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The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) (French: Service de police de Vancouver) is the police force in Vancouver, 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.
The RCMP "E" Division Pipe Band is composed of volunteers and active duty officers posted to the division. It is based in Greater Vancouver and is currently one of the eight RCMP Pipe Bands currently active in Canada. It was formed in April 2006, by Drum Major Rob Smith, who had been lobbying to create the band since 1998, with an early trial ...
Burnaby City Police - The City of Burnaby was incorporated as a municipality on September 22, 1892, with a population of 300. On November 7, 1896, Burnaby appointed its first Special Constable to enforce the "Wide Tire By-Law". The first police constable appointed in the city was A.D. Cook, on June 2, 1900.
Initially RCMP lawyers claimed his death was a suicide, but a coroners report ruled it a homicide. A review by the Ottawa Police Service found the officers actions to be justified. In 2019 his family filed a lawsuit against the RCMP claiming that his death was due in part to a lack of de-escalation training and Inuktitut-speaking officers. [282]
The largest RCMP detachment is in Burnaby, British Columbia. [140] Previously, Surrey, British Columbia, once had the largest detachment with over a thousand employees. However, amid criticism over gang violence and growing debate during the 2018 civic election, the municipal Surrey Police Service eventually assumed jurisdiction, ending Surrey ...
On February 21, 2021, the RCMP were called to meet the vessel as it arrived at the Departure Bay ferry terminal, after two intoxicated women (aged 19 and 43) acted belligerently and caused a disturbance while refusing to wear masks while on a sailing from Horseshoe Bay, during the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the women then threatened to kill one ...
Emergency Task Force [25] Vancouver Police Department: British Columbia: SIG Sauer P226 SIG Sauer P320.40 S&W 9×19mm Parabellum: Semi-automatic pistol West Germany: Standard issue sidearm [26] Victoria Police Department: British Columbia: Glock 17: 9×19mm Parabellum: Semi-automatic pistol Austria: Standard issue sidearm Waterloo Regional ...
RCMP officers during the Estevan Riot. Until 1920, the RCMP's forerunner, the Royal North-West Mounted Police, operated only in Western Canada and the North.The new organization was created by an amalgamation with the Dominion Police, giving the RCMP a national security mandate as a departure from its earlier role as a frontier police force.