Vic PD unveils new police car; coat of arms
Victoria Police Department Chief Jamie Graham unveiled the force’s new police cruiser in a ceremony today at Ship Point in the Inner Harbour.
Also shown off for the first time was the department’s new coat-of-arms, which will be the new visual identity for the force and will be seen on police vehicles and officers’ uniforms.
The new black-and-white colour scheme is actually a throwback to popular earlier designs. Photo by Robert Randall © VibrantVictoria.ca.
The 2010 Dodge Charger is the first of six cruisers Vic PD will purchase this year. Over the next three years, all 21 police cars will be new Dodges. Chief Graham describes the Charger as the “most fiscally responsible” choice because of the car’s combination of reliability, efficiency and fuel economy.
The blank-and-white-painted Charger replaces the long-time workhorse of the department, the Ford Crown Victoria.
The interior features a more efficent computer set-up and a roomier interior. Back seat passengers may beg to differ. Photo by Robert Randall © VibrantVictoria.ca.
Vic PD Sergeant Darrell Fairburn was involved in the search for a new cruiser and according to him, the requirement for an eight cylinder, four door car left very few viable candidates.
Victoria Police Chief Jamie Graham gets ready to unveil the new cruiser. The redesigned coat-of-arms features a wolf crest by artist Butch Dick. Photo by Robert Randall © VibrantVictoria.ca.
The force felt the Chrysler product had the best combination of power, economy and comfort. The big V-8 engine provides reliable power when needed but Fairburn explains the new “smart engine” technology can shut down four cylinders for more efficient operation when cruising around town.
Other comforts include a roomier front seat and the ability to put the officers’ laptop computers in the trunk. Cops can then type reports more comfortably in the cabin with a swing-away keyboard and screen.
Meanwhile, Saanich Police have no plans to abandon the venerable Crown Victoria. The department recently put in an order for seven of the last Crown Victorias before the name is retired to be reborn in 2012 as a new Ford interceptor. However, the new CVs will actually be built on the Ford Taurus unibody platform, meaning Saanich will own some of the last body-on-frame police vehicles made.
Replacing the existing Vic PD crest with its toga-clad goddesses, the new crest features Neptune’s trident, representing the Island, and the dogwood flower surrounded by golden maple leaves. First Nations artist Butch Dick contributed the wolf design to the new crest. The wolf is known as the protector in the Coast Salish tradition. The coat-of-arms was created with the help of the Canadian Heraldic Authority in Ottawa.
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Sparky
Feb 02, 2012 at 2:24 pmI thought a link to this site might be fitting today.
spanky123
Feb 02, 2012 at 3:04 pmThanks Sparky.
The HA angle has been floating around since the early days but this is an interesting spin on it.
My issue with the police is that they keep very tight lipped on all of their info until like a year or two later and THEN they ask for the public's help when they are stumped. Memories fade, people move and the nuance that may have been noticed at the time is long gone.
JohnN
Feb 02, 2012 at 3:27 pmGoing beyond debate about street-camera surveillance, an interesting discussion about ALPR surveillance technology issues in Canada, BC and in Victoria: http://focusonline.ca/?q=node%2F312
JohnN
Feb 02, 2012 at 4:20 pm
KATIE DEROSA
TIMESCOLONIST.COM
FEBRUARY 2, 2012 3:17 PM
The man arrested for crashing his Jaguar into a basement suite on Carey Road early Thursday morning, allegedly while driving impaired, was re-arrested seven hours later for getting into a different car with a beer in his hand.
Someone called Saanich police around 10 a.m. to report a man getting into a Dodge Caravan in the Broadmead area and driving away while drinking a beer, police spokesman Sgt. Dean Jantzen said.
The 51-year-old Saanich man was arrested as he merged onto the Pat Bay highway. Police had already arrested the man, who fled the scene after he crashed his Jaguar into a home at
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http://www.timescolonist.com/arrested+twice+first+after+Jaguar+crashes+into+Saanich+suite+later/6090894/story.html
Mike K.
Feb 02, 2012 at 4:59 pmQuote: I thought a link to this site might be fitting today.
http://gangstersout.blogspot.com/2011/07/lindsay-buziaks-murder.html
From the link Sparky posted:
Quote: That information includes a trip to Calgary Buziak took six weeks before her killing. She visited her father who lives there, and also caught up with an old friend. That man, Erickson Lopez Delalcazar, was charged a few days before Buziak's murder in the largest cocaine trafficking case in Alberta. Delalcazar, then 28, is from Victoria.I went to school with Erickson. I hadn't realized he had been arrested for the drug bust.
