A police board , police services board , or police commission is an appointed commission of a local government charged with the responsibility of overseeing a local police force. Police boards may be required by government regulation, as they are in most of Canada , or they may be voluntarily formed by individual municipalities.
23-514: Police boards are generally established to create a degree of separation between political councils and non-political police forces, and are variously responsible for setting the policies, priorities, and budget of a police force; hiring the chief and deputy chiefs of police; determining the structure and organization of the police force; and conducting collective bargaining with police associations. Police boards are usually explicitly prohibited from making operational decisions. All municipalities with
46-653: A RCMP "E" Division Assistant Commander and a Vancouver Police Department Deputy Chief Constable. They are all appointed by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General through an Order in Council . The Chicago Police Department is administered by the Chicago Police Board . The Board is composed of nine members, each of whom is appointed by the City's Mayor, and is responsible for nominating candidates for
69-466: A " Police Board ". Members of the police board are civilian members of the community and are appointed by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General through an Order in Council . A police board usually has between five and eight members, depending on the size of the municipality. The Mayor of the municipality is, by law, automatically the Chairperson of the board. One other member of board
92-405: A number of high-profile controversies. One of the most notable was the 2007 death of Robert Dziekański , who was tasered multiple times after being encountered by four E division officers despite being unarmed and being held alone in a secured room at Vancouver International Airport . Attracting international media attention, the investigation took a turn when a cellphone video, taken by a member of
115-595: A population over 5,000 are required by the British Columbia Police Act to provide for a police service. Municipalities in this category have two options: contract with the provincial government for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or create an independent local police agency or department. Municipalities that choose to operate an independent police force are required to create a civilian oversight body called
138-862: Is based in Greater Vancouver and is currently one of the eight RCMP Pipe Bands currently active in Canada. It was formed in April 2006, by Drum Major Rob Smith, who had been lobbying to create the band since 1998, with an early trial band ceasing operations in 2000. The band made its debut appearance on 28 October 2006, at the Scottish Cultural Centre in Vancouver. In 2008, Hugh Peden took over as Pipe Major, being responsible for its overseas trip to Beijing, China in 2016. Source: Like many large police organizations, E Division has had
161-493: Is patrolled by E Division while neighbouring Vancouver has its own police force ; both organizations contribute members and resources to various regional initiatives. E Division is the largest RCMP division, with 127 local detachments. Headquartered in Surrey , E Division is led by Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald. The Division has about 7,100 sworn members along with some 1,700 civilian members and public service employees. Of
184-422: Is the division of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the province of British Columbia , Canada 's westernmost province. It is the largest police body in the province, providing federal and provincial services throughout the province and policing all but 12 municipalities. In some urban areas, some municipalities have their own police forces while neighbouring ones contract with E Division. For example, Richmond
207-465: Is usually nominated by the municipality to represent the municipality's interest. Board members are selected from a variety of backgrounds and are usually appointed for one or two year terms. They may be re-appointed to a maximum of six years service. Except for the Mayor, municipal councillors may not be appointed to the municipality's police board. The mandate of a police board is to own and operate
230-670: The state . Municipalities may have the right to tax individuals and corporations with income tax , property tax , and corporate income tax , but may also receive substantial funding from the state. In some European countries, such as Germany, municipalities have the constitutional right to supply public services through municipally-owned public utility companies . Terms cognate with "municipality", mostly referring to territory or political structure, are Spanish municipio (Spain) and municipalidad (Chile), Catalan municipi , Portuguese município . In many countries, terms cognate with "commune" are used, referring to
253-573: The Chief Constable are still dealt with by the police board. Police departments may be amalgamated at the discretion of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General. This occurred on January 1, 2003 when Esquimalt and Victoria police departments were amalgamated and a combined police board created with the mayor of Victoria as the chairperson and the mayor of Esquimalt as the vice-chairperson. Enhanced "professional response, crime prevention and investigation in both communities" were cited as
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#1732765313221276-758: The Integrated Homicide Investigations Team, the Integrated Border Enforcement Team, the Integrated Municipal Provincial Auto Crime Team, and many others. These integrated teams are composed of police officers from the RCMP and municipal police departments such as Delta, Abbotsford and Vancouver. The RCMP "E" Division Pipe Band is composed of volunteers and active duty officers posted to the division. It
299-602: The Roman state (granting Roman citizenship to the inhabitants) while permitting the communities to retain their own local governments (a limited autonomy). A municipality can be any political jurisdiction , from a sovereign state such as the Principality of Monaco , to a small village such as West Hampton Dunes, New York . The territory over which a municipality has jurisdiction may encompass: Powers of municipalities range from virtual autonomy to complete subordination to
322-526: The Spanish term ayuntamiento , referring to a municipality's administration building, is extended via synecdoche to denote the municipality itself. In Moldova and Romania , both municipalities ( municipiu ; urban administrative units) and communes ( comună ; rural units) exist, and a commune may be part of a municipality. In many countries, comparable entities may exist with various names. RCMP %22E%22 Division "E" Division
345-678: The above description of the Police Board and it does not have any elected representative on the board (whereas a Mayor is elected). The South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Police Service is a regional police force for the Metro Vancouver region and its police board is made up of five civilian members (including the chair and a senior management from the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority ),
368-534: The community living in the area and the common interest. These include terms: The same terms "Gemeente" (Dutch) or "Gemeinde" (German) may be used for church congregations or parishes, for example, in the German and Dutch Protestant churches. In Greece, the word Δήμος ( demos ) is used, also meaning 'community'; the word is known in English from the compound democracy (rule of the people). In some countries,
391-561: The governing body of a given municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district . The English word is derived from French municipalité , which in turn derives from the Latin municipalis , based on the word for social contract ( municipium ), referring originally to the Latin communities that supplied Rome with troops in exchange for their own incorporation into
414-405: The independent municipal police department ensuring that police independence from political interference is maintained. The board functions as: The board selects and evaluates the Chief Constable and sometimes other senior departmental managers thereby allowing the board to maintain indirect control and influence over the department, although, in the same way that the police board is independent of
437-614: The municipal council for policing matters, the Chief Constable is independent from the board for operational matters. Public complaints against the police were formerly dealt with by the police board. Since July 1, 1998, public complaints are handled by the Police Complaint Commissioner of British Columbia who, as an Officer of the Legislature, is appointed by and responsible to the legislative assembly . Only level of service complaints and complaints against
460-409: The position of Superintendent to the Mayor, adopting rules and regulations for the department, and handling some disciplinary cases. Municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term municipality may also mean
483-430: The province and across Canada in the case of a crisis, and access a wide range of specialized units to tackle local and cross jurisdictional crimes. Through the integration of a number of specialized police services across BC, they have established an effective means by which to deal with cross-jurisdictional crimes and provide specialized services. The BC RCMP is the lead agency for numerous integrated police units such as
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#1732765313221506-494: The reasons for the amalgamation. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are contracted to provide municipal policing to 59 British Columbia municipalities including Surrey , Burnaby , Kelowna , Prince George , Kamloops and Nanaimo . Police boards are not utilized for RCMP municipalities. There are currently 11 municipal police boards in British Columbia: The 12th police board is not in conformity with
529-431: The sworn members, about 1,000 are assigned to federal sections, 2,600 to provincial policing units, and over 3,000 members serve in municipal policing. The force is assisted by about 1,200 volunteer Auxiliary Constables . In BC, the RCMP operates at all three levels: federal, provincial and municipal in all but 11 communities. In this structure, they have the ability to mobilize large numbers of police officers from within
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