Vancouver Police Union
Vancouver Police Union | |
 | |
| Founded | 15 July 1918 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Vancouver, BC Canada |
| Location | |
Members | 1,450[1] |
Key people | Ralph Kaisers, president |
| Affiliations | CPA |
| Website | www.vpu.ca |
The Vancouver Police Union (VPU) is a
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[1]
History
The Vancouver Police Union received its charter from the Trades and Labour Council (TLC) under the name Vancouver Police Federal Association, Local 12, on 15 July 1918, making it the second unionized police force in
Winnipeg General Strike of 1919. Police unions were outlawed in many jurisdictions and subsequently reduced to "police associations." As a result, the VPU was the first police union certified under the new industrial relations regulatory regime in 1945, and remained one of the few rank and file police organizations that were covered by labour legislation. It therefore enjoyed an advantage in collective bargaining with such things as mandatory arbitration in disputes with management compared with other police organizations.[2]
Role
The VPU is the
safe injection site in Vancouver, calling it an "unmitigated disaster" for the Downtown Eastside and claiming that all it has accomplished is the creation of a "sense of entitlement" for the neighbourhood's drug addicted population.[3] The union also questioned the credibility of former mayor Sam Sullivan in his capacity as the then chair of the police board.[4] Critics of the Vancouver Police have been publicly denounced by the union, particularly lawyers Phil Rankin, Cameron Ward, and John Richardson of the Pivot Legal Society.[5]
Union president Tom Stamatakis is also the vice-president of the Canadian Police Association. The Vancouver Police Union’s office address is 1819 Victoria Diversion, Vancouver, BC.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Welcome to the Vancouver Police Union Website". Vancouver Police Union. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
- ^ Fleury, Barbara Ann Sozan (1988). The Historical Development of Police Unionism: Three Case Studies from British Columbia. MA thesis, Simon Fraser University.
- ^ Stamatakis, Tom (11 April 2007). "Email to CKNW - Bill Good Show" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-07. Retrieved 2007-07-19.
- ^ "Turn on the Red Light". The Thunderbird. 10 November 2005. Retrieved 2007-07-19.
- ^ Howell, Mike (5 August 2004). "Fighting the Law". The Vancouver Courier. Archived from the original on February 25, 2005. Retrieved 2007-07-19.
