"d0c0cfe9-a02c-4420-b1a0-1f68fdcd53c9"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1198198"@en . "Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia"@en . "British Columbia. Legislative Assembly"@en . "2018-08-18"@en . "1981"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcsessional/items/1.0372770/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " The Honourable Henry Bell-Irving, D.S.O., O.B.E., E.D.,\nLieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia\nMAY IT PLEASE YOUR HONOUR:\nThe Annual Report of the British Columbia Police Commission\nfor the calendar year 1980 is herewith respectfully submitted.\nroy s. McQueen\nChai rman\nBritish Columbia Police\nCommi ss ion\nMarch 1981\n\t\n The Honourable Allan Williams, Q.C.\nAttorney General of British Columbia\nParliament Buildings\nVi ctori a, B.C.\nDEAR MR. WILLIAMS:\nI have the honour to submit to you the Annual Report\nof the British Columbia Police Commission for the calendar year]\n1980 pursuant to the provisions of section 10 of the Police Actjj\nS.B.C. ^^^k, chapter 64.\nYours very truly,\nroy s. McQueen\nChai rman\nBritish Columbia Police\nCommi ssion\nMarch 1981\n (604)668-238\nBRITISH COLUMBIA POLICE COMMISSION\n1550-409 GRANVILLE ST., VANCOUVER, B. C. V6C IT2\n1980 ANNUAL REPORT\n(Bulletin Number Eight)\nCONTENTS\nIntroduction\nChairman's Message\nB.C. Pol ice Academy\nCrime Statistics\nThe Pol ice and the Publ\nCitizen Complaints\nCrime Prevention\nOther B.C. Pol\nice Commission Activitii\nApril 1981\nPage\n3\n5\n7\n15\n17\n25\n31\n Introduction\nB.C. Police Commission\nThe Police Act of British Columbia establishing the British\nColumbia Police Commission was proclaimed in June, 197*1. The Police\nCommission was established to improve the quality of police service\nfifiBthe province and was given the following specific responsibilities\nunder section 5 of the Police Act:\n\"Sec. 5 (1)\n5. (l) It is the function of the commission\n(a) to maintain a system of statistical records, and\nto carry out research studies or projects, related\nto law enforcement and crime prevention, for the\npurpose of assisting the provincial force and\nmunicipal forces;\n(b) to consult with, and give information and advice to,\nthe commissioner, chief constables, boards, and\ncommittees, on matters related to police and policing;\n(c) to establish, subject to the approval of the minister,\nminimum standards for the selection and training of\nconstables;\n(d) to establish and carry out, or to approve and supervise, programmes, for the training and retraining of\nconstables and persons who intend to become constables;\n(e) to establish and carry out, or to approve and supervise,\nprogrammes for the promotion of harmonious relationships between constables and the public;\n(f) to assist in the co-ordination of policing by the\nprovincial force and municipal forces; and\n(g) to perform such other functions and duties as may be\ngiven to it under this Act or the regulations.\n(2) The commission, subject to the approval of the minister,\nmay make rules regulating or prohibiting the use by the provincial force or municipal forces, or by both, of such firearms and equipment, or classes of firearms and equipment, as\nthe commission may designate. 197**, c.64, s.5-\"\nThe executive of the B.C. Police Commission consists of a full-\ntime chairman and two full-time commissioners, appointed for a maximum\nterm of five years; two seconded police officers of Inspector rank\n(appointed for a two-year term); and the Director of the Police Academy.\nThe work of the Commission in carrying out its mandate includes\nliaison with Police Boards, with Municipal Councils, with Police Managers\nand Police Associations and with others in the field of policing and the\n administration of justice. Keeping the community's interest in mind,\nwith regard to policing service, is a basic policy of the Commission.\nPolicing in British Columbia\nPolicing in British Columbia is financed in four different\nways. All municipalities with a population of over 5,000 are\nrequired by the Police Act to provide policing within that\nmunicipality. A total of twelve municipalities have their own\nmunicipal police department, namely Central Saanich, Delta, Esquimalt\nMatsqui, Nelson, New Westminster, Oak Bay, Port Moody, Saanich,\nVancouver, Victoria, and West Vancouver. Forty-three other municipalffl\ncontract with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to provide such servicl1\nRural areas and municipalities with a population of under 5,000 are\npoliced by the Provincial Force, which is also the RCMP under contract!\nwith the province of British Columbia.\nAll the enforcement of criminal law, provincial law and, in 1\nsome cases, municipal bylaws, as well as the general maintenance of la\nand order is undertaken by these municipal and provincial forces. In\naddition, there is a federal force of RCMP responsible for the enforcef\nment of federal laws (e.g., Food and Drug Act, Narcotic Control Act, 1\nCustoms Act) within the province of British Columbia.\nIn the twelve municipalities which have their own police depafc\nments, the Police Act provides for the establishment of municipal poll]\nboards to govern these police departments. The police boards, consistl\nof the mayor (ex-officio chairman of the board), one person appointed f\nthe municipal council and three persons appointed, after consultation r\nthe council, by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, represent the citib\nof the municipalities. Appointed members of police boards hold office!\nup to four years, or including re-appointment, for a total of not morel\nsix successive years.\nPolice boards usually hold meetings on a monthly basis, or mcfe\noften depending on the size and activities of the police department. |\nB.C. Police Commission gives advice to boards when asked, on matters ||\nas budgets, police strength, policing policy and management.\nCommission Offi\nThe B.C. Police Commission offices are located at #1550-409\nGranville Streeet, Vancouver, B.C. V6C 1T2, telephone 668-2385 (main\noffice), and at 947 Fort Street, Victoria, B.C. V8V 3K3, telephone\n387-6696.\n Chairman's Message\nThe British Columbia Police Commission has promoted in 1980,\nand will continue to promote in 198I, the high standard of professionalism\nalready achieved in the police forces in British Columbia. In keeping\nwith the message of the Lieutenant-Governor, His Honour H. Bell-Irving\nto the recipients of the first annual honours award for meritorious\npolice service, the Police Commission will encourage public awareness\nand understanding of the role and duties of police.\nIn 1980 the British Columbia Police Commission endeavoured to\nimprove public understanding and awareness of the complaint system,\nand I am happy to report that our endeavours did not generate a\nsignificant increase in complaints against the police. We plan to\nconduct again, during the summer of 198I, a survey auditing citizens\nwho have complained, and police officers who have been the subject of\ncitizen complaints, as to their degree of satisfaction with the complaint\nprocess. The object of such audit is, of course, to try to achieve the\nbest process possible in the handling of complaints.\nAgain in 1980, law enforcement increased in British Columbia\nas did the crime rate. Criminal code offences increased 1.3 percent\nover 1979 and the crime rate rose to 120.8 pwe 1,000 population. This\nincrease in the crime rate indicate we must not cease in our efforts\nto promote crime prevention practices and habits amongst the citizens\nof British Columbia. It is the view of the British Columbia Police\nCommission that crime prevention must be a primary goal for all police\nforces and the citizens of British Columbia. Effective crime prevention\nprograms involving active participation by the public is one of the few\nways of controlling the escalating cost of policing. Police forces are\nseeking more manpower in order to combat the rising crime rate, and even\nif the police population were doubled, the increased enforcement of law\nand order would not be as effective in reducing the crime rate as would\nthe dedicated involvement of the public at large in crime prevention\nprograms and practices.\nWe had some staff changes in the British Columbia Police Commission during 1980. Inspector Douglas MacLeod was appointed the Chief\nConstable of the Delta Police Department and he was succeeded as Executive\nOfficer with the Commission by Inspector Neil Campbell from the Vancouver\nPolice Department.\nNorman Brown was added to the Commission staff in the role of\nCrime Prevention Co-ordinator with Gail Russell as secretary.\nThe administration staff of the Commission remains the same as\n'ast year with Anna Terrana as Administrative Assistant, Jeanne LaFleche\nas Information Co-ordinator, Marnie Styan as Senior Secretary, Esther\nVitalis as Secretary, Stella Macfarlane as Research Clerk and Journal\nCirculation Secretary, and Marilyn Johnson as Special Projects Consultant.\n The British Columbia Police Commission invites suggestions or\ncriticisms from all sources towards increasing understanding and\nsupport in attaining assistance for police work and crime prevention.\n B.C. Police Academy\nAs submitted by John Post, Director, B.C. Police Academy.\nThe past year, 1980, has been a year of evaluation, reorganization\nand consequential change. Some progress, we hope, was noticeable.\nDuring this year the Training Rules were presented to the police\ncommunity. After seven months of discussion, consultation with police\nboards, chiefs, police associations, B.C. Federation of Police Officers\nand invaluable advice from the Training Officers Advisory Committee, these\nrules were accepted by all. The British Columbia Police Commission\napproved the rules as policy in November of 1980, the Attorney General\nhas now signed them, and they will be gazetted in the very near future.\nThe Training Rules moved the police career closer to true\nprofessionalism. They provided for minimum training standards as a prerequisite to continued employment in the office of municipal constable.\nThey render persons qualified or certified under these rules eligible\nto that office for a period of time after their employment as a municipal\n^instable terminates; they allow persons with previous police experience\nto qualify by writing exemption examinations and to be certified by submitting themselves to a challenge procedure; and they establish accountability to the police community for the general quality of training.\nThere has also been a significant reorganization of the Police\nAcademy, which particularly strengthened the Advanced Training Program.\nFour instructors were assigned to a newly created 'instructional\nservices' section to develop, co-ordinate and administer advanced training sessions under the supervision of the Advanced Training Program\ndirector. This has resulted in an extensive advanced training program\ncalendar for 1981. New and modern methods have been adopted to develop\ntraining curriculum. One of the first courses developed by this means\nwas the Radio Dispatchers/Complaint Takers program. If the critiques\nby the students in this course are any indication, we can consider these\nmethods to be useful and applicable to our training.\nOur recruit training section has had an extremely busy year also.\nIn 1980, 339 recruits were enrolled at the academy. This increase of\nnearly 13 percent over 1979 did not go unnoticed. The fifteen instructors\nin this program were assigned in excess of one thousand \"student training\ndays\" each, and it appears that in 1981 the training starts will have to\nbe increased by 50 percent to meet the training needs.\nThe apparent, justified complaints about the content of our\nupper training blocks did not go unheeded. Remedial adjustments have\nbeen made to avoid a wasteful overlap with the curriculum of our lower\nlevel training blocks. This change has been met with very positive and\nfavourable reaction by our students and has, no doubt, improved our standard\n In August of 1980, two candidates submitted themselves to the\nfirst three-day challenge procedure. This procedure, designed to\nexcuse candidates for municipal constable positions from all recruit\ntraining, prevents training for the sake of training. Persons eligible\nfor this procedure are RCMP officers who served in British Columbia,\nand persons who were police officers in another province or were so\nemployed in British Columbia but are no longer \"an eligible municipal\nconstable\". Those belonging to the last two categories must first\npass an \"exemption examination\". This examination excuses the\nindividual from completing the \"Basic Peace Officers Training Program\"\nwhile the challenge procedure excuses the individual from completing\nthe \"General Peace Officers Program\" (the former consists of training\nblocks I, II, and III, and the latter of IV and V). We and the\ncandidates were very pleased with this proto-program and with minor\nchanges this procedure consisting of simulations, skill testing and\noral examinations, will be repeated for eight candidates this coming\nJune.\nOur Assessment Centre has provided considerable service to the\npolice community by assisting in administering pre-selection and promotional procedures.\nThe following number of candidates went through the Assessment\nCentre in I98O:\n166 recruits\nkO corporals\n8 sergeants\n6 inspectors\n18 faculty\nfor a total of 238 candidates. A further 26 peace officers were traineg\nto be assessors.\nDuring 1980 we contracted a reliability study to be done of out\nmethodology in assessing personnel and prospective personnel. We were\nvery pleased to learn that our reliability level was rated at 96 percenl\nNeedless to point out that this is a favourable symptom of having a\nsatisfactory validity level as well. At present, insufficient data is\navailable to determine that level with any accuracy. However, if our\nvolume continues at the present trend, we are advised that in 1984 a\nvalidity study will be feasible.\nAlso new and revamped is our Driver Training course. The tota\nemphasis is on skilful and safe driving. A portion of the Boundary Bay\nairport's runway was secured as a permanent location for the course and\na classroom was furnished in the adjacent communications building.\nConsiderable notoriety has cultivated interest in our program on the\npart of other police training institutions.\nIn conclusion, we at the academy emphasize that this is your\ntraining school and we are grateful for any input and interest and are\nanxious to respond to your needs.\n 7\nfcrime Statistics\nB.C. Totals\nThe Uniform Crime Reporting System indicated an increase in\nCriminal Code offences (excluding drug offences and traffic C.C.\noffences) of 7-9 percent, from a total of 295,030 in 1979 to 318,284\nin 1980. This increase is almost three times the 2.7 percent increase\nrecorded in 1979 and the largest increase in the last five years.\nThe B.C. crime rate for 1980, based on a 2,635,900 population figure,\nwas 120.8 crimes per 1,000 population.\nThe following table shows the major offence categories which\nadded together represent the total Criminal Code offences (with the\nBroviso mentioned above). Number of offences for 1979 and 1980 are\nshown with the percentage difference (+ for i ncrease, - for decrease)\nas well as the percentage c\neared.\nTable 1\nOffences against Persons\n1980\n1979\n% D\niff.\nt Cleared\n27,582\n24,630\n+11.9\n70.7\nOffences against Property\n196,279\n180,255\n+\n8.8\n24.1\nOther C.C. Offences\nTotal C.C. Offences\n94,423\n90,145\n+\n4-7\n33.5\n318,284\n295,030\n+\n7-9\n30.9\nOffences against persons increased more than\nproperty or other C.C. offences in the above table in\nage; they also exhibited the highest clearance rate.\noffences\nterms of\nagai nst\npercent-\nOffences against Persons\nTable 2\nHomicide\n1980\n1979\n% D\ni fference\n105\n86\n+22.0\nAttempted Murder\n99\n84\n+17-8\nSexual Offences\n1,948\n1,763\n+10.4\nAssaults\n22,781\n20,499\n+11.1\nRobbery\nTotal\n2,649\n2,198\n+20.5\n27,582\n24,630\n+11.9\nTotal Offences against Persons accounted\ntotal Criminal rode offences in Table 1. Homicid\nfor 8.7 percent of the\nes experienced the greates\n 8\nincrease at 22.0 percent followed closely\nthat followed closely again by Attempted\nby Robbery at 20.5 percent and\n\"lurder (17-8 percent).\nOffences against Proper\nTable 3\nBreak and Enter and The\n1980\n1979 % Difference |\n \"'\nft 46,786\n42,697 + 9-5\nMotor Vehicle Theft\n12,376\n11,910 + 3-9\nTheft (Over $200\n+ Under $200)\n117,458\n107,666 + 9.1\nPossession of Stolen Prop. 2,499\n2,420 + 3-2\nFrauds\nTotal\n17,160\n15,562 +10.2\n196,279\n180,255 + 8.8\nTotal Offences\nthe total Criminal Code\nincrease was experience\nnumerical increase was\nagainst Property\nOffences in Table\nd in Frauds, at 10\nin Thefts, at 117,\naccounted for 61.7 percent of\n1. The greatest percentage\n.2 percent; the greatest\n458 for 1980, 9,792 more than \\nthe previous year.\nOther Criminal Code Off\nences\nTable 4\nProstitution\n1980\n1979 % Difference '\n70\n97 -27.8\nGaming and Betting\n51\n15 +240.0\nOffensive Weapons\n2,192\n2,115 + 3.6\nOthers\nTotal\n92,110\n87,918 + 4.7\n94,423\n90,145 + 4.7\nTotal Other Criminal Code Offences accounted for 29.6 percent cl\nthe total Criminal Code Offences in Table 1.\nDrug Offences\nAccording to the data collected, total Drug Offences increased 1\n20.2 percent from 9,325 in 1979 to 11,215 in 1980. However, due to a\nnew reporting procedure implemented in 1979, the figures collected for '\nthat year are questionable and considered low, perhaps by as much as 10 1\n Grand Total\nThe 'grand total' (total Criminal Code offences plus Drug offences plus Federal, Provincial and Municipal offences) was 378,251 offences in 1980, compared with 351,346 in 1979, an increase of 7.6 percent.\nFederal Statute offences increased 1b.9 percent over 1979\n(from 3,936 to 4,562); Provincial Statute offences increased 0.8 percent,\nffiom 28,063 to 28,311; Municipal offences increased from 14,922 to 15,879,\nup 5-9 percent.\nIntoxication in a Public Place\nThe number of offences in the State of Intoxication in a Public\nPlace category increased only marginally in 1980, from 55,555 to 55,858,\nor 0.5 percent.\nPersons Charged\nThe number of adults charged for all Criminal Code offences\n(including Drug offences, excluding Traffic offences) was 61,895, an\nincrease of 8.1 percent over 1979- The number of juveniles charged\nfor all Criminal Code offences (including Drug, excluding Traffic) was\n1^,941, an increase of 59-9 percent over the 1979 total of 9,340.\nTraffic\nThe number of persons charged with Traffic offences totalled\n287,936, an increase of 30.2 percent over 1979 (221,191).\n1980.\nThe following table shows some of the traffic data for 1979 and\nTable 5\n% Difference\n1980\n1979\n\"riving while Impaired\n22,977*\n21,264*\nTraffic Accidents\n146,302\n125,854\nPersons Killed\n784\n723\nPersons Injured\n35,000\n31,106\n+ 8.0\n+16.2\n+ 8.4\n+12.5\nThere were 203 accidents in British Columbia in which fatalities\noccurred where the driver(s) had been drinking (an 8.6 percent increase\nover the 187 in 1979) and 10,256 non-fatal accidents where the driver(s)\nhad been drinking, compared with 8,975 in 1979 (up 14.3 percent).\n* Number of offenc\n ~o\nfD 1-\nc\nO \nCA\nCM\nr^.\nCO\nr^\nCA\nLA\nCO\nCO\nO\n~3\nCO O. 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In\n1979, there were 102 shots fired by 51 police officers. In 1980, there\nwas a total of 111 shots fired by 66 police officers. Thirty-four shots\nwere fired by 23 members of municipal police departments; seventy-seven\nshots were fired by 43 members of the RCMP.\nRevolvers accounted for 95 of the shots fired in I98O; shotguns accounted for 15; rifles accounted for one. One hundred and six\nof the shots fired were fired intentionally, while five were fired\nunintentionally. One person was killed and seven injured. Property\ndamage totalled approximately $ 3,100.\nThe Police Firearms' Regulations set specific instructions\nabout the type of firearms and ammunition allowed; the terms under\nwhich a firearm may be carried; the use of firearms; and, within the\nreport on number of shots, the terms under which firearms may be used.\nCopies of the Regulations are available, upon request, from the B.C.\nPolice Commission.\n 15\nThe Police and the Public\n\"The ability of the Police to perform their duties is\ndependent upon public approval of police existence, actions,\nbehaviour and the ability of the Police to secure and maintain\npublic respect.\"\nSir Robert Peel, founder\nof the modern police system\nin Bri tain in 1822\nThe vital importance of mutual respect between police and\n.public and the necessary public support of policemen which flows\n[from that attitude has been said often but it cannpt be said too\n|often. History shows that when this essential aspect of policing\nloses support there can be only harmful results.\nPolicemen are not set above the public. They are themselves\nmembers of the public, and although they are granted a few special\npowers, they remain, in essence, citizen-policemen, differing from the\nrest of us only in that they devote their full time to preservation\nof peace and good order.\nThe average citizen recognizes that policemen deserve his\nidilling co-operation and, at times, his active assistance.\nThat recognition will be more widespread as knowledge of\nPpol ice responsi bi 1 i t i es and policing problems becomes more widely\nRenown in the community.\nThe British Columbia Police Commission has two major\nresponsibi1ities in this area, one to the police and one to the general\npublic.\nFor the police there is a broad program of studies at the\nBritish Columbia Police Academy, a set of province-wide standards for\n{police dress, deportment and general policies and, last year as in\nprevious years, numerous seminars where police and concerned citizens\nare brought together to seek solutions to problems.\nIt is less easy for the Commission to carry the message of\nmutual dependence to the general public. Most people are busy with\nBheir own affairs. Under ordinary circumstances they do not have to\nPall on the police for help and they do not feel much need to be\ninformed about police work and police problems. A vague and\ngeneralized approval seems sufficient contribution to them. However,\nthe Commission seeks to speak to as many as will listen. Police work\nln this province is, in our opinion, generally at a high level of\nprofessionalism and it is important that as many people as possible\n 16\nshould be informed. Meetings of public bodies, including police\nboards, lectures and speeches to interested citizen groups and the\ndissemination of information through the B.C. Police Journal are\namong the methods of informing the public.\nParticular attention is paid to arranging for the freest\npossible flow of information between police and ethnic minority\ngroups.\n T\n17\nptizen Complaints\nBritish Columbia's public complaint system, enacted in 1975,\nhas since formed the basis for similar legislation in other\njurisdictions. It provides for the right of any citizen to have a\ncomplaint against a policeman dealt with. A process of four stages\nis provided: the first, an attempt to resolve the matter informally,\nBBvided the complaint is not so serious that is required to be dealt\nwith immediately as a criminal investigation. Approximately eighty\npercent of citizen complaints are resolved informally. If informal\nresolution fails, there may be a formal request for police investigation,\nand, in some cases, a police disciplinary hearing. The complaining\ncitizen has the right to carry his complaint beyond the police inquiry\nstageto citizen bodies, first the local police board and finally the\nB.C. Police Commission. (In the case of the RCMP, a federal force\nacting provincial ly, the Attorney General may approve the appeal of\npolice action on citizen complaints directly to the H.C. Police Commission.)\nThree main programs in relation to citizen complaints were\nundertaken by the Commission during 1980:\n1. A universal complaint form, which would supply fuller\nstatistics on a comparable basis for all forces, was designed and is\nnow being tested by Victoria City Police for suitability.\n2. More than 30,000 single-sheet brochures were issued to\nmunicipal halls, libraries, police stations and other public places,\noutlining citizen complaint processes for the public.\n3. Audits of the 1979's public complaints in three forces\nwere conducted to determine the degree of comprehension of the system\nand satisfaction with it on the part of both citizens and policemen.\nThe audits were conducted in the jurisdictions of Vancouver\nPal ice Department, North Vancouver Royal Canadian Mounted Police\nmunicipal detachment and Surrey RCMP municipal detachment. Lengthy\npersonal interviews were conducted by researchers with citizens and\npolice.\nUnfortunately the results fell far short of statistical\nreliability. Although the number of citizens and police who refused\nto partcipate was small, large numbers of citizens who had made\ncomplaints the previous year proved untraceable. In the three municipalities only a third could be reached. Proportionate responses from police\nwere higher, although some had since been transferred out of the area,\nbut the number was, nevertheless, small with a resultant large statistical\nerror factor.\nThe results, therefore, are considered indicative rather than\n-\u00E2\u0080\u0094 ^^^^^^^\u00E2\u0080\u0094 1\n conclusive as to the functioning of the complaints system. Within\nthese limits, responses indicated citizen dissatisfaction with the\nresolution of their complaints in a third of the cases. The proportion of dissatisfaction felt by officers involved was about the\nsame. General public attitudes toward all three municipal forces was\nindicated to be about 70 percent favourable or highly favourable.\nThe responses indicated that, in all three municipalities,\nknowledge of the complaint process was widespread only among police.\nFour out of five of the citizens complaining did not know of the\nexistence of complaint procedures when they made their complaint and,\nhaving gone through the process, a significant number appeared to remal\nin ignorance of the process.\nThe Commission, this year as last, has grave doubts there is\nadequate public knowledge of this section of the B.C. Police Act.\nIf the public lacks knowledge of the provisions of the Act for internali\npolice investigation followed, if necessary, by civilian review, it\nfollows that public confidence in the complaint procedure must also be I\nlacking.\nIt may reasonably be inferred by our 1980 audits that the\naverage citizen has much more confidence in his police than he has\nin the ability of the system to correct abuses of police power when\nthey do occur.\nThe number of complaints registered during 1980 was lower than |\nthe previous year. There were 652 against RCMP officers, compared wiml\n795 in 1979 and 305 against municipal forces, compared with 465.\nThree appeals, still pending, were made to police boards fromll\nmunicipal force discipline court procedures during I98O. Seven request\nfor inquiries into RCMP discipline matters have been referred to the\nAttorney General with requests for public review.\nFurther complaint statistics are contained in the following\ncharts. Vancouver, being a much larger force than any other, is shown .\nin a separate graph.\nAn additional comment in this year's report concerns the nummfi\nof citizen complaints as compared with the number of police-citizen\ncontacts during the year. An example of some of the recorded contacts I\nis as follows:\nTRAFFIC Traffic offences 750,852\nWritten warnings issued 144,948\nSuspensions 19,349\nAccidents 146,302\nTotal criminal code offences\n(other than traffic) including drug offences 378,251\nTotal 1,439,702\n IT\n19\nIt is estimated from traffic and criminal offence records\ntotalling approximately 1,500,000 contacts, that a small percentage\n*f .07 resulted in citizens filing complaints concerning the\nbehaviour of police in British Columbia.\n TOTAL NUMBER OF CITLZEN COMPLAINTS AGAINST\nPOLICE TO TOTAL STRENGTH OF FORCE\nMUNICIPAL, RCMP, AND COMBINED\n1976-1980\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A1\nNumber of\nComplaints\n1976\n1977\nas\nIOCS 1978\n1979\n1980\n1976\n1977\n1978\n1979\n1980\n1976\n1977\n1978\n1979\n1980\nO\nJO\nE\no\no\n305\n1658\n652\n957\nAuthorized\nPolice Strengths\n3785\n5443\n1000 2000 3000 4000\nNumber of Complaints / Police Strengths\n5000\n 0\nu\n0\nft\n0\nh\nto\nZ\n5\n<\noo\nh\n3\nft S\no\ncc\nI\nz\n<\nD\nLU g\no a\no |\n_r\n<\na.\nm\n2 O\nDC\nE\no\nO\n0\nU\nz\nW\nN\n1\ns\n\u00C2\u00AB\nI\nI\nz\nI\n0\nI\nQ m\nCO\n8 2\nX O\n1\nsiureiduioo jo jeqwnN\n NUMBER AND TYPES OF POLICE INVOLVED\nIN CITIZEN COMPLAINTS\nMUNICIPAL, RCMP, AND COMBINED\n1980\nN = 413\nN = 709\nRCMP\nDetective ^\j N = 1122\n8% COMBINED\n TOTAL NUMBER OF CITIZEN COMPLAINTS AGAINST\nPOLICE TO TOTAL STRENGTH OF MUNICIPAL FORCE\n 1 Citizen\nOimplainfc\nCentral Saanich\n^yV\ Strength of\nVVvn Municipal Force\n4 12\nDelta\n^SSSSS^\n49 94\nEsquimalt\nK\\\n10 29\nMatsqui\n^N^^N\nNelson\n6 51\n3 15\nNew Westminster\n^\N*\^NSSS\n15 89\nOak Bay\n^S^\nPort Moody\n0 24\n12 23\nSaanich\n^^^^^^SSSSSSSSSSS^\n8 116\nVictoria\n\^^^*^^^^u^^\n24 154\nWest Vancouver\n**sxsss*^\n2 65\n0\n20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160\nNumber of Complaints / Strength of Force\n-;\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n CITIZEN COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE VANCOUVER\nPOLICE DEPARTMENT BY TYPE OF COMPLAINT\n1979 & 1980\nNeglect of Duty\n2%\nAuthorized Strength = 982\nNeglect of Duty\n1%\nAuthorized Strength = 958\n 25\nCrime Prevention\nThe growth and evaluation of crime prevention programs and\nBactices were a major concern of the B.C. Police Commission in 1980.\nfn September, a full-time crime prevention co-ordinator was taken on\nstaff in order to assist various police forces and detachments in\nfuilding and administering crime prevention projects. Resource and\nconsultative services for crime prevention are now centred in the\nCommission main office.\nA major portion of crime prevention effort has involved the\nenhancement of police and community program co-operation. Once again,\nIHIsiness, service clubs, and the community at large have contributed\nto many programs started by local police departments and detachments.\nSome of the contributors include: Kiwanis Lions, College of Pharmacists,\nCouncil of Forest Industries, Vancouver Island Construction Association,\n^micipal councils and many other organizations and individuals.\nCrime Prevention Committee\nThe B.C. Police Commission's Crime Prevention Committee was\nset up to assist police and various communities to develop preventive\nBograms according to their specific needs and abilities. The Crime\nPrevention Committee consists of a chairman, the crime prevention coordinator, a secretary and members of municipal police forces as well\nas RCMP area crime prevention co-ordinators. Also represented on the\ncommittee are the provincial Attorney General's Ministry, the Solicitor\nGeneral of Canada and CLEU.\nThrough 1980, this committee received and considered many\nworthwhile projects wholly or partially shared with the community at\nJ&rge. Some projects were wholly supported, while others received \"seed\"\nlanding to help them get started and prove their effectiveness to the community in the prevention of crime. This demonstrated co-operation of\npolice and community is a major objective of the committee as it is\nrecognized as being vital to the success of crime prevention and the\ncontainment of public costs.\nThe headquarters of the crime prevention committee has been\nmoved from Saanich Police Department to the B.C. Police Commission. A\nvote of thanks must be extended to the Saanich Police for their support\nof the Committee over 1979-80.\nGoals of the Crime Prevention Committee\n1. To reinforce the fact that crime prevention has always\nbeen and will be an inherent part of the peace officers'\nrole;\n 26\n2. To increase the activities of the community in their\nown crime prevention efforts;\n3. To generate effective government support and commitment to crime prevention at all levels of government:\nmunicipal,provincial, federal;\n4. To develop ways of evaluating the effectiveness of\ncrime prevention efforts and of predicting future crime\nand social trends;\n5. To give more attention to the Native people and their\nproblems and concerns; and\n6. To establish crime prevention priorities and to allocate resources accordingly.\nCrime Prevention Association\nThe B.C.Pol ice Crime Prevention Association is now in its\nfourth year of operation, having been incorporated in April 1978 with\nthe support of the B.C. Police Commission, to further the cause of\ncrime prevention in the province. The Association has, in its\nconstitution, specific objectives relating to crime prevention - the\npromotion of agency operation, the improvement of capabilities,\nthe encouragement of the co-ordination of resources, and the develop,\nment of province-wide training programs. The Association membership\nis made up of representatives from both municipal police and the\nRoyal Canadian Mounted Police from all areas of the province, united\nin the common purpose of crime prevention.\nIn 1980, the Association saw the realization of its efforts\nto establish a course for crime prevention practitioners. Held at\nthe Justice Institute in November, 1980, the course was a major step!\nforward for crime prevention practice in British Columbia. One of thj\nfirst courses of its kind in Canada, the expertise of both the Police\nCollege and RCMP training sections were utilized to establish trainin\nstandards and format.\nThe members of the Association have been involved in many sel\nworkshops and projects. Aside from their own major seminar in Octobel\nthe Association has sent representation to the Canadian Chiefs of Poll\nconference and the International Crime Prevention Practitioners' confir\nin Louisville, Kentucky. Members of the Association have made themsej\navailable for many speaking engagements and training sessions for bot\npolice and community.\nThe Association is looking forward to continued co-operatiql\nthe B.C. Police Commission, and expansion of its role of service to t|\npolice community and the public at large. There are many people in tf\nprovince who have much to contribute to the art of crime prevention;!\nAssociation hopes to reach those people and utilize their expertise.\n If\n27\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0provincial Crime Prevention Seminar\nIn October of 1980, the British Columbia Police Commission again\nsponsored the annual Provincial Crime Prevention Seminar for members of\nthe B.C. Police Crime Prevention Association. Ninety police officers\nBrticipated from around the province.\nThe key-note speaker was Chief/Supt. W. Neill, Officer in Charge\nof the Criminal Investigation Branch \"E\" Division 1. The key-note address\ntheme was \"Crime Prevention into the 80's\" and this theme was followed\nHroughout most of the deliberations and discussions.\nHighlight of a very stimulating seminar was an address by the\nHonourable Allan Williams, Attorney General of British Columbia. After\nmaking a major speech regarding community crime prevention policy, he\nreferred to the group present as being key in implementing necessary\nprograms.\nB.C. Police Commission Crime Prevention Fund\nIn 1980, funds were disbursed to a variety of sources. Projects\nranged from the target hardening variety such as Block Parents, Neighbourhood Watch, Range Patrol, etc., to newer programs such as the Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design training course and educational programs.\nAlso, resource material was continually being developed and uptdated\nthroughout I980.\nIn 1980, a renewable provincial Attorney General allotment of\n$ 75,000 and a non-renewable federal Solicitor General fund of $ 70,000\nwas expended on behalf of crime prevention and preventive policing in\nSMtish Columbia.\nCrime Prevention Projects funded in 1980 by B.C. Provincial Government\nMany of the crime prevention programs authorized in 198O were\na continuation of some developed in 1979; others were new. Major\ndisbursements of funds were as follows:\ni) Vandalism Programs\nVandalism is recognized as one of the major crime\nproblems in Canada and the Crime Prevention Committee\nhas therefore authorized expenditures of monies to\nprevent vandalism. The Saanich Police Department was\nthe major developer of such programs. The Committee\nhad an \"Anti-Vandalism\" brochure published for\ndistri bution.\nTotal $ 10,500\n 28\n(ii) Provincial Programs\nThe Crime Prevention Committee has contributed\nto several programs started all around the\nprovince with the printing of stickers (i.e.\n\"Didya\" stickers), booklets (i.e. Preventive\nApproach booklets), brochures (i.e. Operation\nProvident, Apartment Security, Valuable Property),\nposters (i.e. Ski Watch posters), crime prevention\nfolders, etc.\nTotal $ 20,00\n(iii) Crime Prevention Projects\nThe CPC has shared with the Kiwanis, the\nVancouver Island Construction Association and\nother groups, projects aimed to alleviate crime\nin the area of youth and construction.\nTotal $ 5,00\n(iv) Rural Crime\nPrograms have been authorized in the area of\nrural crime. 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