Vancouver Blue by Wayne Cope

Author:Wayne Cope
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Vancouver Police Department, policeman, dog squad, unsolved homicides
ISBN: 9781550177008
Publisher: Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd.
Published: 2015-04-25T00:00:00+00:00

In 1993 I was elected president of the Vancouver Police Detective Association.

In 1993 I was elected president of the Vancouver Police Detective Association. The majority of voting members were Homicide Squad detectives. There were thirty-four candidates in the 1993 Sergeant’s Promotional Competition, though it was anticipated there would be only one or two—perhaps three—promotions. The following is a summary of my speech to the Promotional Panel:

In your average detective squad or police team consisting of ten officers, two of them don’t actually accomplish anything. One, the idiot, has already been accounted for. The second officer is for any number of reasons unable to take an investigation to its logical conclusion, which is the conviction of a suspect. Conventional wisdom would be to put the underperformers with more highly motivated officers in an effort to improve productivity. My preference is to put the two together, so when there is a problem, I would usually know where to look. My reasoning is that at least when they are together, they won’t be poisoning the efforts of a more dynamic officer.

Four of the officers on the squad will be competent and do the job as required. To these solid professionals, I would offer support, assistance and every level of motivation in an effort to move them to a higher level of productivity. Two or three are senior dedicated officers who will do far more than is expected or required. To these Type A personalities, I would pretty much offer support and maintain control but stay out of their way.

The remaining one or two are “type double A” and are churning through quality investigations, arrests and convictions on the way to Strike Force, Homicide and Robbery or promotion. These one or two are “rainmakers” and are usually accountable for 70 percent or more of the measurable work done by the squad. My observation has been that the rainmakers require close scrutiny and supervision because their extraordinary performance comes at a cost. They sometimes allow hubris to take them very close to the edge of acceptable practice and sometimes beyond.

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