Victoria gives Vancouver police $40,000 for 'Con Air' program
Vancouver Police Chief Jim Chu (second from right) and BC Solicitor General John Les (right) announce new funding for 'Con Air' program at community policing station at 5657 Victoria Drive.
Photograph by : Bill Keay/Vancouver Sun
The provincial government has given the Vancouver Police Department a $40,000 grant to help run a pilot project designed to ship out suspected criminals with warrants in other provinces.
"There are far too many people in this province wanted elsewhere on criminal charges and I'm pleased to support the efforts of police to send them packing," Solicitor General John Les stated in a written release.
"The VPD tell me that with this funding from the Civil Forfeiture Office they will be able to send up to 30 people back to other provinces to face charges."
Dubbed the Con Air program, the project tracks down suspects facing charges in other provinces who have skipped out on their court appearances. Their warrants do not extend to B.C. so they are never called upon to face their charges.
So long as they do not return home, they never face prosecution.
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