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The British Columbia Provincial Police took over policing of the City of Nanaimo on September 1, 1926, with a staff sergeant, a corporal and three constables (Nanaimo already had a Provincial Police force presence of a sergeant, corporal and three constables to police the Nanaimo District, so policing the city now would have greatly increased ...
The Victoria Police Department (VicPD) is the municipal police force for the City of Victoria and the Township of Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada.It is the oldest municipal police department in Canada west of the Great Lakes, the first Canadian law enforcement agency to deploy tasers and VicPD created the first digital forensic unit in the country.
Founded in 1857, it is the oldest law enforcement agency in the province. Sheriffs are provincial peace officers appointed under the BC Sheriff Act and BC Police Act with authority to enforce all relevant federal and provincial acts, including the criminal code throughout British Columbia while in the lawful execution of their duties.
Area codes 778, 236, and 672 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the Canadian province of British Columbia.They form an overlay complex with area code 604, which serves only a small southwestern section, the Lower Mainland, of the province (including Vancouver), and area code 250, which serves the rest of the province.
Generally, a special constabulary is any law enforcement organization composed of special constables, peace officers, or safety officers (as opposed to police officers) with a mandate for criminal law enforcement and/or general peacekeeping and security. The powers of civil law enforcement agencies also vary significantly.
The Central Saanich Police Service is the police force for the district municipality of Central Saanich, British Columbia, Canada.Currently headed by Chief Constable Ian Lawson with 28 constables, five of whom are seconded to Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU), regional crime unit, IRSU and the National Weapons Enforcement Support Team
In BC, the RCMP operates at all three levels: federal, provincial, and municipal contract policing, except in communities served by municipal police departments.In this structure, they have the ability to mobilize large numbers of police officers from within the province and across Canada in the case of a crisis, and access a wide range of specialized units to tackle local and cross ...
Pages in category "Law enforcement agencies of British Columbia" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .