Investigations of police need to be independent Re: “Delta and Surrey police to review VicPD handling of drug case,” March 21.
It is good to see that an investigation into the complaint brought by former board member Paul Schachter against the Victoria Police Department. Paul Faoro, chair of the Victoria and Esquimalt Police Board’s governance committee, is right, “This is a serious, serious issue.”
Once again, we need to stress the need for completely independent investigations of police misconduct and the creation of a body that is fully empowered to do so. In terms of transparency, it is disappointing that the Victoria and Esquimalt Police Board has not yet committed to make the review public.With your council, you get what you pay for I hear and read a lot of whining about the salary increases of Victoria councillors, and on the face of it, I can understand why.
When candidates stand for office and accept the role of councillor they are agreeing to the contract price and the citizenry expects them to perform to the best of their abilities. If this group of five councillors feel that they are deserving of an increase, then they should pass a motion to increase the pay for the next term of council as is custom, stand for re-election and allow the voting public to be the judge.
However, I was disappointed that the survey’s definition of a “tall” building is a building only 14 storeys high. This is exceedingly disingenuous as over the past year council ignored the OCP and approved at least two developments with proposed building heights of up to 32 stories. These are the Harris Green Village and the Bayview-Roundhouse developments.
Following an auto accident, I was transferred to Sunnybrook Military Hospital in Toronto, where there was no shortage of beds or staff. I can sympathize with those today who, when lucky enough to be assigned a room, still can’t watch the games because their TV won’t work.Let’s design roads to reduce greenhouse gases As someone who has lived my 60-plus years here in Victoria, I am scratching my head about the strange anomaly that exists in Victoria.
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