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Police lose track of their guns
Police lose track of their guns

Records show a combined six guns were lost by or stolen from VicPD and Saanich PD between 2012 and early 2023.

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authorJune 2, 2023
Transit Police continue to target BIPOC people
Transit Police continue to target BIPOC people

Street check and general occurrence report FOI data shows Metro Vancouver’s Transit Police targeting BIPOC people.

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authorFebruary 27, 2023Post
General occurrence report data highlights systemic racism in B.C. policing
General occurrence report data highlights systemic racism in B.C. policing

FOI data from 11 municipal police departments highlights systemic racism in B.C. policing, including in vehicle and other stops.

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authorFebruary 6, 2023Post
VicPD salaries, 2021
VicPD salaries, 2021

VicPD’s 2021 remuneration for those making more than $75,000 a year.

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authorDecember 5, 2022
“Contact with a police vehicle”
“Contact with a police vehicle”

A VicPD officer drove into someone with enough force to send them to hospital. The events that followed show the lack of accountability for daily assaults by VicPD.

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authorOctober 11, 2022
VicPD drug seizure and arrest data
VicPD drug seizure and arrest data

Freedom of Information requests with data on VicPD’s drug seizures and possession arrests.

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authorSeptember 19, 2022
VicPD gave someone access to the entire police database
VicPD gave someone access to the entire police database

VicPD accidentally gave someone outside the organization the ability to search the entire PRIME-BC police database.

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authorMarch 27, 2022
VicPD COVID-19 vaccination rates
VicPD COVID-19 vaccination rates

VicPD COVID-19 vaccination rates and COVID-19 test results.

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authorFebruary 27, 2022
VicPD salaries, 2020
VicPD salaries, 2020

VicPD’s 2020 remuneration for those making more than $75,000 a year.

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authorFebruary 21, 2022
VicPD COVID-19 vaccination policy
VicPD COVID-19 vaccination policy

Emails show how VicPD developed its policy that officers do not have to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

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authorJanuary 30, 2022
VicPD doesn’t know how many people are injured on its property, but we do
VicPD doesn’t know how many people are injured on its property, but we do

VicPD says they can’t pull reports on people injured in VicPD's jail and VicPD headquarters. A follow-up FOI shows there were 99 reports documenting injuries in four years.

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authorDecember 19, 2021
VicPD asks Black Press to take down story critical of police
VicPD asks Black Press to take down story critical of police

FOI records show VicPD asked Black Press to take a story down.

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authorAugust 28, 2021
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