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[Victoria Watcher]

now he has 30 of 249 officers down on various leaves. that’s compared to what normal baseline of missing officers?

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 27 June 2019 - 05:47 AM.

[Rob Randall]

You still have to make those calls, even if you despair they will ever be answered.

 

This week I witnessed a filthy boulevard encampment. Bylaw officers attended and after the campers became uncooperative, a squad car arrived. The cop said, even though there was a 30 call backlog, he was glad to be able to eventually attend and put a stop to it and to add the site to the incident stats. The end result was that the offending camper had his "no go" zone expanded so that next time he's spotted there more serious consequences will happen. This also gives the cops a chance to check the guys out for stolen bikes that have been reported which is another good reason to document and report anything you've had stolen.

 

Within minutes after that, the bylaw officers cleaned up and powerwashed the site.

[Victoria Watcher]

also does this mean we have no active traffic enforcement like radar traps or seatbelt checks or impaired roadblocks? that’d be good. short of being spotted by a patrol officer driving badly you should not be placed in traffic traps.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 27 June 2019 - 05:58 AM.

[Mike K.]

IRSU does a lot of that.

[Victoria Watcher]

I mean you driving badly not the patrol officer.

[Kilo95]

also sometimes when 46 911 calls are on hold 12 of them are reporting the same incident. i’m sure bad car crashes at intersections are like that.

 

I believe the "46 calls on hold" meant 46 calls for service aka files were waiting in the dispatch queue to be assigned to officers. Not 46 911 callers waiting to be answered by dispatch. 

[rmpeers]

now he has 30 of 249 officers down on various leaves. that’s compared to what normal baseline of missing officers?

Wonder if any of these still represent fallout from the Gong Show bungling of the Elsner situation; which essentially dragged on into the 2018 election.

[VIResident]

Michael Mulligan just explained that the crime reduction task force that was just disbanded by VicPD is not as described by the Mayor of Esquimalt.  The Mayor, last night on CHEK explained like brushing our teeth, to avoid rotten teeth, crime prevention task force acted to 'prevent' crime.  Apparently, criminals are subject to the 80/20 rule.  20% are repeat criminals and conduct 80% of the crime, prolific crimes committed to fund drug habits etc.

The crime reduction force paid particular attention, put their sole focus to this 'group' of criminals. 

The Mayor of Esquimalt is the co-chair of the Police Board. 

Edited by VIResident, 27 June 2019 - 10:08 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

maybe if part of their job is to follow around after the prolific offenders then it is part crime prevention. these prolific offenders are property crime guys. stealing stuff to sell or trade for drugs. sometimes they get caught and spend some time in jail. come back out and start again.


prevention happens two ways. they don’t act because cops are watching or cops catch them and while they are in jail they are prevented from doing crime for the duration of their next sentence.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 27 June 2019 - 10:18 AM.

[VIResident]

maybe if part of their job is to follow around after the prolific offenders then it is part crime prevention. these prolific offenders are property crime guys. stealing stuff to sell or trade for drugs. sometimes they get caught and spend some time in jail. come back out and start again.


prevention happens two ways. they don’t act because cops are watching or cops catch them and while they are in jail they are prevented from doing crime for the duration of their next sentence.

Mr. Mulligan Q.C. was clear, in his opinion, the Mayor did not know what the purpose of the crime reduction unit was.  

I agree with you, there are several crime prevention 'fronts' and Mr. Mulligan was also clear that there is only one front the crime reduction unit focused on - prolific repeat criminals.  

Edited by VIResident, 27 June 2019 - 04:00 PM.

[spanky123]

If the courts didn't keep turning repeat offenders back out onto the streets then we wouldn't need a special unit to track them.

[Victoria Watcher]

Police officers marching in the Victoria Pride Parade on July 7 will not be wearing their uniforms, at the request of the parade’s organizers.

After consultation with the LGBTQ2+ community, the Victoria Pride Society heard that some community members, especially those from marginalized groups such as racial minorities, find that the participation of uniformed officers makes the parade unwelcoming and inaccessible.

 

 

 

https://www.timescol...orms-1.23871522

[DustMagnet]

 

Police officers marching in the Victoria Pride Parade on July 7 will not be wearing their uniforms, at the request of the parade’s organizers.

 

It's a thing.  https://www.nytimes....olice-cops.html

 

[RFS]

Any cop that takes off their uniform to march should be ashamed of themselves

[LJ]

Priceless...

 

[DustMagnet]

Any cop that takes off their uniform to march should be ashamed of themselves

 

Marching in their underwear, at a pride parade? Unbelievable.

[DustMagnet]

Priceless...

 

gender.jpeg

 

The shirt says more than two genders, but the selector is only indicating sexes.  Even intersex people tend towards one basic body type or the other.

[todd]

You just gotta double layer.

[todd]

Marching in their underwear, at a pride parade? Unbelievable.

I don’t blame them black polyester is brutal in this weather.

[Victoria Watcher]

from the TC:



Occupational stress issues have increased dramatically following changes at WorkSafe B.C. A total of 539 shifts were lost in 2018, up from just 31 in 2017. That worrisome trend is continuing this year.



the worksafe change is not explained.