This artifact is a Pitt Meadows Police badge.<\/p>\r\n
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This was written about the badge and police force by the Curator in 2014: “…reading minutes from the first year of our municipal council’s work and contained therein is one of the more curious items of business- the establishment of a pound keeper\/constable position. In September 1914, this position was established on a motion from councillors Reid and McMyn and was followed closely by another motion to “procure [a] suitable badge for [the] Police Constable”. Also recorded in the minutes is the name of the candidate selected for the job, Lindsay Hutchison. A few months later the constable would also be given the duty of collecting delinquent taxes. A little later, W.H. Robinson would take on the job, as would E.A. Hellier. In 1936, the Pitt Meadows constables were replaced with a B.C. Provincial Police force, whose office was in Haney, with constables Hooker and Kelly Irving responsible for policing in this community. In 1941, Lindsay Hutchison passed away in Port Coquitlam, and in 1950, when the B.C. Provincial Police force ceased to exist, the RCMP took over policing in the area.”<\/p>\r\n
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If you have any information regarding the very early days of the Pitt Meadows police and the B.C. Provincial Police in Pitt Meadows, we encourage you to share it with the museum so we can fill in some of the blanks.<\/p>","SEO_LINK":"pitt-meadows-police-badge","VIDEO_LINK":"","SOUNDCLOUD_LINK":"","IMG1":"1718919176_main_pitt-meadows-police-badge_1.jpg","IMG2":"","IMG3":"","IMG4":"","IMG5":"","IMG6":"","IMG7":"","IMG1_THUMB":"1718919176_thumb_pitt-meadows-police-badge_1.jpg","IMG2_THUMB":"","IMG3_THUMB":"","IMG4_THUMB":"","IMG5_THUMB":"","IMG6_THUMB":"","IMG7_THUMB":""}X
Pitt Meadows Police Badge
This artifact is a Pitt Meadows Police badge.
This was written about the badge and police force by the Curator in 2014: “…reading minutes from the first year of our municipal council’s work and contained therein is one of the more curious items of business- the establishment of a pound keeper/constable position. In September 1914, this position was established on a motion from councillors Reid and McMyn and was followed closely by another motion to “procure [a] suitable badge for [the] Police Constable”. Also recorded in the minutes is the name of the candidate selected for the job, Lindsay Hutchison. A few months later the constable would also be given the duty of collecting delinquent taxes. A little later, W.H. Robinson would take on the job, as would E.A. Hellier. In 1936, the Pitt Meadows constables were replaced with a B.C. Provincial Police force, whose office was in Haney, with constables Hooker and Kelly Irving responsible for policing in this community. In 1941, Lindsay Hutchison passed away in Port Coquitlam, and in 1950, when the B.C. Provincial Police force ceased to exist, the RCMP took over policing in the area.”
If you have any information regarding the very early days of the Pitt Meadows police and the B.C. Provincial Police in Pitt Meadows, we encourage you to share it with the museum so we can fill in some of the blanks.
Details:
Latitude: 49.2294693441682
Longitude: -122.68909420801
Direct Link: https://www.pittmeadowsmuseum.com/locations/pitt-meadows-police-badge
