.

Initial investigative steps will seek to confirm the details surrounding the initial police search, what caused the man’s death and whether police action or inaction were contributing factors.

Link: https://iiobc.ca/med...ville-2024-074/


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#3294 Sparky

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Posted 27 March 2024 - 05:04 PM

Better than hanging around a “marked trail” after midnight waiting to see what happens next. The cops would know how to reach him/her if they need to.

#3295 Matt R.

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Posted 27 March 2024 - 06:04 PM

In 24 hours the cops couldn’t find a dead body just off a trail as described by an eye witness? Yikes.
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#3296 Matt R.

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Posted 27 March 2024 - 06:05 PM

Better than hanging around a “marked trail” after midnight waiting to see what happens next. The cops would know how to reach him/her if they need to.


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#3297 Sparky

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Posted Yesterday, 05:21 AM

Noon.

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#3298 Victoria Watcher

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Posted Yesterday, 08:49 AM

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