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Transit Police look to UK for new hires
Vancouver/CKNW(AM980)
Janet Brown | Email news tips to Janet
2/2/2013

Metro Vancouver Transit Police are looking offshore to fill at least a half dozen vacancies.
 
The search will be focused on officers in the United Kingdom who have transit police experience.

Transit Police spokesperson Anne Drennan says there's a lot of competition among all police detachments to find suitable new hires.

"Both municipal departments and the RCMP all across the country are dealing with the same pool of applicants and it is a finite pool so it can be very challenging for all departments to try and fill the spots they have vacant."

Transit police are tweeting the opportunity: "You'll receive excellent pay and benefits - you won't be disappointed!"

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  1. velcro posted on 02/02/2013 06:49 AM
    Why can't we hire locally?
    What happened to training people and hiring in your local community first?
    Get rid of the communist, corporate-controlled Liberals
    Vote NDP, time to clean-up BC
    1. bctaxpayer posted on 02/02/2013 08:48 AM
      @velcro You are so right,we must get rid of the useless BC lie berals.
    2. commonsense posted on 02/02/2013 11:27 PM
      @velcro You called the Liberals communist!?!? Sorry, they're not commies. Nice try, but they just aren't.
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  2. RonE_1902 posted on 02/02/2013 07:11 AM
    What a lame excuse.

    Hire Canadians, the applicant pool is not that small.

    Amazing that other professional can not come here to work but this crew wanted not to hire Canadian.
  3. bctaxpayer posted on 02/02/2013 07:39 AM
    Is this part of risky Clark's BC family first motto?????????????????
    1. cherylb_2696 posted on 02/02/2013 07:49 AM
      @bctaxpayer No, it's part of the BC Jobs Plan.
    2. cherylb_2696 posted on 02/02/2013 07:49 AM
      @bctaxpayer No, it's part of the BC Jobs Plan.
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  4. RegA [deleted] posted on 02/02/2013 07:45 AM
    You have to be kidding? This a great idea, if you want a few more union shit disturbers. Or? Maybe it is the odour of nepotism? The transit screws are useless now, why add more uselessnessitivity?
  5. ChrisM_18 posted on 02/02/2013 07:47 AM
    What am I missing here- they are looking to hire transit cops. - not real cops !!!

    This is an entry level position requiring just slightly more capability than a mall cop !!!!


    How Translink ever got the idea that they had to hire ex-cops and pay them $100k per year is. Beyond me
    1. MicahC posted on 02/02/2013 09:09 AM
      @ChrisM_18 Sometimes I agree with you and sometimes I don't.

      This time I think you have typed without knowing what the transit police do. I hope you are not mistaking transit police for transit security.

      Transit police complete the same training as Vancouver, Victoria, Delta and I'm sure other police departments through the Justice Institute.

      Transit police investigate real crimes, deal with sudden deaths, take complaints from the public and go to court just as any other front line police officer does.

      If the public do not want policing on the skytrain line, that can be debated however there is nothing not real about Transit police.
    2. RonE_1902 posted on 02/02/2013 09:44 AM
      @ChrisM_18 You are correct, Quasi-Cops" they are, but still should be hired from the Canadian gene pool.
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  6. commonsense posted on 02/02/2013 08:38 AM
    Did they asked Ken280 for permission? We must have qualified individuals with transit authority experience here in BC.
    1. Ken280 posted on 02/03/2013 10:22 AM
      @commonsense They did but it was stacked with too many Liberal/cons of the coalition and did not want to hire Canadians, they want to starve out so we Canadians will work for food.Tonight on CBC Those of the right leaning should see the piece on what you right winged Zealots are doing to the future of Canadian kids, if you are real responsible have a look! Then hang your head in shame,it has been you guys of the Liberal/cons of the coalition/The new Conservative/Communist of the coalition , that led us down this garden path.Go NDP Go
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  7. SpiltB posted on 02/02/2013 09:16 AM
    What is transit police experience? Is that like being able to walk on and off a skytrain. Know where the closest Tim Hortons is at all times. What exactly are they looking for?
    1. bctaxpayer posted on 02/02/2013 09:23 AM
      @SpiltB So true.
    2. Ken280 posted on 02/03/2013 10:35 AM
      @SpiltB Pan handlers! You can blow smoke from anything illegal and spit and swear and intimidate other Translink user's. yesterday I was on Skytrain Millennium line at Lougheed Town Centre around 4pm, the cops and security were busy 8 of them on both ends of the platform 2cops and 2 security.The $2.75 ticket is big, big crime in the transit zone.Then the Liberal/con of the coalition have the cops working for them! you can find that on Alex the rebel with a cause!Alex G. Tsakumis - Rebel With A Clause
      alexgtsakumis.com/2 days ago – Alex G. Tsakumis, political columnist and analyst, offers his insight on the world of politics. ... the REAL Adrian Dix, and the RCMP's TARGETED Attack on Glen Clark ... by the BC Liberals about the infamous Dix memo, I received a polite ... I never agreed with this, and have maintained all along the key is the ...Go NDP Go
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  8. SD_2792 posted on 02/02/2013 09:35 AM
    This is a head shaker. First we can't find miners except in China, now police officers from England? This reminds me of when they recruited a bunch of mechanics from Jamaica a few years ago. While thousands in Canada and the US were being laid off, apparently they could only find mechanics in Jamaica. I also wonder if the Jamaicans were included in the layoff of mechanics in the fall.

    The tweet adds "you won't be disappointed", true until budget issues force you to be laid off in 3 years.
  9. RonE_1902 posted on 02/02/2013 09:48 AM
    The real problem is those who are not Transit Police that should stay retired and double dipping aspire to join a true police agency.

    Perhaps the Mexican federal Police might be next on their list.
  10. RonE_1902 posted on 02/02/2013 09:50 AM
    Constable Anne Drennan is a prime example of a double dipper, and an old flogger from the VPD.
  11. velcro posted on 02/02/2013 10:21 AM
    Gordon Campbell is the High Commissioner of Canada
    in the United Kingdom.
    Do you think that it was a conicidence they chose the UK? I don't think so.
    It sounds like Gordon Campbell is still running our province from affar.
    The Liberals are so CORRUPT it's not funny
    1. bctaxpayer posted on 02/02/2013 10:48 AM
      @velcro You got that right.
  12. AndreaK_5056 posted on 02/02/2013 10:48 AM
    That's great, my 21 year old, BC born & raised son can't find a job, but let's hire Chinese miners and UK "police" officers. How about training my son and giving him one of these overpaid "police" officer jobs? Heck, he'd settle for getting a job at a fast food place for now but they only ever seem to hire south Asians.
    1. BY_7463 posted on 02/02/2013 11:42 AM
      @AndreaK_5056 Andrea. Unforunatly since the mid 1960' we have let our country go by the way side and down hill. And this is what we are now reaping. It's so sad.
    2. RoseH_1028 posted on 02/02/2013 04:53 PM
      @AndreaK_5056 Has your son applied to get into the RCMP or the police academy. "How about training my son". What does that mean? Has your son tried to get some education or is he waiting for someone to take his hand and lead him. The reason they hire south South Asians is that they have a work ethic. Have you noticed how financially well off a lot of them are and have not been in our country for very long. They don't wait for handouts.
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  13. joes_2868 posted on 02/02/2013 10:57 AM
    bctaxpayer: So little time left to get that 49% plus of the popular vote!
    1. bctaxpayer posted on 02/02/2013 12:18 PM
      @joes_2868 Yes but I work on cost plus 10 percent that gives me 59 not bad.
    2. Ken280 posted on 02/03/2013 10:53 AM
      @joes_2868 That's is all you can say Thumper Joe! and hope
      The vice-president of the B.C. Liberal Party is under investigation for failing to register as a lobbyist before contacting provincial government officials, including Jobs Minister Pat Bell, on behalf of a controversial Chinese investor.
      The Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists in British Columbia said it is investigating whether Bill Belsey violated provincial lobbying regulations by working as an agent for Chinese businessman Ni Ritao and his companies, including Sun Wave Forest Products, the former owner of the Skeena Cellulose pulp mill in Prince Rupert.Go NDP Go
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  14. joes_2868 posted on 02/02/2013 11:04 AM
    Commonsense: Right on in regards to Ken280!
  15. StephenG_3 posted on 02/02/2013 11:51 AM
    We should be hiring locally and not importing so called off shore folks.
    1. UnemployedinBC posted on 02/02/2013 06:22 PM
      @StephenG_3 Well just for your info this hiring does fit right in with #bcjobsplan #workbc and even the ITA. The four target groups with the BC jobs Plan are youth, women, aboriginal and immigrant. UK policemen would fall under immigrant, so they fit right in to the grand scheme of WorK BC and BC Jobs plan. After all the Liberals are advertising jobs IN British Columbia not jobs FOR British Columbia.
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  16. michael_4092 posted on 02/02/2013 12:11 PM
    This story is disgusting!!!!!
  17. joes_2868 posted on 02/02/2013 01:05 PM
    bctaxpayer: That's you and not the NDP.
    1. bctaxpayer posted on 02/03/2013 12:14 PM
      @joes_2868 The corrupt BC lie berals are complaining because they are so corrupt.
    2. bctaxpayer posted on 02/03/2013 12:14 PM
      @joes_2868 The corrupt BC lie berals are complaining because they are so corrupt.
  18. BOBF_5970 posted on 02/02/2013 01:28 PM
    WTF....you can't tell us there is no one with experience in the local area. there must be ex-cops looking for a cushiony $100,00 / year checking for fare evaders. who in their right mind came up with this outragues wage for checking for fare tickets ? . i do hope that once the faregates get installed that the quanitity of cops gets scutinized.
  19. LeonW posted on 02/02/2013 06:04 PM
    Looks like Translink wants to get in on the Temporary Worker Scam. You can pay the workers 15 per cent less and you own them because their visa is tied to their job. Bollocks! If you put out a call for officers you'd get HUNDREDS of applications.
  20. AlexK posted on 02/03/2013 02:08 PM
    Holy crap ,,,really ? I sorta got the hiring of retired cops at first due to getting some experience on the new force but now they can certainly find some local talent ! Nothing suprises me in this province , born and raised I can not believe the amount of immigrant labour that has pooled into this province and helped the Liberals keep the wages down for their rich buddies. Nothing against planned immigration but look around. The right wingers always say business can not find labour but what they really mean is business can not find labour the will work for the paltry wages they expect to pay. Hence bring in more workers.
  21. joes_2868 posted on 02/03/2013 03:20 PM
    The three people that believe their hip pockets are the most important in life will be applying for the job openings.
    They will be Ken280, the readers consultant with a briefcase 50 miles away from home, bctaxpayer, and the Mr. Ego himself, taxed to death, who cannot sleep properly if he cannot be the centre of attention in all of B.C.

    FORMER NDP STOOGES WERE GLEN CLARK, DAN MILLER, AND UJJAL DOSANJH.
    TODAY THE THREE STOOGES ARE KEN280, THE READERS CONSULTANT WITH A BRIEFCASE 50 MILES AWAY FROM HOME, BCTAXPAYER, AND MR. CENTRE OF ATTENTION, TAXED TO DEATH.
  22. FrankM_7944 posted on 02/04/2013 08:41 AM
    We have a BC Justice Institue for training, this is a disgrace!

    How hard can it be to train a ticket checker! Paid over a hundred grand a year to check tickets.

    Transit Police do NOT take 911 calls!! Someone from the media check it out, call 911 and ask!!
  23. FrankM_7944 posted on 02/04/2013 09:03 AM
    @
    Transit cops do NOT take 911 calls, as they have the highest paid dispatchers in Canada that are NOT trained on 911. Check it out for yourself; wages from accross Canada are clearly published.

    On Skytrain or a Bus, call 911; "what city please"
    "I am on Skytrain, nearing Metro Town, guess who attends BURNABY RCMP! I am on Skytrain nearing Waterfront Station, guess who this time VPD!

    And imagine if you had to wait for them to attend to your crime on Skytrain; if they are travelling on transit, (like they are supposed to be), it would take too much time to travel to the crime scene!

    Transit Cops pass off the serious files to VPD, RCMP, New West, ect. They are over-paid ticket checkers, PERIOD,
  24. speakup posted on 02/04/2013 12:17 PM
    the tweet is sweet - 'you won;t be disappointed'
    BUT I think WE (BC TAX PAYERS) we sorely be DISAPPOINTED!

    BC Jobs??????
    Does the B include all British??
    UNREAL - all this GROWTH and NO PEOPLE that can be employed here

    Not like transit police (or otherwise) need much more than a power tripping bad attiude - certainly we have may of those here
    and what we don;t have can be trained and brain washed right here
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