West Vancouver police receive more than $18k in cash gifts
20.05.12
More than $18,000 in private cash donations were made to the West Vancouver Police Department last year — with money being second only to Purdy's Chocolates as the most frequently given gift to West Van cops.
That's according to a brief provided to the West Vancouver police board detailing roadside and over-the-counter charitable donations made to the department in 2011.
West Van police chief Peter Lepine told Thursday's police board meeting that his department was making the donations public to show "that number one, we can't be bribed. And secondly, that nobody gets off with a criminal charge because they can buy a box of chocolates or a case of booze and hand it to the local police officer and expect to walk away."
In total, six cash donations totalling $18,687.18 were made to the department last year, ranging from $200 given by the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, to $2,000 from a West Van resident, to $10,000 from the West Vancouver Community Foundation.
Source: North Shore Outlook