Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The New Westminster Police Department (NWPD) is the police force for the City of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.The force was created in 1873 when the city council hired Jonathan Morey, a former sergeant with the Royal Engineers, Columbia detachment who stayed behind after the detachment was disbanded in 1863. Prior to that, New Westminster was policed by ad hoc temporary appointments of members of the community to act as magistrates. The British Columbia Provincial Police also policed the city a few years before the NWPD was formed. The force now has around one hundred members. Key events that affected the development of the city's police department include the Great Fire of 1898, a Bank of Montreal theft in 1911, and the introduction of new policing technologies, such as two-way radio patrol cars in 1935, and the installation of laptop computers in 1997. The Chief Constable is Dave Jones. The other senior managers are Deputy Chief Constable Laurin Stenerson, Inspector Doug Walcott, Inspector Phil Eastwood, Inspector Dave Jansen, and Comptroller Mark Wilson. The police station is located at 6th and Columbia Streets at 555 Columbia, which includes a police museum.. }
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- New_Westminster_Police_Department abstract "The New Westminster Police Department (NWPD) is the police force for the City of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.The force was created in 1873 when the city council hired Jonathan Morey, a former sergeant with the Royal Engineers, Columbia detachment who stayed behind after the detachment was disbanded in 1863. Prior to that, New Westminster was policed by ad hoc temporary appointments of members of the community to act as magistrates. The British Columbia Provincial Police also policed the city a few years before the NWPD was formed. The force now has around one hundred members. Key events that affected the development of the city's police department include the Great Fire of 1898, a Bank of Montreal theft in 1911, and the introduction of new policing technologies, such as two-way radio patrol cars in 1935, and the installation of laptop computers in 1997. The Chief Constable is Dave Jones. The other senior managers are Deputy Chief Constable Laurin Stenerson, Inspector Doug Walcott, Inspector Phil Eastwood, Inspector Dave Jansen, and Comptroller Mark Wilson. The police station is located at 6th and Columbia Streets at 555 Columbia, which includes a police museum.".