@VanPoliceBoard Is a useless quango of ruling elites and special interests of no electoral value that do nothing more than undermine the position of the Mayor under the charter, be more worth having 1 ind. elected as Commissioner. https://vancouver.ca/police/policeboard/Mandate.htm … #vanpoli #buday4vancouver
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To extend this tweet, the Police Act Suggests the Board, “if any,” isn’t actually required, more allowed. Allowed if you want to reward supports and such things. Either way the City of Vancouver and like municipalities would be exempt on the ground the charter gives a fiat responsibility to the Mayor, rendering such a board just a useless back slap to politically reliable members of the community. To enforce law for government of city which isn’t the best of wording, but clear. Does it really need Government in there, it rather goes without saying, it isn’t enforcing any natural laws. Well, yet.
A sad amount of ministerial dictatorship is involved too.
