There are four municipal forces within the 13 municipalities of the CRD — Victoria-Esquimalt, Oak Bay, Saanich and Central Saanich — while the remaining nine municipalities and three electoral area…
Victoria is calling on the province to establish a single regional police force for the entire capital region.
“I think that regional policing and the establishment of regional police services will help improve efficiency of service delivery, improve collaboration between departments and in the end will make our communities safer and potentially save us money,” said Coun. Jeremy Loveday, who proposed the motion with councillors Ben Isitt, Sharmarke Dubow and Sarah Potts.
“Problems associated with policing don’t know borders. People all around the region have challenges but those challenges often become concentrated in the core area and I think it’s unfair for Esquimalt to currently bear that regional responsibility alone,” he said.“I think this motion is a little bit different in that it calls on the province to take action,” Helps said.
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