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Police services. A Winkler Police officer surveys the crowd at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Altona Police Service [ 50] Brandon Police Service [ 51] Morden Police Service [ 52] RM of Cornwallis Police Service [ 5] Rivers Police Service. Sainte-Anne Police Service [ 53] Springfield Police Service.
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 . VPD was the first Canadian municipal police force to ...
The British Columbia Sheriff Service ( BCSS) is a provincial law enforcement agency overseen by the Ministry of the Attorney General in the province of British Columbia, Canada. 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 ...
Federal agencies. RCMP "E" Division – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is the largest police body operating in British Columbia, providing federal, provincial, and municipal policing throughout the province. "E" Division has a strength of 5,900 sworn members and employs 1,700 civilian members and public service employees.
The Canadian Police Information Centre ( CPIC; French: Centre d'information de la police canadienne, CIPC) is the central police database where Canada 's law enforcement agencies can access information on a number of matters. It is Canada's only national law enforcement networking computer system ensuring officers all across the country can ...
Canada's 1920s drug policy was not all that different from that of the present day. Drug users were considered more as criminals than as those with an illness, and the enforcement of drug laws was given precedence over the treatment of offenders. [2] Additionally, almost three-quarters of those convicted by the 1911 drug laws were Chinese in 1922.
The Surrey Police Service ( SPS) is a municipal police force in the city of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. It is one of several police departments within the Metro Vancouver Regional District, [ 5] and as of December 2022, the second largest municipal police service in British Columbia. Prior to the SPS's establishment, Surrey was Canada's ...
In 2010, there were 38 self-administered First Nation police services in Canada, [15] with one service each in British Columbia, [25] Saskatchewan, [26] and Manitoba; [27] three services in Alberta; [19] nine in Ontario; [28] and 23 in Quebec, although that number had decreased to 22 by 2020. [29]