Talk:Metro Vancouver Transit Police

Controversy Section

Had to remove the controversy tag, since nobody's discussing this article, let alone writing it. Giving rent-a-cops guns is a scary thought to a lot of people, particularly the reputation of transit cops in other places like NYC. I can't imagine this article will generate much controversy though, as the VPD article remains neglected, and the RCMP seems to draw a pretty sedate bunch of editors.Bobanny 02:42, 20 October 2006 (UTC) p.s., okay, I'll start: Why, I oughtta...these bunch of !#@$% are nothing but a pile of !#@$% and should be !#@$% until they !#@$%!!!

I changed the "Use of Force" section to "Controversy" since that is what it is focused on, but I also tagged it for POV. The first couple of articles are talked about with the words "the force defends the use" and "police deny". Instead, the referenced articles should be factually summarized, removing bias from the original article's POV. These are also minor incidents over the scope of an organization's history. Need they be discussed here? Shoman93 (talk) 23:30, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Article edited. Specific incidents removed, and overarching issues addressed instead. Shoman93 (talk) 23:22, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

GVTAPS

Shouldn't this article be changed to Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Police Service considering it says in its own introduction that the name was changed in 2007?24.78.198.224 (talk) 07:28, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

It was changed from GVTAPS to its current name, SCBCTAPS in 2007 ... I think you got the two reversed.--Cahk (talk) 12:56, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

What about changing the article to "SCBCTA Transit Police" to shorten the title and to make it easier to find when you search for 'transit police' Shoman93 (talk) 00:35, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

That is an incorrect reference to the force. "Transit Police" and "SCBCTA Police Service" are the only correct reference. However, Transit Police is too common of a name to be used on its own on Wikipedia.--Cahk (talk) 05:27, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

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