The Supreme Court handed down a ruling Friday that will put all B.C. police, regardless of whether they work for the RCMP or municipal forces, on equal footing in terms of their ability to collectively negotiate their wages and working conditions, the head of the B.C. Police Association said…
Richmond mayor Malcolm Brodie cannot complain about the RCMP in his city. According to Brodie, citizens are happy with the service Mounties…
A new review of policing in B.C. ordered by the province may prod Metro Vancouver’s patchwork of police forces to work together in new ways but observers don’t expect a switch to a full regional police force…
Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie wants Victoria to control how much resources are poured into B.C.’s integrated police services as costs rise for the 21 cities in…
Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie, Coun. Chak Au, Richmond RCMP Sgt. Cam
Kowalski, and some 30 to 40 Chinese medicine business owners met over
dinner last week …
Mayor Malcolm Brodie says the city is also continuing to consider its own police force. “We have some issues with the RCMP. We are satisfied with the …
… would be to have an independent police force that contracts out some
specialized services like homicides,” explains Mayor Malcolm Brodie.
He acknowledged Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie was against a 20-year
contract with the RCMP renewed this summer, but added that negotiation is
between the provincial, federal and municipal governments. The RCMP does
have authority to renegotiate …
Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie said the city’s safety committee met
Wednesday to discuss alternative policing models because it has no say in
how many officers are on the integrated teams, for example. Brodie said
that while the RCMP is doing a good job …
Richmond Review
“We should always be asking ourselves if we can improve the community
safety situation for our city,” said Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie.