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Victoria police mobile app first in Canada Daniel Palmer Reporting
The Victoria Police Department is rolling out what’s believed to be the first interactive mobile police app in Canada. MobileVicPD, available on Android and Apple devices, allows users to report minor crimes and traffic incidents, access neighbourhood crime maps and receive instant emergency notifications when police need public assistance. “The use of mobile devices has skyrocketed and now dwarfs the use of personal computers,” said VicPD Deputy Chief Steve Ing, at a launch event on Wednesday at ViaTEC’s offices. The app’s creators, Silicon Valley-based mobilePD, has seen business grow ever since it launched its first app with Santa Cruz, Calif.,
police department in 2010, said vice-president Jamieson Johnson. “We’ve seen several of our customers find missing children and solve crimes,” he said. “We can’t wait to see that effect here (in Victoria).” VicPD hopes to get 5,000 downloads this month, and eventually have 15-20 per cent of the population using the app. The goal is to free up police time for minor incidents and encourage more reporting of minor crimes, said Const. Mike Russell. “If we see a certain trend, we can then focus our resources on those hotspots,” he said. The app could also be used to notify residents in case of a tsunami warning or in other emergency response situations in the future, Russell said. Download the free app by searching “MobileVicPD” in your phone’s app store. dpalmer@vicnews.com
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True blue fan Victoria Royals fan, seven-year-old Cameron Lott, cheers for his team during a game against the Prince George Cougars at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre on Monday night. Much to Cameron’s delight, the Royals won the game by a score of 3-0.
Museum marks tragedy on high seas Daniel Palmer News staff
One of the most tragic yet unknown maritime disasters of the Second World War is being intimately displayed at the Maritime Museum of B.C. beginning this weekend. The surviving stories and artifacts from Convoy PQ-17, a botched marine supply mission in the Arctic Ocean,
recount a terrible day in July 1942 when 24 of 35 merchant ships were sunk by German U-boats and aircraft bombers. After the carnage, 153 merchant mariners were lost to the seas. “PQ-17 is not something the British like to acknowledge, because they made a mistake that resulted in a lot of destruction,” said Christopher Butterfield, a University of Victoria
associate music professor. In 2000, Butterfield teamed up with choreographer Bill Coleman, whose father was one of PQ-17’s survivors, and created a requiem for the lost men that has been performed by the Victoria Symphony and by symphonies as far away as Russia. PlEASE SEE: Tragic event, Page A12
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