Dan Fumano: VPD report 'has nothing to do' with police budget: Chief
Analysis: VPD's "social impact audit" released weeks before Vancouver Police Union-backed mayor and council will consider department budget.
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Analysis: VPD's "social impact audit" released weeks before Vancouver Police Union-backed mayor and council will consider department budget.
VANCOUVER — A report commissioned by the Vancouver Police Department that concludes $5 billion a year is being spent on the city's "social safety net" is facing criticism from the mayor, who said it was not very useful, and the public safety minister
A contentious new report on Vancouver's "social safety net" commissioned by the city's police department is reigniting concerns about whether the force is becoming inappropriately political.
Just hours after Vancouver police struggled to defend a controversial study they commissioned at taxpayer expense, high-profile critics and experts dismissed the report as sloppy with little-to-no value to policymakers or the public.
VANCOUVER - A report commissioned by the Vancouver Police Department that concludes $5 billion a year is being spent on the city's "social safety net" is facing criticism from the mayor, who said it was not very useful, and the public safety minister, who called it "sensationalized and misleading."