Board of Directors
Organization Structure
We are incorporated as a non profit
society and are one of nine community policing centres in Vancouver
working directly in partnership with the Vancouver Police Department.
We have a fifteen member board of directors, five of whom represent
the founding associations. The other ten are elected for two year
terms.
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Board
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| President |
Grace Wong (the president's message) |
| Vice
President |
Leo Shin
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| Secretary |
Ken Low |
| Treasurer |
Wilson Wong
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| Directors |
Perry Lo, Kim Chau, Raymond Cheung, Joanna Kong, Fred Kwok, Winnie Lai, Joseph Lau, Teresa Lee, Douglas Soo, Miriam Yu
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Staff |
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Karen Lowe, Gordon Chiu, Rita Leung, Jeannie Weng, Sandy Hsu, Miranda Tseng
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NPO |
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PC 1187 Colin Downton, PC 1616 Randy Inouye (Strathcona)
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The president's message
Community involvement and volunteerism are the keys
to enhancing understanding and cooperation between the Chinese community
in Vancouver and the Vancouver Police Department. We are fortunate
to have as founders the Chinese Benevolent Association, the Chinese
Cultural Centre, Vancouver Chinatown Merchants Association, the
Chinese Freemasons and S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Through their continued involvement
combined with a team of enthusiastic and hardworking volunteers
we are able to deliver many programs. These include programs designed
to improve safety, address safety issues for different age groups
and , because we are located in Chinatown, we take an active role
in making it a more vibrant and attractive place for residents,
visitors and businesses. Success leads to growth and this growth
comes with financial challenges. Although we receive government
funding, this is contingent on us raising money on our own and we
are always looking for sponsors, donors and volunteers to enable
us to continue our work. Please look at the safety tips, look at
the type of programs that we offer and look at the testimonies from
our sponsors and volunteers. I hope that you too will be inspired
to volunteer, make a financial contribution or in some other way
support us.
Finally, or perhaps this should come first, I want to encourage
you all to personally take a more active role in making our community
safer by reporting to us, or directly to the police, if you have
any concerns regarding an ongoing activity involving criminal or
suspicious behaviour. This is our community. The police can only
do so much and we need to do whatever we can to assist them. If
you see a problem and do nothing you are condoning criminal behaviour.
Reporting is easy and confidential and can be done right from this
website under "Reporting". Thank you.
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