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BCCPA Board of Directors


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The BC Crime Prevention Association is a provincially registered society and federally registered charity. Voting members comprise corporations, small businesses, non-profit groups, police services, municipalities and individuals.

The Association is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors elected at the Annual General Meeting held each fall. The Board of Directors comprises fifteen directors, with no fewer than seven directors elected from each of the police and volunteer/business sector. This mix of police and community interest on the Board provides for a balanced approach to crime prevention issues.

The bylaws of the Association stipulate that each director shall hold office for a term of two years with half of the directors retiring from office on alternate years. This provides for continuity of business for the Association and the opportunity for experienced directors to mentor those new to the board.

At the first meeting of the Board of Directors following the Annual General Meeting, the directors elect the executive comprised of president, 1st and 2nd vice-president, secretary and/or treasurer. In addition, the Past President sits on the executive committee.

As the BC Crime Prevention Association is a provincial body, to provide representation from throughout the province, ten non-voting Regional Associate Directors are appointed by the Board of Directors. The Regional Associate Directors act as liaisons between the Board and local communities by:
· attending local community forums and training events as a representative of BCCPA,
· promoting BCCPA locally through distribution of printed materials
· assisting with training workshops locally where appropriate

 

Introducing our 2011/2012 BCCPA Board of Directors


President:
Sgt. Rob Smith
Rob is a member of the Oak Bay Police Department and has been a police officer for the last 10 years having started his career with the RCMP. As the Crime Prevention Officer, he quickly began to value the work of the BCCPA, becoming involved as a Regional Associate Director and now as a director.
  
1st Vice President: Shelley Cole brings twelve years experience in crime prevention with the New Westminster Police.  Shelley is a certified Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) practitioner with a diploma in Criminology. She has worked with Simon Fraser University on a research study of youth violence, is a graduate of Leadership Vancouver, and has considerable training in crime reduction and prevention strategies. Currently Executive Director of the New Westminster Community Policing Committee, and one of two designated provincial coordinators for the Crime Free Multi-Housing Program; she brings with her diverse experiences. Over the years, Shelley has won three awards for her work in the community with crime reduction strategies, and she thoroughly enjoys working with BCCPA and wants to be part of their growth in the province. 		 
2nd Vice President:  
Cst. Pat Patterson has over sixteen years of policing experience from Vancouver, Abbotsford and Great Britain . He is recognised as one of the Certified Provincial Trainers for all of the International Crime Free Programs.  Pat is one of the two designated provincial coordinators for the Crime Free Multi-Housing Program in B.C.  Having spent a number of years working with partners in the Community Policing, he now works on a Traffic Enforcement Unit in Abbotsford.  In recent years has become certified as a Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) practitioner and has considerable training in crime reduction and prevention strategies. Over the years, Pat has won four awards for his work with the community and conducted training in many Crime Prevention Programs, in both Europe and North America . 		  Treasurer:
Colleen Staresina has been involved in Crime Prevention since 1995. She is employed as a Crime Prevention Programs Coordinator with Surrey RCMP in City Centre/Whalley where she enjoys coordinating Block Watch, doing presentations on various Crime Prevention subjects and problem solving in neighborhoods. She is also the President of Block Watch Society of BC and a consultant for BC Citizens Patrol Network. Colleen was formerly a staff member at BCCPA and is eager to help the Association continue to grow. 		 
 

Christine Silver
Christine has been employed with ICBC for 10 years. Christine's title at ICBC really explains what she does, as a Road Safety coordinator for the past 5 years Christine spends most of her time looking at what ICBC can do in communities to make the roads and communities in BC a safer place to be. She is very excited to work as a board member for the BC Crime prevention.		  
George Kjenner
Detail-oriented and approachable, George is an
experienced security specialist who has worked in the security industry for more than 35 years. A 40 year plus resident of Campbell River, he has a soft spot for giving back to the community and is actively involved with several worthwhile organizations including the Campbell River Citizens Patrol.
  Colleen Kerr is the Crime Reduction Strategy Manager for the City of Surrey as well as a sessional Instructor at the University of the Fraser Valley in the Criminal Justice Department In 2008 she was awarded the Surrey RCMP – “POLICE Municipal Employee of the Year award” for her contributions in her role as the Crime Prevention Programs Coordinator for District 3 (Newton). She has also completed her Master of Arts in Criminal Justice degree (HONOURS) from the University of the Fraser Valley. Prior to re- joining the Municipal Staff team at Surrey, Colleen was the Manager of Programs & Projects (May 2003 – August 2007) as well as the Acting Executive Director (May 2006 – January 2007) for BCCPA.

 
Cst. Bruce Ballingall
Bruce is a long serving BCCPA director and a Police Office with 30 years of service – 10 with Winnipeg Police and 20 with New Westminster Police Department. Much of Bruce’s career has focused on Crime Prevention and Solution Oriented Policing. Bruce is currently the Chair of the BC Law Enforcement Diversity Network and passionate
member of The Rock Solid Foundation.		  
 


Inspector
Marcie Flamand has been a member of the Vancouver Police Department since 1987 and was also a Reserve member for 4 years prior to joining the regular force. Marcie has worked in a variety of assignments including Operations, Public Information Counter, Strike Force, Community Policing, Recruiting, and the Beat Enforcement Team in the Downtown Eastside. Inspector Flamand serves on the Sister Watch committee and was instrumental in bringing the Adopt-a-Block program to Vancouver. She is currently assigned as a Duty Officer in the Operations Division. Inspector Flamand has a strong community focus and enjoys working together to keep our communities safe.

  S/SGT Ed Boettcher
Ed is a 20 year member of the RCMP, having spent his entire career in British Columbia. He has contributed to various crime prevention initiatives and strategies; notably while Operations NCO at IMPACT and as a past president of the BC Association of Auto Theft Investigators (BCAATI). Ed currently works at the Lower Mainland District Regional Police Service which oversees the operation of the 13 Detachments and 5 Integrated units that comprise the LMD area.
  Sukhpreet (Sukhi) Dhillon is employed by the Federal Public Service of Canada in a Crime Prevention unit. In 2006, Sukhi graduated from Simon Fraser University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree and immediately began her Crime Prevention career with BCCPA as the Provincial Youth Asset Network Coordinator. In this role she assisted BC communities to use an Asset Development approach to create crime prevention initiatives which were locally driven. She is actively involved in Lower Mainland Multi-cultural projects that bring diversity to our communities. Sukhi is lookin forward to 
continuing her
 involvement with BCCPA as a Board member. 

 


  Kristina Copeland
Kristina Copeland is a Cultural Planner with the City of Vancouver's Great Beginnings Program. Working out of the City Manager's Office, her current project is the Celebrate Vancouver 125 Mural Program that will produce 12 community murals to celebrate Vancouver's125 th anniversary and designation as a Cultural Capital of Canada.

Kristina originally joined the Graffiti Management Program at the City in 2008 to develop community based graffiti abatement initiatives within the Downtown East Side neighbourhood. Her experience with graffiti programs began as a Youth Program Coordinator at the Kitsilano Community Centre in 2004 where she developed and supervised Spread the Paint; a graffiti removal program that engaged youth on probation and volunteers to support and beautify the community with paint-outs.

Through her with Spread the Paint Kristina worked closely with the VPD Anti-Graffiti Unit and in 2004 became involved in the Restorative Justice Art Project RestART as a Program Coordinator, and has enjoyed that role to date. In 2005 she developed a complimentary program to support youths who have participated in RestART and demonstrated a desire to pursue pro-social artistic endeavors. The program was called Black Book Sessions and ran from 2005-2008. These community programs address the root causes of graffiti vandalism and support self esteem building in the youth participants. Kristina passionately promotes these programs to Canadian cities and provinces and is happy to join the BCCPA Board of Directors.

 
 
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