by Guest on February 25th, 2021 at 4:26 PM 1 of 6 2 of 6
By Jeff Shantz
Two events over the past week brought from the shadows an aspect of policing that has generally received little attention or public comment: the police foundation.
Last week, new Surrey Police Service chief constable Norm Lipinski announced that a Surrey Police Foundation “should be set up and going ‘full on’ by early next year”.
Then, only a few days later, on February 22, came a news report that Vancouver real estate developer Peter Wall had made a $1-million donation to the Vancouver Police Foundation (VPF), to be directed at police services in the Downtown Eastside. The response to news of Wall’s donation to the VPF, and especially his plans for how that money should be used, has been sharp and negative.
by Guest on February 11th, 2021 at 6:47 PM 1 of 2 2 of 2
By Jeff Shantz
In their song
Won’t Get Fooled Again, rock band the Who called out the famous line, “Meet the new boss / same as the old boss.”
Residents of Surrey might be excused for feeling that this aptly describes the leadership of the city’s new municipal police force, which has been drawn from the ranks of the “old boss”, the RCMP.
On November 19, 2020, it was announced that the police board had tabbed Norm Lipinski to be the first chief of the city s new force. Lipinski was most recently the deputy chief of the Delta Police Department and before that spent years with the Edmonton Police Service before becoming assistant commissioner with the RCMP’s E Division (British Columbia).