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Undid revision 979157612 by KathleenKathleen12345 (talk) - sigh. Here we go again. The discussion on the talk page is about potentially trimming the controversy section down - no removing it entirely as you have just done AGAIN. You literally just came off a block for this. Stop forcing your POV on to the article when other editors disagree with you. I'm inserting it again. Feel free to trim per discussion. |
→Controversy: the blow-by-blow of the charges against the officers (arrested, detained, charges referred, more charges added, one cop cleared, pleaded guilty, convicted, taken off payroll, etc etc and so on and so forth) is pointless. What matters is (a) they were convicted (b) the department tried to hide it. |
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The force was created in 1873 when the city council hired Jonathan Morey, a former sergeant with the [[Royal Engineers, Columbia detachment]], who stayed behind after the detachment was disbanded in 1863. Prior to that, New Westminster was policed by ''ad hoc'' temporary appointments of members of the community to act as magistrates. The [[British Columbia Provincial Police]] also policed the city a few years before the NWPD was formed. The force now has around one hundred members. Key events that affected the development of the city's police department include the Great Fire of 1898, a [[Bank of Montreal]] theft in 1911, and the introduction of new policing technologies, such as two-way radio patrol cars in 1935, and the installation of laptop computers in 1997.<ref>[http://www.nwpolice.org/ Ted Usher, "A Brief History of the New Westminster Police,"] Retrieved 4 July 2007.</ref> The police station is located at 6th and Columbia streets at 555 Columbia. |
The force was created in 1873 when the city council hired Jonathan Morey, a former sergeant with the [[Royal Engineers, Columbia detachment]], who stayed behind after the detachment was disbanded in 1863. Prior to that, New Westminster was policed by ''ad hoc'' temporary appointments of members of the community to act as magistrates. The [[British Columbia Provincial Police]] also policed the city a few years before the NWPD was formed. The force now has around one hundred members. Key events that affected the development of the city's police department include the Great Fire of 1898, a [[Bank of Montreal]] theft in 1911, and the introduction of new policing technologies, such as two-way radio patrol cars in 1935, and the installation of laptop computers in 1997.<ref>[http://www.nwpolice.org/ Ted Usher, "A Brief History of the New Westminster Police,"] Retrieved 4 July 2007.</ref> The police station is located at 6th and Columbia streets at 555 Columbia. |
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==Attempt to censor Wikipedia article== |
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==Controversy== |
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On January 21, 2009, three off-duty police officers were arrested and detained overnight after being alleged to have racially abused, assaulted and participated in a robbery in downtown Vancouver against Firoz (Phil) Khan, a newspaper deliveryman. The police constables came from the [[Delta Police Department]], [[West Vancouver Police Department]] and New Westminster Police Service. On January 26, 2009, the [[Vancouver Police Department]] recommended to [[Crown Counsel]] for criminal charges to be laid against NWPS member Jeffrey Roger Klassen for assault and possession of stolen property and the WVPD officer Griffin Gillan for robbery. At the same time, the DPD officer was cleared of any wrongdoing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=312b750a-50da-43d7-87eb-80eb6cb6e6b6|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109035940/http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=312b750a-50da-43d7-87eb-80eb6cb6e6b6|url-status=dead|title=Vancouver police officers face robbery, assault charges|archivedate=November 9, 2012}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | In September 2019, a Wikipedia user account operated by someone at the New Westminster Police Department was blocked by Wikipedia administrators after attempting to purge the department's Wikipedia article<ref name="Godfrey">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newwestrecord.ca/news/new-west-cops-blocked-in-attempt-to-scrub-off-duty-assault-from-wikipedia-1.23940522 |first1=Dustin |last1=Godfrey |title=New West cops blocked in attempt to scrub off-duty assault from Wikipedia}}</ref> |
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Cst. Klassen was suspended with pay for 30 days pending criminal charges to be laid and was subsequently dismissed from his part-time job at the [[Justice Institute of British Columbia]] as a [[use of force]] instructor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=1224420|title=B.C. officer dismissed from teaching job}}</ref> |
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of information about two police officers who had been convicted of assault and possession of stolen property after making a racial attack against a newspaper deliveryman in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=312b750a-50da-43d7-87eb-80eb6cb6e6b6|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109035940/http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=312b750a-50da-43d7-87eb-80eb6cb6e6b6|url-status=dead|title=Vancouver police officers face robbery, assault charges|archivedate=November 9, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=1224420|title=B.C. officer dismissed from teaching job}}</ref><ref>[http://news.sympatico.msn.cbc.ca/abc/Local/BC/ContentPosting?isfa=1&newsitemid=vancouver-bc-vancouver-police-assault-charges-laid&feedname=CBC_LOCALNEWS Charges laid in downtown Vancouver police assault]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.news1130.com/news/local/more.jsp?content=20090227_200855_5436|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308205340/http://www.news1130.com/news/local/more.jsp?content=20090227_200855_5436|url-status=dead|title=New Westminster cop faces new charge following downtown attack|archivedate=March 8, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/Officer+charged+assault+stripped/1335532/story.html|title=Officer charged in assault stripped of pay}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/officer-convicted-in-beating-quits-new-west-force-1.1292393|title=Officer convicted in beating quits New West force}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nwpolice.org/blog/2012/05/07/nwpd-statement-on-the-resignation-of-former-constable-jeff-klassen/|title=NWPD Statement On The Resignation Of Former Constable Jeff Klassen}}</ref> |
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A spokesman for the department said that the department's "communications team" had made the attempt to remove the material.{{r|Godfrey}} |
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On January 28, 2009, Crown Counsel approved one count of assault against Cst. Klassen and one count of robbery against Cst. Gillan.<ref>[http://news.sympatico.msn.cbc.ca/abc/Local/BC/ContentPosting?isfa=1&newsitemid=vancouver-bc-vancouver-police-assault-charges-laid&feedname=CBC_LOCALNEWS Charges laid in downtown Vancouver police assault]</ref> On February 27, 2009, a new charge of possession of stolen property was laid against Cst. Klassen and the [[police board]] decided to take him off payroll.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.news1130.com/news/local/more.jsp?content=20090227_200855_5436|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308205340/http://www.news1130.com/news/local/more.jsp?content=20090227_200855_5436|url-status=dead|title=New Westminster cop faces new charge following downtown attack|archivedate=March 8, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/Officer+charged+assault+stripped/1335532/story.html|title=Officer charged in assault stripped of pay}}</ref> |
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On April 5, 2011, a Vancouver provincial court judge found Cst. Klassen guilty of assault, and two weeks later he lost his pay. Just over a year later, on May 7, 2012, the NWPD announced it had accepted Cst. Klassen's resignation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/officer-convicted-in-beating-quits-new-west-force-1.1292393|title=Officer convicted in beating quits New West force}}</ref> Cst. Klassen's sentence amounted to a [[conditional discharge]] with a one-year probation order, and his resignation ended with no severance or financial incentives.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nwpolice.org/blog/2012/05/07/nwpd-statement-on-the-resignation-of-former-constable-jeff-klassen/|title=NWPD Statement On The Resignation Of Former Constable Jeff Klassen}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 13:21, 19 September 2020
| New Westminster Police Department | |
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| Heraldic badge of the NWPD Heraldic badge of the NWPD | |
| 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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| Website | |
| http://www.nwpolice.org | |
The New Westminster Police Department (NWPD) is the police force for the City of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.
The force was created in 1873 when the city council hired Jonathan Morey, a former sergeant with the Royal Engineers, Columbia detachment, who stayed behind after the detachment was disbanded in 1863. Prior to that, New Westminster was policed by ad hoc temporary appointments of members of the community to act as magistrates. The British Columbia Provincial Police also policed the city a few years before the NWPD was formed. The force now has around one hundred members. Key events that affected the development of the city's police department include the Great Fire of 1898, a Bank of Montreal theft in 1911, and the introduction of new policing technologies, such as two-way radio patrol cars in 1935, and the installation of laptop computers in 1997.[3] The police station is located at 6th and Columbia streets at 555 Columbia.
Attempt to censor Wikipedia article
In September 2019, a Wikipedia user account operated by someone at the New Westminster Police Department was blocked by Wikipedia administrators after attempting to purge the department's Wikipedia article[4] of information about two police officers who had been convicted of assault and possession of stolen property after making a racial attack against a newspaper deliveryman in 2009.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11] A spokesman for the department said that the department's "communications team" had made the attempt to remove the material.[4]
See also
- Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia
- E-Comm, 9-1-1 call and dispatch centre for southwestern BC
References
- ^ https://www.newwestcity.ca/database/files/library/Draft_2020___2024_Financial_Plan.pdf
- ^ [1]
- ^ Ted Usher, "A Brief History of the New Westminster Police," Retrieved 4 July 2007.
- ^ a b Godfrey, Dustin. "New West cops blocked in attempt to scrub off-duty assault from Wikipedia".
- ^ "Vancouver police officers face robbery, assault charges". Archived from the original on November 9, 2012.
- ^ "B.C. officer dismissed from teaching job".
- ^ Charges laid in downtown Vancouver police assault
- ^ "New Westminster cop faces new charge following downtown attack". Archived from the original on March 8, 2012.
- ^ "Officer charged in assault stripped of pay".
- ^ "Officer convicted in beating quits New West force".
- ^ "NWPD Statement On The Resignation Of Former Constable Jeff Klassen".