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Defund VicPD @defundvicpd.bsky.social · 21h

This is a good intro to your local candidates for municipal election. Responses (or no responses) from candidates to the question of police budget coming to your inbox soon. Sign up for updates: defundvicpd.org #yy #defundVicPd

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Defund VicPD @defundvicpd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Looks like at least one of the candidates for Victoria council is a bigot #yyj victoriacouncillorfyi.substack.com/p/wendy-bowk...

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Wendy Bowkett for Victoria City Council 2026

Wendy is not being entirely honest...

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Dannie G @dgodin1234.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"officers involved in the "Project South" investigation sold cocaine to each other, gave out police uniforms to organized crime, and shared several people's personal information so they could be murdered." Holy 3rd world corrupt cop level of shit. www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

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These are some of the bombshell allegations in newly unsealed Project South documents

Newly unsealed court documents in the Project South investigation were released to the public Wednesday, shedding more light on the explosive allegations made against several GTA police officers charg...

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Defund VicPD @defundvicpd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Welcome back to school, students and caregivers! Want to know what the cops are telling your kids in school? Well it’s secret. Luckily Stephen here submitted an FOI to find out #yyj #DefundVicPd

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Stephen Harrison @stephenharrison.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Given the light agenda, here are some recent FOI stories. Between 2024 and 2025, Victoria and Esquimalt funded 6.2 years in paid suspensions for officers accused of offences or misconduct. The police board can make suspensions without pay, but they didn’t. www.needsmorespikes.com/blog/vicpd-s...

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VicPD pays six years in salary to suspended officers — Needs More Spikes

Between 2024 and 2025, VicPD suspended six officers with pay for a total of 13,040 hours. That works out to more than a year for each of those six officers. Payments to those suspended officers may ha...

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Stephen Harrison @stephenharrison.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Three notes: 1) The police board once again failed to meet the legal requirement to post its agenda a week in advance. 2) The board has stopped posting its in camera agendas. You couldn’t usually glean much, but it was something. 3) When VicPD updated its website, it erased all agendas before 2025.

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Defund VicPD @defundvicpd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

How exactly did the suspect collide with the window, Chek News? Yet another example of our media being stenographers for the cops.

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Stephen Harrison @stephenharrison.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The provincial government has an entire website devoted to posting data, and so does VicPD. It’s telling what they choose not to release, or fight to keep secret. No VicPD press release is going to tell you that an officer says they threatened to tase someone accused of littering in 2023.

Screenshot of text from province. Reads in part: Consultations: Victoria PD was consulted and requested the records be withheld in their entirety. Recommendations: Access denied pursuant to sections 15, 16, and 22.

Screenshot of email from province. Text reads: “Each access to information request is assessed individually, and severing decisions may vary depending on the specific content of the records and the context in which they were created. In this case, the severing reflects the outcome of consultations conducted as part of the review process.”

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Stephen Harrison @stephenharrison.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It took 343 days to get this data after VicPD and the province tried to shut it down.

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Stephen Harrison @stephenharrison.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

VicPD asked the province not to release any of its use of force data, and they agreed. After multiple appeals, we can now see things like how often VicPD injured people, including people they’ve already jailed, or used force during “wellness checks.” needsmorespikes.com/blog/use-of-... #yyj #cdnfoi

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VicPD and province try to stop release of police “use of force” data — Needs More Spikes

VicPD asked the government not to release data showing how its officers used force between 2022 and 2024. The government agreed, but they were overruled by the privacy commissioner. The data shows Vic...

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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 09/09/2026

the problem with unplugging the AI is that it's the cops who will prevent us from entering the datacenters, which just proves that cops are a much bigger threat than AI

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Defund VicPD @defundvicpd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

We are coming up with questions around #DefundVicPD for municipal election candidates in #yyj. What questions about policing and surveillance would you like to ask?

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David Crane: I Have A Question

Alt: Gif of a man raising his hand and saying I Have A Question

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Orca Yacht Party @orcayachtparty.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

What safeguards are in place to restrict officers from using police databases for their own personal motives, or for other non official purposes?

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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Edmonton Police Commission just announced the remainder of its 2026 public meetings will be online only. Says this is due to "abusive and insulting" public commentary. Unstated, but this is about people opposed to Chief Warren Driechel's Israel trip edmontonpolicecommission.com/public-meeti...

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Defund VicPD @defundvicpd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

“Critics warn the American company's dominance is introducing new threats to Canadians’ civil liberties, but police are welcoming Axon’s controversial technologies with open arms.” #DefundVicPD

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Defund VicPD @defundvicpd.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

🚨Just when you thought cops and the BC NDP couldnt go any lower. Taking money from school budgets to pay off supporters of cops in schools #yyj #DeFundVicPD #bcPoli

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Defund VicPD @defundvicpd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

SD61 Board: “We are concerned about the possibility of financial benefits being provided to one or more individuals who opposed the Board’s stance on School Police Liaison Officers, as well as transactions occurring outside normal operating processes." www.sd61.bc.ca/news-events/... #yyj #bcPoli

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Back to school update from the Board

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Vision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca · 26/08/2026

ICYMI: the VPD budget increased by 48% from 2018 to 2024, but the number of traffic tickets they issue has fallen by 59% over that same time period. Why has traffic enforcement evaporated in Vancouver?

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BCMECR spooky/pumpkin spice mode @b1kes.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Regardless of the PD's ability to appeal all denials of funding to the provincial government, and regardless of how fruitless a public stance may be in the face of that undemocratic aspect of our municipal budgeting, what will your public stance be regarding ending increases to the police budget?

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Defund VicPD @defundvicpd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

We are coming up with questions around #DefundVicPD for municipal election candidates in #yyj. What questions about policing and surveillance would you like to ask?

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David Crane: I Have A Question

Alt: Gif of a man raising his hand and saying I Have A Question

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SEAN ORR @seanorr.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Maybe increasing police budgets while failing to tackle the root causes of crime isn’t working out. Maybe ABC aren’t actually the public safety party. Maybe it’s time to change the status quo.

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Stephen Harrison @stephenharrison.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

School liaison officers give a lot of presentations to students, but they don’t make them available. I’ve created a repository of the presentations given by VicPD, Saanich PD and Oak Bay PD. www.needsmorespikes.com/blog/slo-rec... #yyj #cdnfoi 🧵

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Download SD61 school liaison officer presentations — Needs More Spikes

School liaison officers give a lot of presentations to students, but they don’t make them available. You can download them here.

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Susan Kim 김수잔 @susankimyyj.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Gardiner: Pleased to see decreases in theft and effectiveness of foot patrol. Very impressed with meaningful service you do. School liaison officers, thank you for speaking on that. Letter of support from this Council on SLOs was supported with 5-4 vote.

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Susan Kim 김수잔 @susankimyyj.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Gardiner: Opportunity for public to attend board meetings or other VicPD meetings? Chief: Public welcome to attend board meetings. Hoping people are noticing we're livestreaming board meetings now.

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Susan Kim 김수잔 @susankimyyj.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

RECRUITMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES AND TRAINING Chief: authorized sworn strength is 284 officers, 82 civilian positions, 50 reserve constables, 77 volunteers. Recruitment efforts producing strong results. More applicants than ever had in VicPD's history right now.

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Susan Kim 김수잔 @susankimyyj.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Now we are onto the first item on the agenda. Victoria Police Chief Fiona Wilson has a presentation, then questions from Council. Slides have not been provided beforehand, will try to capture what I can as it gets presented.

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

First, the VPD said they couldn't explain how they would spend $1.4 million city council gave them to police five blocks of Granville for seven weeks because it was an operational matter. Then they said they were still figuring out their plans. Now they're saying it's too complicated to reveal.

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dustin @godfrey.work · 13/07/2026

which FIPA's ED said raises concerns about that police force's transparency practices

Wilson has since gone on to become the chief of the Victoria Police Department, and Woywada said that raises additional concerns given her promotion to leadership.

“If the leadership doesn't make information management a priority, the organization won't,” he said. “So it is concerning.”

VicPD spokesperson Tiffany Parton said Wilson is “not in a position to respond to questions regarding the administration or processing of a freedom-of-information request made to another police agency.”

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âpihtawikosisân @apihtawikosisan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I know folks don't want to hear this...but you know how cops perpetrate a really shocking amount of domestic voilence? Whenever those discussions come up, folks fall all over themselves to praise firefighters as though they demonstrate an alternative to ACAB. Well...no.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

NEW: We reported two years ago that Chicago police had made 200,000 secret traffic stops, failing to disclose them as required by law. Chicago police then admitted the problem, & promised to 'fix' it in a legislative hearing. We just investigated again: The problem... got WORSE.

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Chicago Police Promised to 'Fix' Secret Traffic Stops. A Year Later, the Problem Has Only Gotten Worse. - Bolts

This story was produced as a collaboration between Bolts and Injustice Watch, a nonprofit news organization in Chicago focused on issues of equity and justice in the court system. In... Read More

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Tim Ford @timfordwrites.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

A few things in response to this: 1. Overall Crime Severity Index (CSI) is down nationwide; violent CSI sees ups and downs because a single violent crime in a small pop. causes a massive CSI spike. Suggests no correlation between CSI and denial of bail (source: Canadian Civil Liberties Association)

Graphs from a policy brief by the Canadian Civil Liberties Association on Bill C-14, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal
Justice Act, and the National Defence Act (bail and sentencing)

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

one of those officers was current VicPD Chief Fiona Wilson

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Permanent AI police surveillance state to protect the interests of capital. The targets are as always Indigenous people and land defenders while targeted anyone who opposes genocide internationally

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Defund VicPD @defundvicpd.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The Victoria-Esquimalt Police Board supports this. Become a cop, commit a crime, collect pay while being investigated. If they dont support it, maybe they should do something about it. Want to know who sits on the board? Check it out www.vicpd.ca/Police%20Boa... #yyj #DefindVicPD

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Police Board - Victoria Police Department

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Stephen Harrison @stephenharrison.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

If the police board determines it's in the public interest, they can change a suspension to one without pay. New Westminster did so recently in one case, but it appears VicPD's police board hasn't done so in any of these instances. It would be interesting to know what their threshold is.

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Stephen Harrison @stephenharrison.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

While city council made cuts, FOI records show that between 2024 and 2025, VicPD suspended six officers with pay, for an average of more than a year each. It may have cost around $800,000. As of this June, VicPD said five officers were suspended with pay. www.needsmorespikes.com/blog/vicpd-s... #yyj

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VicPD pays six years in salary to suspended officers — Needs More Spikes

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BC Civil Liberties Association @bccla.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Press Release: BCCLA celebrates Supreme Court of Canada decision to require disclosure of police misconduct to accused persons Read the Full Release: ow.ly/wbg850ZhGgp

Quote reads over a purple background: “This is a big win for the rights of the accused and police accountability. Instead of sweeping past misconduct under the rug, police forces will have to take meaningful action to reform their accountability measures.” -Vibert Jack, BCCLA Litigation Director

A photo of Vibert smiling is in the bottom right corner.

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

After witnessing a man be detained & handcuffed by police, who also searched his bag, @michellegamage.bsky.social looked into what police can and can’t do when they detain, but don’t arrest someone thetyee.ca/News/2026/06...

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What Are Your Rights When Police Detain You? | The Tyee

Two advocates warn detentions and bag searches are ‘common.’ Here’s what police are and aren’t allowed to do.

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