Defund VicPD
@defundvicpd.bsky.social
Calling for defunding the Victoria Police Department (VicPD) and reallocating resources to community supports and services.
On the traditional territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən Peoples.
🌐 DefundVicPD.org
On the traditional territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən Peoples.
🌐 DefundVicPD.org
Reposted by Defund VicPD
VicPD already has the third-most officers per capita in the country, but they're trying to make the city hire 25 more. They also want $10,000 per new hire to buy new police cars. The average VicPD officer made $156,000 in 2024.
November 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
VicPD already has the third-most officers per capita in the country, but they're trying to make the city hire 25 more. They also want $10,000 per new hire to buy new police cars. The average VicPD officer made $156,000 in 2024.
Reposted by Defund VicPD
VicPD wants another $11 million in 2026. That could pay for all the city's proposed cuts. Or for housing. Victoria councillors will be talking about the police budget on November 20th. Tell them you don't want 25 more police officers and $90 million spent on police!
November 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
VicPD wants another $11 million in 2026. That could pay for all the city's proposed cuts. Or for housing. Victoria councillors will be talking about the police budget on November 20th. Tell them you don't want 25 more police officers and $90 million spent on police!
Reposted by Defund VicPD
Here we can see VicPD has more officers per capita than 82% of U.S. police departments, for cities with over 100,000 people. 100,000 people is a cut-off Statistics Canada uses when reporting on police data, so I've replicated that here for comparison.
![Yellow background with black font. VicPD has more officers per capita than 82% of U.S. police departments. More than: [List of hundreds of U.S. jurisdictions]
Sources: Statistics Canada, "Police personnel and selected crime statistics, municipal police services," 2023.
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Law Enforcement Employees Data, 2023. Cities with population over 100,000.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x2ojtemkdgeywq2ua6fx7gcu/bafkreiayimcb3dce2g5ykyuhjqoppu3ncrwwchus4nylve7ry5gyvqsncu@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Here we can see VicPD has more officers per capita than 82% of U.S. police departments, for cities with over 100,000 people. 100,000 people is a cut-off Statistics Canada uses when reporting on police data, so I've replicated that here for comparison.
And send an email, too! (If you can - ideas on our website: defundvicpd.org)
November 13, 2025 at 4:26 AM
And send an email, too! (If you can - ideas on our website: defundvicpd.org)
VicPD gets $6 million more for its operations than the city spends on all of these services *combined*
Parks
Victoria Fire Department
Libraries
Non-profit grants
Projects to meet housing targets
Arts, culture and events
Affordable housing grants
But it’s not enough for Adam!
Parks
Victoria Fire Department
Libraries
Non-profit grants
Projects to meet housing targets
Arts, culture and events
Affordable housing grants
But it’s not enough for Adam!
November 13, 2025 at 4:25 AM
VicPD gets $6 million more for its operations than the city spends on all of these services *combined*
Parks
Victoria Fire Department
Libraries
Non-profit grants
Projects to meet housing targets
Arts, culture and events
Affordable housing grants
But it’s not enough for Adam!
Parks
Victoria Fire Department
Libraries
Non-profit grants
Projects to meet housing targets
Arts, culture and events
Affordable housing grants
But it’s not enough for Adam!
Reposted by Defund VicPD
187 questions public safety of hyper militarized police. BIPOC don’t feel safe. 192: Tamiko Suzuki. Senior, owns home on west side. Devastated by this. Food security, green space, retrofits are concerns. Climate change just ramping up. Homeless increasing. Studies show basic needs bring down crime
November 13, 2025 at 4:12 AM
187 questions public safety of hyper militarized police. BIPOC don’t feel safe. 192: Tamiko Suzuki. Senior, owns home on west side. Devastated by this. Food security, green space, retrofits are concerns. Climate change just ramping up. Homeless increasing. Studies show basic needs bring down crime
Reposted by Defund VicPD
K. I’m back. Speaker 186 says everyone she talks to us against this. Talks about how hard it is to register child in sports. Doesn’t have a yard. We will suffer from this. Only police won’t suffer. I live in DTES and never felt unsafe. Had to explain to kids why some people don’t have homes.
November 13, 2025 at 4:12 AM
K. I’m back. Speaker 186 says everyone she talks to us against this. Talks about how hard it is to register child in sports. Doesn’t have a yard. We will suffer from this. Only police won’t suffer. I live in DTES and never felt unsafe. Had to explain to kids why some people don’t have homes.