Inspector (Ret’d) • Vancouver 🇨🇦
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Joined March 2009
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Finally, as I’m about to hang my uniform up for the last time, I want to thank all of you.
Your continued support means more than you could ever know. It’s another bond, you see. One that I will be forever grateful for. 🫶🏻
Inspector 1746 Sandra Glendinning
10-7
I firmly believe another secret to this (happy, healthy, ready) is to leave while you still love it.
And I still love it.
It’s been my honour to have served as a police officer for nearly 30 years, and to finish it as a Duty Officer is to have come full circle.
You see, this career in law enforcement is a demanding one, and the friendships I’ve made over the years have been instrumental in getting me to where I am now.
Which is happy, healthy, and ready for the next chapter.
As I work my last shift with @VancouverPD before retirement, I find I keep reflecting on one thing: the people I’ve worked with along the way.
The partners I’ve had, the teams I’ve been on, the incidents we’ve been involved in.
Not sure how this is disgraceful conduct when there are any one of a variety of reasons they drove like this.
I, too, have done this on several occasions - lights and/or sirens to clear an intersection, then speed limit after that.
It all depends on the situation.
To our fallen comrade, may all those whose lives you touched find light in these darkest of moments.
Rest easy now, officer. We have the watch from here.
@VancouverPD
Headed to a gun call when I got passed by a speeding motorist.
What the…
With no time for a #heresyourcoupon moment, I pulled in front and flipped on the red & blues.
It worked. They went from warp speed to legal.
If only it were always so easy.
#VPD #RoadSafety
As 2023 comes to a close, I am grateful for many things: my family, friends, and a job I enjoy. I’m healthy, happy, and have a life that I love.
What a great way to end the year.
Wishing you a Happy New Year, and see you all in 2024!
#VPD #HappyNewYear
Congratulations to my dear friend and old partner, Sgt. 1880 Jana McGuinness, as she works her last shift with the @VancouverPD tonight.
Jana - it’s been my honour to have worked with you. Congratulations on your retirement!
#VPD #patrol #partners #oneofthegoodones
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful holiday season!
If you’re working, I hope you get some down time with your loved ones over the next few days.
#VPD #MerryChristmas
I was in a parkade recovering a car when a golf cart with a flashing yellow light came rolling slowly up the ramp and around the corner toward me.
Inside, the serious security guard was a septuagenarian, dapper in his red coat and styled white hair.
#VPD #TheySeeMeRollin
It was a good night, and not it's time to head in and let day shift take over.
I hope you've enjoyed this foray into what it's like to police in Vancouver. Thanks for coming along.
Until next time...
#VPDRideAlong #JoinVPD #patrol #frontline
A missing youth was found.
Multiple motor vehicle incidents from the rain.
A momentary game of chicken with a car going the wrong way.
Some guy wanting to rock at seven o'clock with a belly full of beer. But it was Friday, not Saturday, and it wasn't a night for fighting.
The last few hours have been really busy, and I suspect someone said the Q word.
From a serious assault up north, to a successful K9 track down south, plus the lid coming off Granville St., then a violent domestic out east...night shift never disappoints.
Some other calls:
Did another spin through the Granville Entertainment District and the lid was still on it, so I headed back to HQ for a quick break.
But then, another warble, so I’m headed out again.
#VPDRideAlong