guard/community safety personnel) List of chief constables Adam Palmer 2015–present Jim Chu 2007–2015 Jamie Graham 2002–2007 Terry Blythe 1999–2002 Bruce Chambers 1997–1999 Raymond J. Canuel 1994–1997 Bob Stewart 1981–1991 Don Winterton 1974–1981 John Fisk 1968–1974 Ralph Booth 1962–1968 George Archer 1956–1962 Alexander G. McNeill 1945 - 1947 Walter Mulligan 1947–1955 – charged with corruption and fled to Los Angeles, returned to Canada in 1963 and died in 1987 John McLaren 1890–? John Stewart 1886–1890 Controversies Battle of Ballantyne Pier On 18 June 1935, roughly 1,000 longshoremen and their supporters marched towards the Heatley Street entrance to Ballantyne Pier as a demonstration for more livable wages. They were led by Victoria Cross recipient Mickey O'Rourke and a contingent of World War I veterans and marched behind a Union Jack flag, to great symbolic effect. They soon encountered the Vancouver police, who partook in mass brutality. Many, including bystanders, were injured. In light of the injuries, the Ukrainian Community Centre was used as a makeshift hospital. Members of the women's auxiliary operated the centre, before the Vancouver police threw tear gas into the first-aid centre. The strike, in congruence with other, similar West Coast strikes, led to the right to collective bargaining and the creation of International Longshore and Warehouse Union. Bloody Sunday Bloody Sunday was a 1938 confrontation between peaceful sit-in strikers and the Vancouver police, along with other forces. After mass unemployment across Canada, many people migrated to Vancouver for job opportunities. When unemployment persisted and workers felt no financial relief, they organized a massive peaceful demonstration, occurring in multiple locations for an entire month. Protesters occupied Hotel Georgia, the Vancouver Art Gallery (then located at 1145 West Georgia Street), and the main post office (now the Sinclair Centre). Later that day, 10,000 supporters went to Oppenheimer Park in condemnation of excessive police force of the Vancouver Police Department. Gastown riots Also known as "The Battle of Maple Tree Square", Vancouver Police attacked a peaceful protest in the Gastown neighbourhood on August 7, 1971. The protestors opposed the use of coercive undercover police tactics. The Vancouver Police were accused of heavy-handed tactics such as indiscriminate beatings with their batons and charging on horseback at crowds of onlookers and tourists. Geography The VPD is divided into four geographic districts: District 1: Downtown, Granville, West End and Coal Harbour District 2: Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise Beat Enforcement Team: Downtown Eastside, Chinatown and Gastown