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Here's a thread with an annual reminder that VicPD is overfunded and overstaffed. VicPD likes to say it's a special exception as a "downtown" police force, but they cost more per capita than every other department in B.C., including Vancouver. #yyj 🧵
Yellow background with black font. VicPD is the most expensive police department per capita in B.C. VicPD costs more per capita than any of B.C.’s other 11 municipal police departments or 67 RCMP municipal units. VicPD wants to push that cost even higher in 2026, to $750 per person. VicPD already costs more per capita than the police departments in: Abbotsford, Armstrong, Burnaby, Campbell River, Castlegar, Central Saanich, Chilliwack, Coldstream, Colwood, Comox, Coquitlam, Courtenay, Cranbrook, Creston, Dawson Creek, Delta, Duncan, Fernie, Fort St. John, Hope, Kamloops, Kelowna, Kent, Kimberley, Kitimat, Ladysmith, Lake Country, Langford, Langley City, Langley Township, Maple Ridge, Merritt, Metchosin, Mission, Nanaimo, Nelson City, New Westminster, North Cowichan, North Saanich, North Vancouver (City), North Vancouver (District), Oak Bay, Oliver, Osoyoos, Parksville, Peachland, Penticton, Pitt Meadows, Port Alberni, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Powell River, Prince George, Prince Rupert, Qualicum Beach, Quesnel, Revelstoke, Richmond, Saanich, Salmon Arm, Sechelt, Sidney, Smithers, Sooke, Spallumcheen, Squamish, Summerland, Surrey, Terrace, Trail, Vancouver, Vernon, View Royal, West Kelowna, West Vancouver, Whistler, White Rock, Williams Lake Sources: Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General, "Police Resources in British Columbia, 2023." BC Stats, "Population Estimates & Projections for British Columbia."
November 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM