Miscellaneous

Repeat from last week or until no longer relevant or until I delete it:

Pat reminds us that the Board meeting has changed to October 15 at Marg’s. You can become a DG if you’ve been a member for at least 7 years – anyone interested?

Marg: The Youth Committee wants to know if we want to host a student either short or long term. An email is forthcoming.

Gilmore breakfast date is changed from Oct. 1 to Oct. 8 because of Sept. 30 Reconciliation Day. An email is forthcoming.

Bobby was in touch with Kwantlen re. scholarships, and the criteria (volunteer experience and financial need) including work experience, educational goals and achievements. Bobby will send an email, and we will look carefully at the criteria so that we are avoiding duplications. Oct. 24 is the donor appreciation dinner.

Melinda told us about a fundraiser called Box and Hoses for Parkinson’s, Oct. 25^th. If anyone is interested, we could get a table. Melinda will send more details.

OUR THURSDAY BREAKFAST MEETING IS ACCESSED THROUGH THE LINK BELOW.

Rotary Club of Richmond Sunrise is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89414124941?pwd=OsFTza1R0fSV7JaS7P7jzjeg4yZoQb.1

Zoom Meeting Rules

1) Mute your microphone if you aren't already muted. Background noise is distracting.
2) If you are not engaged in the presentation, turn off your camera.
3) Chat function should only be used to address the speaker, not for Club member remarks during the presentation

4) Unmute when harassing the Sergeant at Arms or taking your turn during Sergeant at Arms.

5)Nobody read last weeks bulletin.

Please direct any questions to the President or a board member of your choosing and we will discuss any and all questions or concerns during our board meeting. Also please refer anyone who may be interested in attending a meeting or joining the club.

INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE

From Chris Garner via Jeannette “Strong people stand up for themselves, stronger people stand up for others.”

VISITORS

Harvey Koonar

RCMP officer Ross Lundie and Chief Superintendent Dave Chohan

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND

CLUB BUSINESS

Sandra, thank you for the breakfast!!

Chris M. is looking for the business cards and the brochures that we had at the Grand Prix of Art. Chris will make more cards.

Peter – Nov. 10 we are helping host a free vaccine clinic at Aberdeen centre, with the 3 other clubs, from 9 to 6 pm. Jeannette is the lead person on that.

Speaker

Mr. Dave Chohan, is the Chief Superintendent of the Richmond RCMP since 2022.

Chief Superintendent Dave Chauhan has been with the RCMP for over 33 years, bringing an extensive and diverse operational and administrative policing experience to Richmond Detachment.

He started his career with the RCMP in 1991 and served fourteen years at Prince George Detachment where he worked in several sections including General Duty, Traffic Section, Drug Investigation Unit, Property Crime Unit, Serious Crime Unit and North District Major Crime Unit.

In 2005, he moved with his family to the Lower Mainland to take a posting with BC RCMP’s Major Crime Section where he worked on E Division Serious Crime Unit, Criminal Investigation Unit and Surrey Detachment Major Crime Section.

In 2017, he was promoted to Inspector in the role of Operations Support Officer on the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) and in 2019 he assumed command of IHIT as the Officer-In-charge in leading a multi-jurisdictional team of investigators, analysts and civilians at the BC RCMP’s headquarters at Green Timbers in Surrey.

In November 2020, he was assigned the role of acting Officer-in-Charge of the Lower Mainland Integrated Teams, which includes IHIT, Integrated Emergency Response Team (IERT), Integrated Forensic Identification Service (IFIS), Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service (ICARS), and the Integrated Police Dog Service (IPDS). These are five integrated teams providing specialized policing services to 33 municipal and provincial jurisdictions as well as 40 Indigenous communities throughout the Lower Mainland.

Born in India, he recalls that Richmond was the first city he set foot in in Canada, arriving through Vancouver International Airport, 40 years ago. He is honoured to serve the citizens of this wonderful city and is committed to working together in collaboration with the City of Richmond and community partners in making Richmond the safest city to live in Canada.

Richmond is Canada’s second largest RCMP division, after Surrey, so will soon be the largest.

The cop to pop ratio is 1:841 citizens. (Vancouver is 1:600). We have 306 officers. Officers are in a variety of units, the majority are frontline, but also in specialized investigative teams Serious Crimes and Community Engagement.

We have the second lowest violent crime rate in the Lower Mainland.

We have 3 community police stations – Steveston, South Arm and City Centre.

There are 93 regular administrative employees and 101 active volunteers.

Strategic Plan Notes:

Purpose: to make Richmond the safest city in Canada.
Reporting annually to City Council on property crime, organized crime, road safety and vulnerable persons. There is some increase in property crimes but a reduction in commercial break and enters, most individuals coming from outside of Richmond. Factors for increases include homelessness, mental health, addiction and economic factors.
RCMP responses include Boost and Bust, bike patrols, outreach programs and media messaging.
Organized Crime includes drug trafficking and production, fraudulent activities and money laundering. Responses include investigations, dismantling gaming locations, drug seizures, frontline targeting and fraud prevention awareness.
Road Safety includes automatic licence plate reading, targeting prohibited drivers, speed data collection, partnering with BC Highway Patrol, Transit Police etc. Enhanced public message and volunteer programs, public education and enforcement initiatives are helping. E-scooter education is happening.
Vulnerable Persons include those suffering from mental health related issues. Have formed many partnerships.
Community Engagement include Lock Out auto crime, Block watch, etc.
New initiatives include You Etch it, We Catch it (catalytic converter theft), safe sale exchange (using RCMP foyer for Facebook transactions), fraud awareness, Yankee 30 (youth program) and upcoming HealthIM.
Future Considerations include focus on cybercrimes, increase investigations.
Body worn cameras beginning in 2024.

SERGEANT At Arms Tidbits

Susan was at City Hall judging for the city banner. Voting is now open online for the city banners and you can choose between two for each category. They looked initially at 585 photographs and narrowed it to 20.

Chris P. wore her cat sweater, which coincidentally is orange.

Garth has an orange stripe in his sock. He is heading to Whistler for golf this weekend, hoping for good weather.

Micheal has more time with kids at school. He is working a lot.

Moe shifted offices at work. Last weekend he helped with the Lower Mainland Green Team at a park in Burnaby and helped out with the World Help container.

Peachy explained that if she’s not here for any meeting, she is at work. A client passed away.

Elena says a container is coming up for Ukraine soon. She attended a Rotary Vancouver Fraserview fundraiser.

Pat read Micheal’s email, so brought her orange scarf, wore rotary gear but forgot the meeting was at the palace. In 2004 she ordered her Mazda Tribute SUV, a beautiful car which she has babied, taking it to Palm Springs, and has lots of miles on it. She now has a hybrid and wanted to wait for the grandson to turn 16 for the Mazda but is sad and nostalgic that she had to sell it. That is her tale of woe.

Dalbir is going to the Okanagan to pick up his grandson in Keremeos, so is on Zoom.

Amanda is on Zoom as she had to drop Graham at work and got up late. Saturday a retired co -worker is getting married and she’ll be doing her hair. Thanks to Christine M. for the Gala knowledge.

Jeannette is on Zoom, went to an event with her mom, a Filipino outing and for dinner.

Mary Lou was in Cortes at Hollyhock which was great but intense. She missed Micheal’s email about orange and the venue. The Tea Cup Tournament raised about $30 000. Lindsey will be home for the cabin for Thanksgiving. Friday is moving day for Sean and family into their new home. Alan has been painting their place on his knees all day long.

Gord enjoys speakers from city and service organizations, seeing the caliber of people who are caring for us. His pet peeve is that in that early morning between light, when cyclists are wearing dark clothing, no lights and by the grace of God aren’t hit.

Sandra thanks Marg for the yogurt jars for breakfast. John Newman has pneumonia and is in hospital. This weekend they’ll be buying a new TV, although it’s been nice without it this week.

Marg had to get a new box for the TV. Her pet peeve is the drivers who cut in and merge improperly without signalling. One more sleep until her brother leaves - they have done everything from A – to Z in tourism. They loved Zip lining and hated the BC Lions game.

Kal went to a 70^th birthday party at Chop. The last time he wore his orange shirt was on the golf course, and ‘they’ thought he was the great pumpkin. But he has had to decline the job as bulletin editor as Judy and Debbie M. objected to last weeks announcement on the issue.

Chris M. loved having the RCMP officers regularly in her schools – created such a positive relationship. She had a great introductory meeting with Amanda about this year’s gala and it’s all under control! Her kids are still in Europe and she’s spending lots of time with Moss.

John says Sandy finally has a cell phone. Her iPad was connected to John’s phone, so at Apple they were trying to get un-synched and were told they were finally separated - got a chuckle from a woman nearby. If you want a divorce, go to the Apple store. They are going to Italy for three weeks.

Peter thanks the RCMP for looking at the Hamilton district, as they feel like they’re cut off, going to leave Richmond and will join Queensborough. The grandchildren go to McNair, where there are issues, with drugs, hoody-wearing, trading drugs blatantly.

Bobby is thankful for the RCMP presentation and recognizes all the volunteers and small businesses. In the context of commercial crime: they have a tenant for the first time, with industrial space at the bottom, got a big delivery, parked on Wednesday night, were supposed to unload the next morning, but during the night someone took the container on a semi-trailer. He booked his ticket for the half-marathon in Toronto and will get to the finish line somehow.

Meanderings

Since our guest speakers daughter wants to be an RCMP officer and ride in the Musical Ride, here are some facts about it.

The red serge, Stetson hats, and horses are just a few of the images associated with Canada's iconic national police force, the RCMP. When you put them all together in an equestrian ring, you've got the famous RCMP Musical Ride. Here are five facts that might surprise you about it:

Riding to music: The Musical Ride originated from the North West Mounted Police in 1874, after officers used the drills and accompanying music to entertain themselves during the evening or while off duty.
All the horses are black: In 1937, Assistant Commissioner S. T. Wood headed the RCMP contingent at the coronation of King George VI. Wood was impressed with how the red tunics were emphasized on the riders in the Household Cavalry who were on black horses. When Wood became Commissioner in 1938, he ordered the RCMP to use only black horses.
The RCMP breed their own horses: After Commissioner Wood's decision, it soon became apparent that the RCMP would need to establish their own breeding program. The first breeding farm was established in 1939 on a 720-acre ranch at Fort Walsh in Saskatchewan (the same site as the Mounted Police Fort built in 1875). The farm provided horses for mounted training in Regina and Ottawa.
Saddles come from Germany: For a period of two years (1968-70), the RCMP tried just about every saddle on the market. John Stubben came over from Germany and agreed to modify his saddle cut. This produced a more versatile saddle since the RCMP couldn't afford both a jumping and dressage saddle. He named the first ones "Kanada model". They have long skirts/flaps, fit the majority of horses and help place the rider's leg where it is functional.
Riding is a full time job: All the members of the Musical Ride are full-time policemen and women who have volunteered for this special duty for a period of three years.

upcoming events

Lower Mainland Rotary Foundation Dinner planned for November 23, 2024

Friday May 2, 2025 Sunrise Rotary Gala Auction

TODAY'S CHUCKLEs

If there is no Falcon in the neighbourhood - try this!