"Remember when council voted to hire 24 officers instead of 26? What if we did 26." Motion failed, with only Alto and Gardiner backing. I saw Manak isn't going to run for mayor. Good, but Alto has staked out the pro-police line anyway. There's room for a progressive candidate, hopefully!
Sometimes we can have nice things
#DefundvicPD #yyj
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Residents like this? We know that a majority of submissions during the budget did not - so where is Coleman getting this information?
The VicPD really wants your feedback through this public survey. That’s why the survey is open for a total of…3 days… cheknews.ca/vicpd-launch... #DefundVicPD #yyj
Next we will paying for officers to attend training on how to write AI prompts. ⬇️🚨
a digital illustration in the style of a relief print depicting a black cat in a defensive pose holding a torn and tattered transgender pride flag in its mouth as it looks directly towards the viewer. the background is purple with some specks of blue and pink showing through, and behind the cat is a black midground resembling grass or flames. the top right corner features a box with a caption reading "T.D.O.V."
DON'T LET THE BASTARDS GET YOU DOWN 🏳️⚧️
#art #tdov #transart
VicPD announces they "will no longer provide traffic control or related police resources for the street portion" of weekly marches for Palestine in #yyj
VicPD stopping "to protect the health and well‑being of its officers."
This topic comes up in criticism of VicPD's budget. Not touched on here.
Stand in solidarity with the anti-fascist #NOKINGS demonstrations throughout the United States. Rally & march - Sat March 28th, Noon, Centennial Square #VictoriaBC. More details on FB www.facebook.com/events/26304... #yyj
Post from @defundvicpd.bsky.social on the International Day Against Police Brutality. "The police do not prevent or resolve violence, but rather they cause it. Many of VicPD’s responses to incidents include violence or the threat of violence." defundvicpd.org/2026/03/15/i... #yyj
“Whether you write in to council, organize with your local PAC against police in schools, organize abolitionist book clubs, events, or gatherings, your involvement helps to progress this community movement forward.”
defundvicpd.org/2026/03/15/i... #yyj #defundVicpd
Former top cop Del Manak for Mayor? No thanks!
That’s literally your job Marg. People elected you to make decisions, not the cops #DefundVicPD #yyj
Right now the city’s draft budget includes a 7.28% property tax increase:
🚔 5.06% of the increase = what VicPD is demanding, and what the city is prepared to give them
🏙️ 2.22% of the increase = everything else in the city budget
#yyj #DefundVicPD
Wins & updates from Victoria’s budget discussions, March 3, 2026: defundvicpd.org/2026/03/05/w... #yyj #defundVicPD
This is exactly the type of thing council should be doing, taking away $200k that would have gone to the police budget increase and funding rent supplements. Great! But as of now, the draft budget would still give VicPD 24 new officers (4 forced by the province) and an $11M budget lift to $90M. #yyj
Councillor Hammond hears from people daily that they want more police. I guess we need to email him more.
Loughton contd: Hearing consistent message from residents and neighbourhood associations with concerns that too much $ on symptoms of problem and not on the solutions. Our budget is heavily weighted to downstream right now, not enough on causes of crises.
Alto asks staff where we're at now.
Staff: Assuming the police number is confirmed and the math is correct, we are at 7.28% tax lift. Police portion is 5.06%, with City at 2.22%.
Now that Council's adjourned, I'll say here what I didn't say out loud: any criticism of what's being called the "defund the police" movement WITHOUT mentioning the murder of George Floyd as its catalyst is willful negligence on the part of anybody who has a public platform. Ahistorical bullshit.
Re-upping this to encourage people to flip back and forth between the images, so you can see how much more VicPD is redacting compared to just one year before. They are withholding far, far more information than they used to, making it increasingly hard to subject them to scrutiny through FOI. #yyj
Can’t stress enough that it’s actually extremely economically beneficial for everybody in a community if fewer people overdose and die
“It serves VicPD’s interests, not the public’s, to release text justifying their officers’ actions, while not releasing any text about what they did.” #DefundVicPD #yyj www.needsmorespikes.com/blog/vicpd-s...
VicPD asks for even more money, but 98% of submissions to the city oppose increase defundvicpd.org/2026/02/21/w... #yyj #deFundVicpd
This location is absolutely baffling
If anyone has ever heard of a police training centre in downtown retail/hospitality space in any other city please let me know
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Wilson: talking about community safety and well-being plan drafted by city, police, business groups etc. "Vicpd is one part of that broader well-being framework." (then rattles off a list of things police keep saying they don't want to be involved in, but which they insert themselves into)
There’s a #vicpdboard meeting at 5:00 pm. Will follow along. They didn’t post their agenda in advance (they’ve met that legal requirement 1/3 of the time). Things they may discuss: increasing their 2026 budget request; no charges for officer who shot and killed a man in 2021 without warning. #yyj 🧵
VicPD asks for even more money, but 98% of submissions to the city oppose increase defundvicpd.org/2026/02/21/w... #yyj #deFundVicpd
You made your voices heard folks, way to go! Keep it up: DefundVicPD.org #yyj #Defundvicpd
Stream 1 highlights
1. police budget increase, with 98% of 208 mentions opposed
2. housing initiatives, with 99% of 106 mentions support
3. property tax increase, with 98% of 89 mentions opposed
4. arts, culture, events decrease with 99% of 76 mentions opposed