In the summer of 1995, the Justice Institute of BC moved from the Point Grey area of Vancouver to its current location in New Westminster. When I started with the Police Academy in the fall of that year, I joined twenty-six other recruits from across BC in the first class to conduct its entire training in the new [...]
Is becoming a police officer one of your goals for 2009? Have you made a number of New Year’s resolutions to help get you there? Are you still not sure what is required to make it as one of Vancouver’s Finest? If you are interested in a career with the Vancouver Police Department you are [...]
Back in the early 1990’s, the VPD was comprised of two branches of service. The first and most highly sought after job was the position of a regular constable. This was, and is, the job of wearing a uniform, going through the police academy, and learning how to shoot a gun, drive a police car, [...]
All this talk about a Canadian recession is starting to worry a number of people, me included. While my thoughts turn to bank interest rates and my upcoming mortgage renewal, there are people out there who are really concerned about where their next pay cheque is going to come from. Not because these people don’t work hard, and [...]
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