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Police Chiefs: Public or Private?

BC’s Information Commissioner launches an inquiry into police chief associations. Information and Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has launched an inquiry into British Columbia’s two police chief associations. Denham is considering recommending to government that the BC Association of Chiefs of Police (BCACP) and the BC Association of Municipal Chiefs of Police (BCAMCP) should be declared

By |2014-01-03T04:09:42+00:00January 3rd, 2014|0 Comments

OIPC Launches Inquiry into Police Chief Associations

The BC Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner is investigating the legal nature and practices of British Columbia's two police chief associations and, as part of that process, will be soliciting public input until January 17th, 2014 (revised deadline is now February 14, 2014.). Commissioner Elizabeth Denham is considering whether to recommend that the

By |2013-12-19T04:29:40+00:00December 10th, 2013|0 Comments

An Overabundance of Caution

We’re worried about each other’s “mental health” a lot more than we used to be. But calling 911 for someone can be a disastrous approach, say victims of our good – or not so good – intentions. The day before, John had interred his mother’s ashes. But then came what he describes as an “unbelievable,

By |2013-11-27T08:26:43+00:00November 27th, 2013|0 Comments

BC Police Chief Association Records

It would be great for other people knowledgeable about policing in British Columbia to go through these records that I've obtained pertaining to the BC Association of Chiefs of Police and BC Association of Municipal Chiefs of Police. If you do,  please tell me what you learn. Here's the back story: Are BC Police Chiefs

By |2013-11-20T02:29:35+00:00November 19th, 2013|2 Comments

Coup de Police

Secret police chief association records provoke serious questions about lack of police oversight in this province. As I read through hundreds of pages of records from two BC associations of chiefs of police, I discovered that a letter I had sent to the West Vancouver Police Department Chief Constable had been turned over to all

By |2013-10-30T05:11:48+00:00October 30th, 2013|2 Comments
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