date: NgoLwesithathu, Matshi 20, 2024

UVictoria, BC - IKomiti yoLawulo lweBhodi yamaPolisa yaseVictoria kunye ne-Esquimalt icele ukuphononongwa kwangaphandle ngokuphendula kwiNkonzo okanye isikhalazo soMgaqo-nkqubo.

Ngomhla we-16 kuFebruwari, iBhodi yamaPolisa aseVictoria kunye ne-Esquimalt ifumene iNkonzo okanye isikhalazo sePolisi. NgokweCandelo le-171(1)(e) loMthetho wamaPolisa, iBhodi iye yanikezela ukuqwalaselwa kwesikhalazo kwiKomiti yoLawulo.

“Imfezeko kunye nokuthatha uxanduva zizinto ezixabisekileyo ezingundoqo zeSebe lamaPolisa aseVictoria kwaye kubalulekile ukuba iBhodi ibe negalelo elivela kubemi baseVictoria nase-Esquimalt kulawulo lwethu lweSebe,” utshilo uSodolophu oyiNkokheli onguSihlalo uBarbara Desjardins. “NjengeBhodi sithembele kwimigaqo-nkqubo, uqeqesho kunye nobunkokeli kwiSebe lethu, esiluthathela ingqalelo kakhulu, kodwa sinoxanduva lokumamela nokusabela kwiinkxalabo zoluntu lwethu.”

NgoLwesibini, umhla we-19 kweyoKwindla, iKomiti yoLawulo inike ingxelo kwiBhodi ukuba ii-arhente zamapolisa zangaphandle ziye zacelwa ukuba ziphande ngesi sikhalazo.

Isikhalazo seNkonzo okanye uMgaqo-nkqubo siquka amanqaku amathandathu enkxalabo. Ezine zeenkxalabo ziya kuhlaziywa yiSebe lePolisa laseDelta, njengoko zihambelana nophando oluqhubekayo lwe-OPCC ukuba iPolisa yeDelta sele ikhokela. Ezimbini kwezi nkxalabo ziya kuphononongwa yiNkonzo yamaPolisa aseSurrey.

"Sithatha iziphakamiso ngokubalulekileyo kwaye sivakalelwa kukuba uphononongo lwangaphandle luyimfuneko ukuze siqinisekise ukungafihli kunye nokuthenjwa koluntu," utshilo uSihlalo weKomiti yoLawulo uPaul Faroro. "Siziva siqinisekile ukuba iSebe lePolisa laseDelta kunye neNkonzo yamaPolisa aseSurrey baya kukwazi ukuphonononga ngokufanelekileyo ezi zinto zixhalabisayo kwaye banike iKomiti yoLawulo ngolwazi olwaneleyo lokucebisa inyathelo kwiBhodi."

IKomiti yoLawulo ilindele ukuba uhlaziyo lokuqala luziswe kubo ngo-Fall 2024.

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