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Social Media in Today’s Policing World

Published on April 16, 2013 By Sandra

Facebook. Twitter. Blogging (like the one you are reading now!). Pinterest. All of these are social media platforms for people to interact with other people and companies. According to Merriam-Webster, social media is described as “forms of electronic communication through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages and other content.” And […]

Changing Gears

Published on March 27, 2012 By Sandra

March 16, 2012 was my last driving column in the Vancouver Sun, and while the reasons for ceasing the column were many, I listed the need to spend more time with my family as my main motivator.  There are simply too many roles to fill and too few hours to fill them in. A reader […]

This Week in Policing – Feb.13, 2009

Published on February 13, 2009 By Sandra

 The biggest issue this last week has been the continued gun violence in and around Vancouver: Fri., Feb 6th – a 26 year old gang associate was gunned down and killed in the parking lot of a busy Langley mall in front of a multitude of innocent bystanders. Sun., Feb 8th – a 28 year […]