Police Amalgamation
#421
Posted 09 April 2013 - 11:42 AM
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#422
Posted 09 April 2013 - 11:56 AM
Wait wait, are we confusing perhaps the renovation causing excess ambulances to be temporarily scattered among various parking lots, or are we saying that all community ambulance stations will be done away with and consolidated into the BC Buildings facility?
From a public safety and response time perspective there is absolutely no way that community ambulance stations would be haphazardly closed and consolidated like this. I'm sure we're talking about two different things here (at least I hope I'm sure).
If you read the posts again, maybe it does mean #1 here. Maybe the all eggs in one basket means that they think it's bad idea to keep all the spare vehicles there, lest a fault opens up and swallows that parking lot and all the vehicles. But it does not support the saving on leases statement.
#423
Posted 09 April 2013 - 03:00 PM
#424
Posted 30 June 2013 - 06:37 PM
#425
Posted 14 January 2014 - 04:05 PM
If you live on Denison some houses are in both municipalities. That could be good news if your house is on fire and both jurisdictions respond, or bad news if they think the other guys will get it.
For the taxi that recently drove into into Dig This at Oak Bay Ave and Foul Bay, Victoria FD attended.
That is because the building is in Victoria one one else woudl be required to attend
But the back of the taxi was mere inches from the border which runs along the sidewalk. I think they need to equip first responders with those NFL measuring chains to be sure.
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#426
Posted 05 February 2014 - 07:00 PM
The Muder on Beach Drive happened in Oak Bay...they had to have Victoria and Saanich do teh complete investigation.
Last week and old man got run down by a car in Oak Bay....calls in Vic or Saanich to investigate
Today two 15 year old boys are charged in a sex crime with two 13 year old girls in an Oak Bay School Saanich Police are called into do the investigation
What going on here are Oak Bay cops not trained to to anything other than handcuff an old man and make him bleed from the wrists after a parking infraction?
#427
Posted 06 February 2014 - 06:59 AM
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#428
Posted 06 February 2014 - 07:44 AM
You know how rich gated communities in the US have their own security guards with little to do but harass people over local HOA bylaws? That's basically the oak bay police, but they get taxes to do it.
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#429
Posted 06 February 2014 - 08:00 AM
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#430
Posted 06 February 2014 - 09:06 AM
You can skim through the news releases on their website. Looks like lots of petty theft, child seat clinics, that sort of stuff.
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#431
Posted 06 February 2014 - 10:12 AM
I've always wondered how OBPD officers feel about their job. Is it considered a cushy placement, or is it just incredibly denigrating to not actually do any real police work?
#432
Posted 06 February 2014 - 10:20 AM
I've always wondered how OBPD officers feel about their job. Is it considered a cushy placement, or is it just incredibly denigrating to not actually do any real police work?
I would think it would be awful to be a police officer who is basically a glorified security guard.
Then on the other hand, maybe the low risk police lifestyle suits some cops just perfectly.
#433
Posted 06 February 2014 - 10:25 AM
Could it be that Oak Bay residents are better behaved and have more respect for their local police officers.
It is easy to single out various incidents to rag on the Oak Bay Police.
If you look at what is happening in the RCMP, or the revolving door of Victoria's controversial chiefs, or the highly publicised UTube video of a Victoria Police member, what is happening in Oak Bay is little to be concerned about.
Having Saanich Police show up in Oak Bay to photograph and document an accident is nothing new. Sometimes you can have police from the mainland assist Victoria Police in their investigations.
Why not start a thread to profile some of the many good thinks our local police accomplish? Cops for Cancer comes to mind.
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#434
Posted 06 February 2014 - 10:46 AM
Could it be that Oak Bay residents are better behaved and have more respect for their local police officers...
Could it be that Oak Bay has little in the way of late night venues, drinking establishments, an older population and for its residents who do engage in less savoury behaviour they probably do so outside of the arbitrary boundaries of its municipal borders?
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#435
Posted 06 February 2014 - 10:51 AM
If a pedestrian is hit in a victoria crosswalk the victiria police do not and have not called in a lower mainland dept to document or investigate
#436
Posted 06 February 2014 - 11:08 AM
One thing I have learned in all my years of having police friends is they are very approachable....why don't you call and ask them? I'm sure they will be happy to provide answers.
As it happens I know a few of the OBPD, one has extensive experience in youth issues and the other was a senior detective both from VicPD. There is probably more depth of experience at this department than in many RCMP dpts. They have a small budget and focus it on certain areas and contract out for other areas.
My personal opinion is that they should merge with either Victoria or Saanich...but I'm only one voice in the wilderness....
Edited by rjag, 06 February 2014 - 11:08 AM.
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#437
Posted 06 February 2014 - 11:25 AM
Sometimes you can have police from the mainland assist Victoria Police in their investigations.
I am not suggesting that happens for traffic incidents.
Various police forces co-operate with each other regarding criminals from the mainland that are also working in Victoria.
There are also times when an internal investigation in the department requires an out of jurisdiction police department to conduct it.
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#438
Posted 06 February 2014 - 12:05 PM
They are security guards for the rich, they even advertise the fact. What other department does this?
https://www.oakbay.c...-patrol-program
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#439
Posted 06 February 2014 - 12:40 PM
I am not suggesting that happens for traffic incidents.
Various police forces co-operate with each other regarding criminals from the mainland that are also working in Victoria.
There are also times when an internal investigation in the department requires an out of jurisdiction police department to conduct it.
This applies to all police forces across the world, not just to the Victoria Police Department.
The issue with the OBPD is they seem to have no wherewithal or resources to conduct any investigation above and beyond the most standard of cases. And even then there have been cases where charges were never laid due to an investigation fumble (Owen Padmore murder investigation and the death of Hannah Magden, struck by a taxi cab). And then there was the controversy about the handling of domestic violence issues that culminated in that tragic murder-suicide.
Now keeping all of that in mind Oak Bay must have the highest per-capita murder rate over the last 15 years of all of the CRD's municipalities (6 murders: 4 killed by suicidal man; 1 botched robbery; 1 assault leading to death).
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#440
Posted 06 February 2014 - 01:45 PM
I would think it would be awful to be a police officer who is basically a glorified security guard.
Then on the other hand, maybe the low risk police lifestyle suits some cops just perfectly.
I wonder if Oak Bay could save money if they just hired a private security firm to do their policing?
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