FAQs
Below are a few FAQs about this blog. For questions regarding the VPD’s recruitment process, see the Recruiting website for Frequently Asked Questions on becoming a police officer with the VPD.
Q. Is ’Behind the Blue Line’ an official VPD blog?
A. Yes, ‘Behind the Blue Line’ is an official blog of the VPD. However, the comments, posts and opinions contained within this blog are those of the writer, and are not necessarily those of the Vancouver Police Department or the police board.
Q. Are the posts and comments written by an actual VPD officer, or by the VPD’s Media Relations staff?
A. All the posts and comments are written by Cst. Sandra Glendinning, who has been a police officer with the Vancouver Police Department since 1995. There will be occasions when guest bloggers will be invited to post.
Q. When does Cst. Glendinning write this blog?
A. Cst. Glendinning writes for the blog on her days off and before/after shift. While working, Cst. Glendinning is far too busy doing police work and working with PSD Hondo.
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A. Please visit the recruiting page of the Vancouver Police Department, which can be viewed on the departmental website at www.vpd.ca.
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A. Please consult the VPD recruiting website for questions on becoming a police officer. You can e-mail Cst. Glendinning at sandra@behindtheblueline.ca with general questions, concerns or suggestions for blog topics.
For all Media requests, please contact Vancouver Police Public Affairs at (604) 717-2680, or at media@vpd.ca.
5. January 2009 at 9:29 pm :
I saw your link at The Roanoke Cop blog. I’ve added you to our homepage and would love to include you among our content authors. If you’ll give me permission to reprint some of your great blog stories I’d be very grateful. Full attribution to you and links back to you are of course part of it. See my front page for what I’m talking about. The Roanoke Cop is republished there so it should look familiar.
We have a great community of law enforcement and civilians and the entire site is run by cops and for cops. I’m just the front page guy. The perspective of a Canadian cop would be really cool. We have secure law enforcement only areas as well for great professional social networking. I hope you can drop by. Please check out our forums, I know you’d be a great addition to the community.
4. February 2009 at 1:43 pm :
I’d love to trade links with you. The Police Museum’s blog is at http://www.vancouverpolicemuseum.ca/weblog/. Everything looks great!
Chris Mathieson, Executive Director
Vancouver Police Museum
6. April 2009 at 5:49 pm :
Thank you to Xiphos for introducing me to the online community over at Officer Resource.
To Chris – consider it done. I love the idea of having a birthday party in the morgue!
30. May 2009 at 1:58 pm :
File Number 09-86820
There was a incident with my step son sebastian. My girlfriend and I just wanted to say what a woderful job Mr Peter Clark (2263) and his partner have done. In our eyes they may have saved Sebastians life or saved him from serious injury. They handled the matter in such a professional and cival way that our words can’t even thank them enough. So we are writing this letter to thank them and the department from the bottom of our hearts for all your help. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS.
Mike Gasparre Stephanie Castellanos &
Sebastian
30. May 2009 at 8:06 pm :
Mike, Stephanie and Sebastian,
I will send your comments on to PC Clark, his partner and their Sgt. Your words of thanks are very much appreciated – more so than most would realise.
Thank you for taking the time to acknowledge these two officers and the work they do.
Best Regards,
Cst. Sandra Glendinning
20. February 2010 at 9:10 am :
HELLO SANDRA: AS I AM A DRIVER WITH MANY YEARS OF HAVING ALL SORTS OF EXPERIENCES , I WOULD SUGGEST THAT A RULE BE SET FOR ANYONE WALKING THE STREETS AT NIGHT MUST WEAR A WHITE GARMENT OR A CAP OR SOMETHING REFLECTIVE TO ENHANCE A DRIVERS ABILITY TO SEE A PEDESTRIAN RATHER THAN A ALL BLACK GARMENT . I AM SURE THAT THIS RULE WOULD SAVE MANY UNWANTED NEAR ACCIDENTS AND LIVES. THIS WOULD HELP ALL OF VANCOUVER MOTORISTS SEE A MORE CLEAR PICTURE OF WALKING PEDESTRIANS. THANKS.