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| New Westminster Police Department | |
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| Abbreviation | NWPD |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1873 |
| Annual budget | 31.6 million CDN (2020)[1] |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada |
| Governing body | New Westminster Police Board |
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| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | 555 Columbia Street |
| Elected officers responsible |
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| Agency executive |
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| Website | |
| http://www.nwpolice.org | |
The New Westminster Police Department is the police force for the City of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. It occupies the lower floors of the former Federal Building and Post Office at 555 Columbia Street, at the corner of 6th Street.[2] The force has around one hundred members; Dave Jansen has been Chief Constable since June 2020.[3]
History
The force was created in 1873 when the city council hired as its first constable Jonathan Morey, a former sergeant with the Royal Engineers, Columbia detachment, who stayed behind after the detachment was disbanded in 1863.[4][5] Other residents were temporarily deputized when needed; by the 1880s, as the number of constables increased, badges and uniforms were introduced and patrol routes and a budget instituted; the budget was reduced after a fire destroyed much of the city in 1898.[4]
From 1901 to 2001, except for a period in 1970 during renovations, the New Westminster Police Department was at the New Westminster City Hall. It was professionalized in the early 20th century and reorganized during the 1920s, when it also adopted the then new system of single fingerprint identification and was the first Canadian police department to use a modus operandi system. In 1977 the department established a Community Services Division, one of the earliest in British Columbia; in 1991 it opened a Community Police Office in the former Canadian Pacific Railway station.[4]
In 2001 the department moved to its own building and opened the New Westminster Police Museum, including materials assembled by the former New Westminster Police Historical Society and by Detective Constable D.E.A. "Ted" Usher, who published a book on the history of the department in 2000.[4][6]
Editing of Wikipedia article
In September 2019, a Wikipedia user account operated by a member of the department's communications team was blocked after attempting to scrub the department's Wikipedia article of information about two officers (one employed by NWPD) convicted of assaulting and robbing a newspaper deliveryman (and making racist comments in the process) in Vancouver in 2009.[7]
See also
- Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia
- E-Comm, 9-1-1 call and dispatch centre for southwestern BC
References
- ^ "Report: Finance and Information Technology: Draft: 2020 – 2024 Financial Plan" (PDF). Corporation of the City of New Westminster. 20 April 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Federal Building and Post Office". Canada's Historic Places. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ Finnigan, Hailey (9 June 2020). "New Chief Constable appointed to lead New Westminster Police Department". New Westminster Police. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Fonds/Collection Description: New Westminster Police Museum collection". City of New Westminster, Museums and Heritage Services. 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ Usher, Ted. "A Brief History of the New Westminster Police". New Westminster Police. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ Usher, Dale E. A. (2000). Policing the Royal City: A History of the New Westminster Police Service. Coquitlam, British Columbia: Dale E. A. Usher. ISBN 9781550567854.
- ^ Godfrey, Dustin (9 September 2019). "New West cops blocked in attempt to scrub off-duty assault from Wikipedia". New Westminster Record.