US EditionNew Police Chief Takes Charge in Victoria
Fiona Wilson brings over 25 years of policing experience to VicPD, focusing on community trust and addressing social challenges in her new role as chief.
- During a changing of command ceremony Thursday at Government House, Victoria, British Columbia, Fiona Wilson officially took command from Del Manak, and the event was livestreamed to the public.
- Del Manak is retiring after a 35-year policing career, including 32 years with the Victoria Police Department, during which he led through COVID-19 and housing and drug crises.
- Wilson brings decades of Vancouver policing experience, spending roughly 26–27 years at the Vancouver Police Department and serving as deputy chief before joining VicPD.
- Wilson will oversee the Victoria Police Department with priorities including vandalism, shoplifting and homelessness on Pandora Avenue, applying her experience to address these challenges.
- As the first woman to lead VicPD, Fiona Wilson said `That milestone matters, because representation matters` in the Victoria Police Department's 167-year history.
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New Victoria police chief to apply lessons from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
VICTORIA — Victoria's new police chief Fiona Wilson says she faces "a very, very steep learning curve" in her new post after almost 27 years with the Vancouver Police Department, where she rose to deputy chief constable.
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St Catharines StandardVictoria’s new police chief says she will apply lessons from Vancouver
VICTORIA - Victoria's new police chief, Fiona Wilson, says she will apply lessons from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside to the most downtrodden community in the provincial capital, but acknowledges she still has much to learn about her new post.
Victoria's new police chief says she will apply lessons from Vancouver – Energeticcity.ca
VICTORIA — Victoria’s new police chief, Fiona Wilson, says she will apply lessons from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside to the most downtrodden community in the provincial capital, but acknowledges she still has much to learn about her new post. Wilson says a personal tour of Victoria’s Pandora Avenue has reminded her “a lot of some of the challenges” she has witnessed as an officer working in the Vancouver neighbourhood grappling with homelessness…
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