\u0022Now is the time to get a little more political,\u0022 says Vancouver Police Union president Ralph Kaisers.
While other unions and labour organizations, including the firefighters’ union, regularly make political endorsements, Vancouver Police Union president Ralph Kaisers says this might be the first time his group has ever done so.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Council’s decision on the 2021 budget came as the city was grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic, and looking at trimming budgets in several city departments. The police budget decision was widely criticized by VPD leadership, the union, the police board and others. At the time, Vancouver Police Chief Adam Palmer released a statement saying he was “concerned this decision will directly impact public safety in Vancouver and the wellness of our officers.
In a rare move, the police board asked the province to review it out of concern for minimum levels of public safety, and, in March 2022, B.C.’s director of police services decided in their favour, overruling city council’s decision and ordering the $5.7 million to be restored to the VPD budget.Article content
After the contentious decision on the VPD’s 2021 budget, council voted to approve the police board’s recommended $367 million budget for 2022, which included arbitrated wage increases of $15.7 million. Kaisers said the Vancouver Police Union has submitted questionnaires to every Vancouver political party, and received responses back. Also for the first time in memory, the union will host a municipal candidates’ forum on Monday, Oct. 3. All major civic parties have been invited, Kaisers said.“We’re short-staffed, under-resourced and have been for a long, long time. Our members are burnt out and their mental health is struggling,” Kaisers said.
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