History

Dipatimenti ya apolisi ku Victoria ndiye apolisi akale kwambiri kumadzulo kwa Great Lakes.

Masiku ano, dipatimentiyi ndi yomwe imayang'anira ntchito zapolisi kudera lapakati la likulu la British Columbia. Greater Victoria ili ndi anthu opitilira 300,000 okhala. Mzindawu womwe uli ndi anthu pafupifupi 80,000 ndipo Esquimalt ndi kwawo kwa anthu ena 17,000.

Chiyambi cha VicPD

Mu July 1858, Bwanamkubwa James Douglas anasankha Augustus Pemberton kukhala Commissioner wa apolisi ndipo anamulola kulemba ganyu “amuna amphamvu ochepa a makhalidwe abwino. Apolisi achitsamundawa amatchedwa Police Metropolitan Police, ndipo anali kalambulabwalo wa dipatimenti ya apolisi ya Victoria.

Izi zisanachitike, apolisi adakhala pachilumba cha Vancouver kuchokera ku gulu lankhondo lomwe limadziwika kuti "Victoria Voltigeurs" mpaka pakulemba ganyu "Town Constable" m'modzi mu 1854.

M’chaka cha 1860, Dipatimenti ya Apolisi yatsopanoyi, yomwe inkatsogoleredwa ndi mkulu wa asilikali Francis O’Conner, inali ndi asilikali 12, msilikali waukhondo, mlonda wa usiku, ndi woyang’anira ndende.

Malo oyambira apolisi, gaol ndi barracks anali ku Bastion Square. Amunawa ankavala yunifolomu ya asilikali, kunyamula ndodo ndipo ankaloledwa kuponya zipolopolo pokhapokha atapatsidwa chilolezo chotumikira. M'masiku oyambirira, mitundu ya zolakwa zomwe apolisi ankayenera kulimbana nazo makamaka zinali kuledzera ndi chipwirikiti, kumenyedwa, kuthawa komanso kuyendayenda. Kuonjezera apo, anthu anaimbidwa mlandu wa kukhala "wachipongwe ndi oyendayenda" komanso "opanda nzeru". Kuyendetsa mwaukali m'misewu yapagulu komanso kusayendetsa bwino kwa akavalo ndi ngolo zinalinso zofala.

Mitundu Yamilandu

M'zaka za m'ma 1880, motsogozedwa ndi Chief Charles Bloomfield, dipatimenti ya apolisi idasamukira ku likulu latsopano lomwe lili ku City Hall. Asilikali anali atakwera kufika pa 21. Motsogozedwa ndi Henry Sheppard yemwe adasankhidwa kukhala Chief of Police ku 1888, apolisi aku Victoria adakhala dipatimenti yoyamba yapolisi kumadzulo kwa Canada kugwiritsa ntchito zithunzi (zojambula zamakapu) kuti zizindikiritse milandu.

Mu January, 1900, John Langley anakhala mkulu wa apolisi ndipo mu 1905 anapeza ngolo yokokedwa ndi akavalo. Izi zisanachitike, olakwira amatengedwa kupita ku "hacks" kapena "kukokera mumsewu". Mfumu Langley ndi maofesala ake amayenera kuthana ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya umbanda ndi madandaulo. Mwachitsanzo: Emily Carr, wojambula wotchuka wa ku Canada, anadandaula za anyamata omwe ankawombera pabwalo lake ndipo iye anakhumba kuti asiye; Munthu wina yemwe amakhalapo ananena kuti mnansi wake amasunga ng’ombe m’chipinda chapansi ndipo kulira kwa ng’ombeyo kunkasokoneza banja lake, ndipo kulola nthula kutulutsa maluwa kunali kolakwa ndipo apolisi anauzidwa kuti “ayang’anire kwambiri.” Pofika m’chaka cha 1910, panali amuna 54 m’dipatimentiyi, kuphatikizapo maofesala, oyendetsa galimoto ndi akalembi. Akuluakulu omenyedwawo adatenga malo a 7 ndi 1/4 masikweya mailosi.

Pitani ku Fisgard Street Station

Mu 1918, John Fry anakhala mkulu wa apolisi. Chief Fry anapempha ndipo analandira ngolo yoyamba yolondera ya injini. Kuphatikiza pa utsogoleri wa Fry, dipatimenti ya apolisi idasamukira ku polisi yawo yatsopano yomwe ili pa Fisgard Street. Nyumbayi idapangidwa ndi JC Keith yemwe adapanganso Christ Church Cathedral.

M'zaka zoyambirira, dipatimenti ya apolisi ku Victoria inali ndi udindo woyang'anira County of Victoria kumwera kwa Vancouver Island. M'masiku amenewo, BC inali ndi apolisi akuchigawo, apolisi a Royal Canadian Mounted Police asanakhazikitsidwe. Pamene madera akumaloko adaphatikizidwa, dipatimenti ya apolisi ku Victoria idafotokozanso madera ake kukhala mzinda wa Victoria komanso Township of Esquimalt.

Mamembala a VicPD adzipatula okha pantchito yankhondo, kudera lawo komanso dziko lawo.

Kudzipereka ku Community

Mu 1984, apolisi a ku Victoria adazindikira kufunika kokhala ndi luso lamakono ndipo anayamba ntchito yopangira makina omwe akupitirizabe mpaka lero. Izi zapangitsa kuti pakhale kukhazikitsidwa kwadongosolo lamakono la makompyuta lomwe limagwiritsa ntchito kasamalidwe ka rekodi ndipo likugwirizana ndi dongosolo la Computer Aided Dispatch lodzaza ndi ma telefoni a mafoni m'magalimoto. Malowa amalola mamembala omwe amalondera kuti azitha kupeza zidziwitso zomwe zili muzolemba za dipatimenti komanso kulumikizana ndi Canadian Police Information Center ku Ottawa. Dipatimentiyi ilinso ndi makompyuta a Mugshot System omwe angalumikizane ndi Madipatimenti yolemba zolemba.

Victoria analinso mtsogoleri wadziko lonse pagulu la apolisi m'zaka za m'ma 1980. VicPD idatsegula malo ake oyamba ammudzi mu 1987, ku James Bay. Masiteshoni ena adatsegulidwa ku Blanshard, Fairfield, Vic West ndi Fernwood m'zaka ziwiri zotsatira. Masiteshoniwa, oyendetsedwa ndi membala wolumbirira ndi anthu odzipereka ndi kulumikizana kofunikira pakati pa anthu ammudzi ndi apolisi omwe amawathandizira. Malo ochitira masiteshoni asintha m'zaka zapitazi, kuwonetsa kudzipereka kopitilira muyeso kuti apereke ntchito zabwino kwambiri, pomwe akugwira ntchito molingana ndi zovuta za bajeti. Ngakhale kuti masiteshoni ang'onoang'ono sataneti kulibe, tasungabe gulu lamphamvu la anthu odzipereka omwe ali maziko a Mapologalamu Apolisi a M'madera.

Likulu la Caledonia Street

Mu 1996, motsogozedwa ndi Chief Douglas E. Richardson, mamembala a Dipatimenti ya Police ya Victoria adasamukira kumalo atsopano a luso la $ 18 miliyoni pa Caledonia Ave.

Mu 2003, dipatimenti ya apolisi ya Esquimalt idalumikizana ndi dipatimenti ya apolisi ku Victoria, ndipo lero VicPD monyadira imatumikira madera onse awiri.

Dipatimenti ya Police ya Victoria yomwe ilipo tsopano, yomwe ili ndi mphamvu ya antchito pafupifupi 400 imatumikira nzika za Victoria ndi Esquimalt ndi luso lapamwamba. Pakati pa kusintha kwa malingaliro, kupita patsogolo kwaukadaulo ndi kusintha kwa chikhalidwe cha anthu, ntchito za apolisi zakhala zikutsutsidwa mosalekeza. Mamembala a Victoria Police akumana ndi zovuta izi. Kwa zaka zoposa 160 gulu lankhondo limeneli latumikira modzipereka, likusiya mbiri yochititsa chidwi ndiponso nthaŵi zina zotsutsana.