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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.
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 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 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 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 ...
Crown corporations in BC are public-sector organizations established and funded by the Government of British Columbia to provide specialized goods and services to citizens. [ 1] They operate at varying levels of government control, depending on how they are defined, funded, and the kinds of services they provide. [ 1][ 2] In general, though ...
A needle and syringe programme ( NSP ), also known as needle exchange program ( NEP ), is a social service that allows injecting drug users (IDUs) to obtain clean and unused hypodermic needles and associated paraphernalia at little or no cost. It is based on the philosophy of harm reduction that attempts to reduce the risk factors for blood ...