Police board

Police boards may be required by government regulation, as they are in most of Canada, or they may be voluntarily formed by individual municipalities.

Board members are selected from a variety of backgrounds and are usually appointed for one or two year terms.

Police departments may be amalgamated at the discretion of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General.

Enhanced "professional response, crime prevention and investigation in both communities" were cited as the reasons for the amalgamation.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are contracted to provide municipal policing to 59 British Columbia municipalities including Surrey, Burnaby, Kelowna, Prince George, Kamloops and Nanaimo.

[4] The Board is composed of nine members, each of whom is appointed by the City's Mayor, and is responsible for nominating candidates for the position of Superintendent to the Mayor, adopting rules and regulations for the department, and handling some disciplinary cases.