Series GR-0104 - Superintendent of Police notes and correspondence

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Superintendent of Police notes and correspondence

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GR-0104

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  • 1900-1916 (Creation)
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    British Columbia. Superintendent of Police

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13 cm of textual records and 2 photographs

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(1858-1950)

Biographical history

Prior to the establishment of the Province of British Columbia, policing in the Colony of British Columbia was the responsibility of the Chief Inspector of Police (1858-1863) or Superintendent of Police (1863-1871) and in the Colony of Vancouver Island by the Commissioner of Police (1858-1866).

In 1871, when the Colony of British Columbia joined confederation as a province of the Dominion of Canada, the police came under the authority of the Attorney-General. The reporting structure required the Superintendent of Police to report to the Attorney-General. Supervision of Police Constables throughout the province was divided between the government agent of the district and the Superintendent located at the Police Headquarters in Victoria.

The legal authority of the Superintendent of Police was not formally enshrined until the 1888 Police and Prisons Regulation Act (c.53, s.1). The position may have also been referred to as the Commissioner of Provincial Police.

The Superintendent acted as the Provincial Game Warden from 1918 to 1929 and was also the Inspector of gaols.

The British Columbia Provincial Police Force ceased to exist in 1950, when provincial policing was taken over by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

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The series consists of miscellaneous notes, memos, and correspondence created by the Superintendent of Provincial Police between 1900-1916.

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Records are in poor physical condition with signs of water damage and old mold.

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Two photographs were removed from file 11 in 1993 and reaccessioned by the Visual Records dept. as 199305-014. They were returned to their original file in 2017.

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See related series: GR-0056; GR-0057; GR-0099 and GR-0104.

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Accession number(s): 76-G-034, 199305-014.

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  • Box: 880340-0912