As #DefundThePolice becomes the rallying cry of recent protests, we take a brief look at the history of policing in Canada and BC, how police are governed in the province today and the possibility of reform going forward.
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Policing
* RCMP dashcam video shows officer tackling, punching Chief Allan Adam during arrest
* BC has country’s highest rate of police-involved deaths, groundbreaking CBC data reveals
* Police (wikipedia)
* British Columbia Provincial Police
* Police resources in Canada, 2018
* The Structure of Police Services in BC – Province of British Columbia
* Municipal Police Boards – Province of British Columbia
* Vancouver mayor asks B.C. for ‘comprehensive review’ of policing in province
* Policy Options for Defunding the Police & Creating Alternative Services of Safety and Support
Quick takes
* B.C. reports highest-ever monthly total of illicit drug deaths in May 2020
* Restaurant capacity limits eased as BC marks 6 days without a COVID-19 death
* Safe supply guidelines are a clusterfuck
* Trudeau, Tories spar over who’s to blame for delaying disability support payments
* Canadians have made 190,000 repayments on CERB claims, says CRA
* Federal government to provide $14B to provinces, territories to ‘safely’ restart economies
* Foreign Affairs Minister has two mortgages with state-run Bank of China
Image: First Vancouver Police Department patrol wagon, 1908 by Stuart Thomson. Public domain via