British Columbia Patches

BC Police Departments: All agencies with provincial Police Authority; subfolders: 2 and albums: 19

BC Aboriginal Police, Enforcement and Patrols: All First Nations Police and Enforcement Agencies, including community patrols. First Nations Administered Police Services (FNAPS) There are two First Nations Administered Policing Services (FNAPS) in British Columbia: Stl’atl’imx Tribal Police and Kitasoo-Xaixais Public Safety Department. Two others, Tsewulton and Ditidaht First Nation Public Safety and Policing Services, closed in 2000 and 2004 respectively. Each of these police services is modelled on the structure of an independent municipal police department, with governance provided by a police board whose members are selected from the communities served. Police officers recruited by the police boards are either experienced officers or graduates from the Police Academy of the Justice Institute of B.C. All officers are appointed under the Police Act. In 2006 the two FNAPS had a total of 12 police officers....; albums: 7

BC Provincial Enforcement: Conservation, Commercial Vehicle Enforcement, etc; albums: 14

BC Municipal Jail Guards: Many communities in BC contract the RCMP to provide police services. The RCMP in turn is provided with civic employees who are responsible for prisoner guard services within the detachments.; albums: 2

BC Campus Protection and Patrols: University and Educational Institution Protective Services; albums: 4

BC Security Agencies: Private, in house and contract security companies.; albums: 7