INTRODUCTION Police regionalization is a recurring theme in British Columbia (BC). The Oppal Report (1994) notes 'at least seven studies' had been conducted in the fifteen years preceding its publication and four of these had addressed directly the specific issue of police regionalization in Greater Vancouver (British Columbia Police Commission 1978; de Haas 1980; Leighton 1988; Police Services 1990). However, despite generally favourable findings the political will to create a Greater Vancouver Police Department has not been forthcoming. In considering …showed first 75 words of 2684 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2684 total…growing inefficiency of a fragmented police system in the dominant metropolitan area of the province, whilst the municipalities are concerned with maintaining control over the policing provision within their own jurisdictions. It would appear at the present moment that the predominance of localized political identities over and above a common identification with the concept of Greater Vancouver ensures that the political will to maintain the status quo outweighs the political will to regionalize police forces.