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UMnyango wamaPhoyisa eVictoria yiwona amapholisa amadala kakhulu entshonalanga yeGreat Lakes.

Namuhla, uMnyango unomthwalo wemfanelo wokuphatha indawo eyinhloko yenhloko-dolobha yaseBritish Columbia. IGreater Victoria inenani labantu abangaphezu kuka-300,000. Idolobha ngokwalo linenani labantu ababalelwa ku-80,000 kanti i-Esquimalt iyikhaya lezinye izakhamizi eziyi-17,000.

Ukuqala kwe-VicPD

Ngo-July 1858, uMbusi uJames Douglas wamisa u-Augustus Pemberton njengoKhomishana Wamaphoyisa futhi wamgunyaza ukuba aqashe “amadoda ambalwa anamandla anesimilo esihle.” Lo mbutho wamaphoyisa wamakoloni wawubizwa ngokuthi yiVictoria Metropolitan Police, futhi wawungumanduleli woMnyango Wamaphoyisa aseVictoria.

Ngaphambi kwalokhu, umsebenzi wamaphoyisa wawuvele esiqhingini saseVancouver usuka endleleni yamasosha ahlomile eyaziwa ngokuthi “iVictoria Voltigeurs” waze waqasha “uConstable waseTown” oyedwa ngo-1854.

Ngonyaka ka-1860, lo Mnyango Wamaphoyisa owawusafufusa, ngaphansi kweNduna uFrancis O'Conner, wawunamaphoyisa angu-12, isikhulu senhlanzeko, umlindi wasebusuku nojele.

Isiteshi samaphoyisa sokuqala, i-gaol kanye ne-barracks bekuse-Bastion Square. Amadoda ayegqoke iyunifomu yesitayela samasosha, ephethe izinduku futhi ayevunyelwe amavolovolo kuphela lapho enikezwa incwadi egunyaza ukusebenza. Ezinsukwini zakuqala izinhlobo zamacala amaphoyisa okwakudingeka abhekane nawo ikakhulukazi awokudakwa nokungahlelekile, ukushaya, ukuhlubuka kanye nokuhambahamba. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abantu babebekwe icala lokuba “isikhohlakali nesihambi” kanye nokuba “nengqondo engaphilile”. Ukushayela ngolaka emigwaqweni yomphakathi kanye nokushayela kabi amahhashi nenqola nakho kwakuyinsakavukela.

Izinhlobo Zobugebengu

Ngeminyaka yawo-1880, ngaphansi kokuqondisa kukaChief Charles Bloomfield, umnyango wamaphoyisa wathuthela ekomkhulu elisha elalisehholo leDolobha. Amasosha asenyuke ngesibalo samaphoyisa angu-21. Ngaphansi kokuqondiswa kukaHenry Sheppard owaqokwa njengeNhloko Yamaphoyisa ngo-1888, Amaphoyisa aseVictoria aba umnyango wamaphoyisa wokuqala entshonalanga yeCanada ukusebenzisa izithombe (ama-mug shots) ukuhlonza ubugebengu.

NgoJanuwari, 1900, uJohn Langley waba yiNhloko Yamaphoyisa kwathi ngo-1905 wathola inqola yokugada amahhashi. Ngaphambi kwalokhu, izephula-mthetho zaziyiswa ku-gaol “kuma-hacks aqashiwe” noma “zihudulwe emgwaqeni”. Induna uLangley kanye nezikhulu zakhe kwadingeka babhekane nezinhlobo ezahlukene zobugebengu nezikhalo. Ngokwesibonelo: U-Emily Carr, umdwebi odumile waseCanada, wafaka isikhalazo mayelana nabafana abadubula egcekeni lakhe futhi wafisa ukuthi kume; Isakhamuzi sabika ukuthi umakhelwane waso ubefuye inkomo egumbini elingaphansi kanti ukubhodla kwenkomo kwaphazamisa umndeni waso, nokuvumela ukuqhakaza kwamakhakhasi kuyicala kanti amaphoyisa ayalwa ukuthi “aqaphe ngeso lokhozi.” Ngo-1910, kwakunamadoda angama-54 emnyangweni okuhlanganisa izikhulu, ama-gaolers nama-desk clerks. Amaphoyisa asebhithi athatha indawo eyi-7 kanye ne-1/4 square miles.

Hambisa esiteshini sase-Fisgard Street

Ngo-1918, uJohn Fry waba yiNhloko Yamaphoyisa. UChief Fry wacela futhi wathola inqola yokuqala yokuqapha enenjini. Ngaphezu kwalokho ngaphansi kokuphathwa kukaFry, umnyango wamaphoyisa uthuthele esiteshini samaphoyisa esisha esikuFisgard Street. Lesi sakhiwo saklanywa ngu-JC Keith ophinde waklama i-Christ Church Cathedral.

Eminyakeni yokuqala, uMnyango Wamaphoyisa aseVictoria wawubhekele ukusebenza kwamaphoyisa eSifundazweni SaseVictoria esiseningizimu yeVancouver Island. Ngalezo zinsuku, i-BC yayinombutho wamaphoyisa wesifundazwe, ngaphambi kokuba kusungulwe iRoyal Canadian Mounted Police. Njengoba izindawo zasendaweni ziba yingxenye, uMnyango Wamaphoyisa aseVictoria wayichaza kabusha indawo yawo kulokho manje osekuyiDolobha laseVictoria kanye nelokishi lase-Esquimalt.

Amalungu e-VicPD azihlukanisile enkonzweni yezempi, emphakathini wawo nasezweni lawo.

Ukuzibophezela Emphakathini

Ngo-1984, Amaphoyisa aseVictoria abona isidingo sokuhambisana nezobuchwepheshe futhi aqala inqubo yokuzenzakalelayo esaqhubeka nanamuhla. Lokhu sekube nomphumela wokuthi kuqaliswe ukusebenza kohlelo lwekhompiyutha olusezingeni eliphezulu oseluzenzele ngokwalo uhlelo lokuphatha amarekhodi futhi oluxhunywe nohlelo lwe-Computer Aid Dispatch oluphelele olunamatheminali edatha ephathwayo ezimotweni. Lezi zikhungo zivumela amalungu ajikelezayo ukuthi afinyelele ulwazi oluqukethwe ohlelweni lwamarekhodi oMnyango kanye nokuxhuma e-Canadian Police Information Centre e-Ottawa. UMnyango futhi unohlelo lwekhompuyutha lweMugshot oluzoxhuma ngqo nohlelo lweMinyango oluzenzakalelayo lwamarekhodi.

UVictoria naye wayengumholi kazwelonke emaphoyiseni azinze emphakathini ngeminyaka yawo-1980. I-VicPD yavula isiteshi sayo sokuqala esincane somphakathi ngo-1987, eJames Bay. Ezinye iziteshi zavulwa eBlanshard, Fairfield, Vic West naseFernwood eminyakeni emibili ezayo. Lezi ziteshi, ezisetshenziswa yilungu elifungisiwe kanye namavolontiya ziwukuxhumana okubalulekile phakathi komphakathi namaphoyisa azisebenzelayo. Izindawo zeziteshi zishintshile phakathi neminyaka edlule, okubonisa ukuzinikela okuqhubekayo ekunikezeni isevisi engcono kakhulu ngangokunokwenzeka, kuyilapho sisebenza ngaphansi kwemikhawulo yesabelomali esiqinile. Nakuba uhlelo lweziteshi ezincane zesathelayithi lungasekho, sigcine iqembu eliqinile elizinikele eliwumgogodla wezinhlelo zethu zokuvikela umphakathi.

Ikomkhulu laseCaledonia Street

Ngo-1996, ngaphansi komyalo kaChief Douglas E. Richardson, amalungu oMnyango Wamaphoyisa ase-Victoria athuthela endaweni entsha yobuciko ebiza amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-18 ku-Caledonia Ave.

Ngo-2003, uMnyango Wamaphoyisa wakwa-Esquimalt wahlangana noMnyango Wamaphoyisa ase-Victoria, futhi namuhla i-VicPD ngokuziqhenya isebenzela yomibili imiphakathi.

Umnyango wamanje wamaPhoyisa aseVictoria, onabasebenzi abacishe babe ngama-400 basebenzela izakhamizi zaseVictoria nase-Esquimalt ngezinga eliphezulu lobungcweti. Phakathi kwezimo zengqondo ezishintsha ngokushesha, intuthuko kwezobuchwepheshe kanye nezinguquko kwezenhlalo, umsebenzi wamaphoyisa ubulokhu uphonselwa inselelo. Amalunga amapholisa eVictoria Police abhekane lazo. Sekuyiminyaka engaphezu kuka-160 leli butho lisebenza ngokuzinikezela, lishiya umlando onemibala eminingi futhi ngezinye izikhathi ophikisanayo.