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Calling for defunding the Victoria Police Department (VicPD) and reallocating resources to community supports and services. On the traditional territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən Peoples. 🌐 DefundVicPD.org

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Defund VicPD @defundvicpd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The results are in and we have compiled the responses from City of Victoria mayor/council candidates about their positions on the police budget. We received responses from 50% of mayoral candidates and just 24% of council candidates defundvicpd.org/2026/10/05/r... #yyj
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REPORT: 2026 Election – City of Victoria Candidates on the Police Budget
The results are in from our questionnaire, and we have compiled the responses from City of Victoria mayoral and council candidates about their positions on the police budget. We received responses …
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Bookarts_glaneur @bookartsglaneur.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If they don't detail a position, assume they are police or provincial yes men. Incumbent Carmichael is reliable and Whiteaker is anti SPLO in a nuanced and detailed statement on her WordPress website under FAQs.
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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 07/10/2026
Arguably the number one issue that has consumed the school board over the last 4 years is police in schools. The province fired the whole board over it! But apparently almost none of the candidates running for election have developed an opinion on it? Wild stuff #yyj
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Stephen Harrison @stephenharrison.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
SD61 school board candidates survey results here. Images lifted from @defundvicpd.bsky.social instagram. defundvicpd.org/2026/10/06/r...
Summary indicating checks mean responded to questionnaire; x’s mean did not respond. Green = does not support SLO program in SD61 schools. Yellow = unclear. Red = supports SLO program and having police in SD61 schools. Notes it’s not an endorsement.SD61 school board candidates. Check and green for Carmichael and Beech. Check and Red for Companion, Gage, and Lathan. X for Chaney, MacDonald, May Poole, Llewellyn, Bomphray, Whiteaker, Le, Humphreys, Mears, Abma-Slade, Thomas, Dick, Sam, Horabin, Butchart, McAllister, Waldron, Barry.
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Stephen Harrison @stephenharrison.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Lots to consider, but here are some Victoria mayor and council candidate survey results from @defundvicpd.bsky.social. More information on candidate responses in the post. defundvicpd.org/2026/10/05/r... #yyj
Summary indicating checks mean responded to questionnaire; x’s mean did not respond. Green circle: would vote against police budget increase/would advocate for police budget reduction. Yellow: Unclear position/supports police budget freeze, would not advocate for reduction. Red: Supports budget increase/will not advocate for reduction. Grey: No information available. Notes it’s not an endorsement.Mayoral candidates. Checkmarks and red for Alto and Atkinson. Check marks and yellow for Harris and Miller. X and red for McGuigan. X and yellow for Gervais-Harrison. X’s for Hanna and Johnston.Council candidates. Green and circle for Kim, Gibbs and Girard. X and red for Caradonna, Dell, Hammond, Loughton, Gardiner, Thompson, Bowkett, Cseszko, Garcia, Lee, and McInnis. Check and yellow for Dion and Filipovic. X and yellow for Sandor. X and grey for Harasymow, Heit, Rothe and Collins.
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Defund VicPD @defundvicpd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Cops in Schools? The results are in and we have compiled the responses from SD61 School Board Candidates about the School Police Liaison Officer (SPLO) Program. We received responses from 21% of candidates #yyj defundvicpd.org/2026/10/06/r...
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REPORT: 2026 SD61 School Board Candidates on SPLO Program
The results are in from our questionnaire, and we have compiled the responses from SD61 School Board Candidates about the School Police Liaison Officer (SPLO) Program. We received responses from 21…
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P.O.W.E.R. @policeoversight.ca · 06/10/2026
A conviction rate of just 1.43%: tracing BC's IIO investigations into police-involved deaths, killings and serious harm 78% percent of those convictions were for driving offences. ...And in BC, sexual assault by police is not considered "serious harm" www.policeoversight.ca/p/iio-and-th...
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IIO & the illusion of police oversight in BC
A conviction rate of 1.43 per cent: Investigations in police-involved deaths, killings and serious harm from 2014 to 2021
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Defund VicPD @defundvicpd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Our question was simple, but important: Do you support an SPLO program in SD61 schools? If yes, please elaborate. If not, what measures would you take to end the program? #yyj
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Defund VicPD @defundvicpd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Cops in Schools? The results are in and we have compiled the responses from SD61 School Board Candidates about the School Police Liaison Officer (SPLO) Program. We received responses from 21% of candidates #yyj defundvicpd.org/2026/10/06/r...
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REPORT: 2026 SD61 School Board Candidates on SPLO Program
The results are in from our questionnaire, and we have compiled the responses from SD61 School Board Candidates about the School Police Liaison Officer (SPLO) Program. We received responses from 21…
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Defund VicPD @defundvicpd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
As you will see from our report, voters in Victoria who think a ballooning police budget takes away from real community safety do not have many choices. There’s a lot of work to do, but we hope voters can ask candidates about #DefundVicPD at forums and on the doorstep defundvicpd.org/2026/10/05/r...
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REPORT: 2026 Election – City of Victoria Candidates on the Police Budget
The results are in from our questionnaire, and we have compiled the responses from City of Victoria mayoral and council candidates about their positions on the police budget. We received responses …
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Defund VicPD @defundvicpd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Some examples of responses that we considered in support of police budget increases include any mention by the candidate of: 🚔Investing in more officers 🚔Investing in police reform or technology 🚔Investing in greater enforcement 🚔Working with police needs
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Defund VicPD @defundvicpd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Many candidates did not respond to our questions. However, a lot of them had views about policing and/or the police budget on their websites. In our report we reviewed the online platform of candidates who did not respond and included that information.
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Defund VicPD @defundvicpd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Our goal was to ask candidates frank questions about their positions on the police budget. Over the last 6 years, the police budget has increased by 57%, from $54 million in 2018 to $95 million in 2026 ! As the results show, most candidates seem to be fine with this.
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Defund VicPD @defundvicpd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The results are in and we have compiled the responses from City of Victoria mayor/council candidates about their positions on the police budget. We received responses from 50% of mayoral candidates and just 24% of council candidates defundvicpd.org/2026/10/05/r... #yyj
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REPORT: 2026 Election – City of Victoria Candidates on the Police Budget
The results are in from our questionnaire, and we have compiled the responses from City of Victoria mayoral and council candidates about their positions on the police budget. We received responses …
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Defund VicPD @defundvicpd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Lying liars and the politicians who love them, this week in Victoria News www.timescolonist.com/local-news/v...
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VicPD officer gets review of discipline for lying about using excessive force
The Office of the Police Complaint Comissioner will consider whether Victoria Const. Denis Belkin should face dismissal after lying to an investigator, as VicPD had concluded.
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Defund VicPD @defundvicpd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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
Well, the candidates are declared for 2026 Local Government & School Trustee Elections. We have aasked them their stances on police budget and School Police Liaison Officers (SPLOs). Stay tuned for the responses! #yyj #bcPoli #DefundVicPD defundvicpd.org/2026/09/20/c...
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Candidates Declared for 2026 Local Government & School Trustee Elections – We asked them their stances on police budget and SPLOs
Candidates running for mayor and council in the City of Victoria’s 2026 Local Government Election, along with candidates running for the Greater Victoria School Districts 2026 School Trustee Electi…
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Defund VicPD @defundvicpd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Breaking: cops being cops!
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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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Defund VicPD @defundvicpd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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South Park Crowd Booing
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Defund VicPD @defundvicpd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Well, the candidates are declared for 2026 Local Government & School Trustee Elections. We have aasked them their stances on police budget and School Police Liaison Officers (SPLOs). Stay tuned for the responses! #yyj #bcPoli #DefundVicPD defundvicpd.org/2026/09/20/c...
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Candidates Declared for 2026 Local Government & School Trustee Elections – We asked them their stances on police budget and SPLOs
Candidates running for mayor and council in the City of Victoria’s 2026 Local Government Election, along with candidates running for the Greater Victoria School Districts 2026 School Trustee Electi…
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Defund VicPD @defundvicpd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We’ve updated our resources page, including the 2026 It’s time to Defund VicPD zine, and the Reduce the Police Budget flyer. defundvicpd.org/2026/07/11/n... #yyj #defundVicPD
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New Zine Drop!
We’ve updated our resources page, including the 2026 It’s time to Defund VicPD zine, and the Reduce the Police Budget flyer. Updates made with the 2026-2030 Financial Plan officially ad…
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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 · 15/09/2026
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Jirkasino: Jake Peralta's Thumbs Down
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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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e6n @e6n.lol · 11/09/2026
sick, new place to focus all my protesting all the time dropping cc @defundvicpd.bsky.social @canadiandimension.bsky.social
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Vancouver Island’s first police academy to open in Victoria next week
Vancouver Island’s first-ever police academy is set to open its doors in Victoria next week.
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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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Critical Criminology @critcrim.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Cops in action. "Saanich police watched but did not intervene for over a month as Canada's most prolific voyeur strode through businesses with a phone in hand in breach of bail conditions." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Police did not intervene as Canada's most prolific voyeur was 'looking for more victims,' court records show | CBC News
Saanich police watched but did not intervene for over a month as Canada's most prolific voyeur strode through businesses with a phone in hand while out on bail, in breach of bail conditions. Court re...
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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
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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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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 26/08/2026
Cops in the one of the more latino heavy cities in the metro have been repeatedly documented pulling over the cars of immigrants and then calling federal agents. Nothing obliges them to do this. They're doing it for the love of the game.
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Unofficial CTV News Mirror @ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Father says college student was killed by police in Pennsylvania after he went to wrong house
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Father says college student was killed by police in Pennsylvania after he went to wrong house
A 22-year-old man fatally shot by police in Pennsylvania as they responded to a possible burglary was a kind-hearted college student who mistakenly went to the wrong home after celebrating a friend’s birthday, his father said Wednesday.
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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
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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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Times Colonist @timescolonist.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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Missing Oak Bay teen last seen Friday
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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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