VPD will no longer have quotas for handing out bylaw tickets
 

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Vancouver Police Chief Constable, Jim Chu, has made some changes to his department's business plan that was presented to the Police Board Wednesday. Chief Constable Chu is instructing his officers to seize drugs rather than proceed with charges for minor possession.

Chu says that will free up officers from testifying in court, allowing them more time for other duties like fighting gang violence. Chu also says officers will no longer have quotas and goals for handing out bylaw tickets to meet the "civil city" standards set out by former mayor Sam Sullivan.

Mayor Gregor Robertson agrees with that decision, saying providing more social housing and mental health treatment would do a better job of getting people off the streets.

The Police Board also saw a report that said Taser use by Vancouver officers has dropped from 74 incidents in 2007 to just 27 last year.

What would constitute "minor possession"?

enough to get yourself rocked, anymore than that could be seen as enough to be trafficking

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hell if i was a cop id seize the drugs , then sell them on the side

jim chu makes sense

they had a damn BYLAW QUOTA??????????????
from wut i heard, not even vancouver bylaw officers have quotas

Hopefully this will stop them or at least discourage them giving out the most stupid tickets just to satisfy their quota.

this will stop the end of the month rush where they pull over everyone, and ticket anyone possible.

Bylaw tickets, not MVA tickets, are the topic at hand...

^ damn just when I think that I can put the front tinting back on my windows....

man, putting a quota on tickets is just wrong!!!

Should remove MVA quota too

ding ding ding...

They probably removed it because in the end it was making them no money... unlike traffic tickets...

How can they expect a crackhead bum to pay a fine?!

There's no MVA quota.

Holy shit common sense in action!

Sounds good :)

Weren't they pretty much doing this already anyways?

I won't be impressed until there is talk about drug policy changes.


Until then, this is all hot air.

there is no "quote" on MVA


but there is a memo saying everyone (constable) should give out a least 2 tickets per rotations

other than the traffic division



BTW u are not really a police constable so stop posting here and acting like one!


or go around and leaks other people wrong doing or "court order", than post it all over the net!

Thanks for supporting my claim. :)

Cause of these dumbass gangbangers...they're fucking over a lot of drug dealers...what this basically means for the time being is...instead of wasting time with traffic tickets and petty crime...all cops are on patrol now going after these gangsters...all resources will be focus on any small tips VDP receives about dial-a-dope operations, tailing gangsters, checking bars/restaurants etc.

WTF.... join date 1982? I wonder why i never saw that before

because RC asked for it, and out of generosity i made the change for him some years ago.

people forget so fast when they have received generosity and start making demands and pulling guilt trips... sigh

Hahaha I've had mine as 1982 for a while too

I noticed yours... but I guess RC dunt post enough, or I ignored everyone from way back when in my lurking days.I want my join date changed to when i started lurking in 00/01 in ezboard days XD