May 1989

vol 1 I no 1

Fire degree
a 119011

Why the 11 JI news 11 ?
The Justice Institute is a unique post
secondary institution. We train and
provide a variety of services to
justice and public safety people
throughout the province -- and we
do much more.
Many of the things we do are well
recognized in B.C., across Canada,
and in some cases around the world.
We develop and deliver programs for
police, fire, emergency health,
corrections, court service and
provincial emergency personnel, and
for other professionals and groups in
the community. We take on special
projects, receive distinguished
visitors on campus, participate in a
number of community activities,
send staff to special training events
around North America, and with our
Board and major client groups

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actively explore new opportunities
for strengthening the Institute. The
purpose of the JI newsletter will be
to share as much of this
information as possible with you on a
monthly basis (September to June).
Patricia McNeill has agreed to act
as editor for "The JI News" and the
Executive Committee will act as an
advisory committee. We are open for
ideas on future articles and feedback
every time an issue is sent out. So
please help us to build a newsletter
that keeps us all up to date on what's
happening at the JI.

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Larry Goble
Principal

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By as early as this fall the
Justice Institute's Fire
Academy will be the home of
a new two-year diploma
program that can be applied
toward a Bachelor of Science
degree in Fire Services
Administration. The new
program is in response to
demand from B.C.'s fire
service personnel for a fire
related university degree. It
will be offered jointly with
Western Oregon State College
in Monmouth, Oregon.
Students will first complete
a two-year diploma program
through the Justice Institute.
The Fire Academy is now
working out an arrangement
to accept transfer credits
from BCIT and local
community colleges to be
applied toward the diploma.
Once they complete the
diploma program, students
can apply their first two
years' credits toward the
four-year degree program
offered by Western Oregon
State College. Courses
required for the fire major
are offered only by
correspondence but
discussions are underway to
find a means of delivering
them locally.
With all the approvals for
the program in place, JI
Principal Larry Goble says
the new program is a "go.

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Fire Academy • Police Academy • Corrections Academy • Finance and Administration Division
Educational Services Division • Emergency Health Services Academy • Provincial Emergency Programs Academy

Fire chief joins
Jl's board

Born in Calgary, Alberta, and a long
time resident of Vancouver, Donald
J. Pamplin joined the Vancouver Fire
Department in 1954. For the past 35
years he has worked as a career
officer in both suppression and
support divisions. In that time,
Chief Pamplin has acquired extensive
knowledge in all phases of tactical
firefighting, including specialized
expertise in rescue/emergency first
aid and such areas of fire prevention
management as public education,
code master planning (Urban Fire
Defences) and arson investigation.
· Chief Pamplin accepted his first
senior staff promotion in 1978 when
he served six years as an Assistant
Fire Chief specializing in
administrative management and
technical research. He was promoted
to Deputy Fire Chief in 1984, and in
1986 took command as the Chief
Officer.
Chief Pamplin is the past President
of the Greater Vancouver Fire
Chiefs' Association, Vice President
of the Canadian Association of Fire
Chiefs, and an active member on that
:, ~~ociation's Science and Technology
. ,·mittee. Since 1979, Chief
, a111plin has been a founding member
of the Curriculum Committee for the
Fire Academy of B.C., and in March
1989 was appointed to the Board of
Directors of the Justice Institute of
B.C.
The Justice Institute welcomes
Chief Pamplin to its Board.

Strategic plan
update
Work on a Strategic Plan to guide the
Justice Institute over the next five
years continues. At a recent retreat
on Vancouver Island, the JIBC
Executive Committee and the
Strategic Planning Committee
identified issues that they feel are
important for the JI to address in the
coming five years. They also
developed specific goals related to
each of the issues, and began to
develop strategies that will be
required to meet the goals.
The following are examples of
some of the 43 goals:
. Lead:: rship - the JIBC Board will
be proactive in promoting the goals
of the Justice Institute.
. Growth - the JI should seek to
increase its activities, mindful of the
Institute's ability to support that
programming as it relates to quality,
flexibility and cost effectiveness.
. Quality - the JI will undertake
pilot programs to explore and

evaluate new delivery
methods.
. Physical plant location establish a facilities plan for
the JIBC
. Students - provide
opportunities for student
involvement and input in JI
policies and activities.
. Technology - to develop
internal information systems
and communication systems
using advanced technology to
improve the efficiency and
effectiveness of the JI's
operations.
These are bt1 t a few of the
goals estabEst t;d in this step
of the strategic planning
process. For each goal,
specific strategies are
developed and timelines set.
The final document will go to
the JI Board for approval.

Rumours
by Larry Goble
Many people are asking me questions
about the JIBC site: Is it true that
the Jericho Hill School for the Deaf
will be moving? If so, when? If
they do, what happens to us? Is the
army base next door moving to
Chilliwack? Are they selling that
wooded area between the JI and the
army base for low cost housing?
On and on the questions come, so
let me tell you first what I d2n:t
know:
- No one has told me that the
Jericho Hill School for the Deaf is
definitely moving!
- No one has told me that the JIBC
will be moving!
- No one has told me anythiqg
about the army base!
What I s1Q. know is that we are in
the middle of a strategic planning
process and one of the

strategic issues identified
involves "facilities."
We need to be proactive
and determine what facilities
we need now and in the
future. We need to have a
plan that provides us with the
facilities and equipment we
need to do a quality job in
delivering justice and public
safety training programs and
services that are second to
none. That requirement
exists whether we stay at
Jericho or move to another
site.
All I can tell you definitely
about ·the rumours is that I
have not started packing yet.
If anything changes I'll let
you know in a future issue of
"The JI News."

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Executive
approves
new policies

ICBC/JI launch
joint venture
project
Six months ago, the Justice Institute
launched a new joint venture project
with ICBC which led to the creation
of PTEC (the Pacific Traffic
Education Centre).
B.C. has an unacceptably high
number of accidents involving
vehicles driven by professional
drivers, i.e., those who earn their
income driving emergency and
commercial vehicles. PTEC is
dedicated to reducing the number
and severity of traffic accidents. To
do this, the Centre will research,
develop and deliver programs to
professionals in the areas of driver
training, accident investigation and
traffic safety.
The lease of 2600 feet of former
runway at the Boundary Bay Airport
provides PTEC with an ideal loc::ition
for its advanced driver training
courses involving acceleration,
braking and skid recovery. Other
courses will be offered at the JI.
Al Lund, the Program Director for
PTEC, is now working with Police,
Fire and Emergency Health Services
academies in the development and
delivery of their speciaHzed driver
training courses. One "success" to
date is that these three academies are

working with PTEC to design a
standardized, Level II driver training
course for all three academies'
students.
As word of PTEC spreads,
organizations such as BCTel, Motor
Vehicles Branch, and Ministries of
Health, Attorney General, Solicitor
General, Municipal Affairs, and
Energy, Mines and Forests, are
contracting with PTEC to deliver
contract training.

JI and PMTI to share centre
As a result of recent meetings with
three Assistant Deputy Ministers
representing the Ministries of
Solicitor General, Municipal Affairs,
Recreation and Culture, and
Advanced Education and Job
Training, the Justice Institute and the
Pacific Marine Training Institute
were directed to enter into an
agreement for the joint use of the
Maple Ridge burn site.
The site will be the home of the
new B.C. Safety Training Centre, a
training facility for people involved
in firefighting, handling of

hazardous materials and other high
risk occupations.
Paul Smith and members of his
staff are working on plans and
projections for the facilities they will
need for the programs that the Fire
Academy will run on the site.
Over the next few years the JIBC
anticipates major financial support
from Government to build the
facilities and operate programs at the
Safety Centre that meet the "hands on
hot fire" training needs of B.C.'s
firefighters as well as the needs of
those in other high risk occupations.

Two new policies approved a1
a recent Executive Committee
meeting are important to all
staff. The first policy deals
with conflict of interest and
standards of ethical conduct
for employees and secondees
of the JI; the second deals
with standards of behaviour
of employees and secondees
in dealing with other people,.
including students.
Under the conflict of
interest policy, the Institute
recognizes the right of
employees and secondees to
be involved in activities as
citizens of the community,
but emphasizes that they must
keep their role as private
citizens separate and distinct
from their responsibilities a~
Institute employees/secondees
and must avoid conflicts of
interest. Standards of
behaviour require
employees/secondees to
"... treat other persons .. .in the
workplace with respect and
dignity and to refrain from
exploiting a work relationship
for private advantage or
benefit."
These are just examples;
copies of the complete
policies are being distributed
by Directors, and are now
included in all Policies and
Procedures Manuals. Check
with your Divisional
Secretary for more
information on where books
are located in your
Academy /Division.

The Justice Institute of B.C.
is dedicated to improving the
quality of justice and public
safety by developing and
delivering training programs
and offering educational
services to professionals and
the public.

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On staff
CHANGES ...
Karen Beyer and Deborah White
have both accepted new positions and
will be leaving Corrections Academy
at the end of June. Karen is moving
to Corrections' Headquarters in
Victoria where her new title will be
Analyst, Management and
Communications. Deborah will be
the _Regional Manager for the Family
M~11:1tenance Enforcement Project,
Mm1stry of Attorney General, in
Vancouver.
Three new Instructors have
re~ent!Y joined Corrections Academy:
M1che1la Cameron, Adult Probation·
Donna Brown, Family Court
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Counselling; and Chris Beresford
Youth Probation.
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Linda West has left Court Services
to become Divisional Secretary for
PEP. She will work with the new
Director of PEP, Sam Meckbach.
Deputy Sheriff Brian Woods has
been seconded to organize the
Deputy Sheriffs' training courses
offered for Courts through Extension
Programs. He starts June 5.
Lorraine Ordano, who assisted on
reception while Mary Watson was on
leave, will serve as PTEC/Court
Services secretary until a full time
secretary is hired.
Lee Clark recently resigned as Coordinator, Advanced Programs·
EHSA is in the process of sele~ting a
replacement. Vic Barron was the
successful candidate for the EMA I
and 2 Co-ordinator /instructor
position. Vic has been with the
Ambulance Service for 11 years.
Kathryn Waldie, program secretary
for Paramedic programs has left
EMHA to join the faculty of
K wantlen College's Office
Administration program. Cora
Austria, Clerk Steno, joins EHS
Academy on May 29. Lisa
Freshwater, who has been working
on a term basis became a full-time,
per~anent employee on May 25.
Office Assistant Sohia Ng will leave
EHS the end of May.
In Fire Academy, Tara Cox starts
a si~-week term as "floating" Office
Assistant on June 1, while Maria
Mendoza (Shawnie) has been hired as
an Office Assistant effective May 23.

The video production "First
Responders" developed jointly with
the RCMP, Police Academy, EHS
Academy and Media Centre has
received an "Award of Excellence Silver" from the Pol1ce Video A wards
Canada. The film shows peace
officers how to respond

effectively in a variety of
critical medical/trauma
situations. Pictured above art:
the people responsible for
producing the video: Curt
Hunter, Bob Walker, Will
Mah, and John Oakley (Sand\
Barabe absent)
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On visitors
Ken Schulz will be assisting in
Legal Studies, Police Academy, for
the summer.
RECOGNITION ...
Shelley Rivkin and Marje Burdine
Extension Programs, have recently'
received national recognition for
their work. Shelley has been invited
to join the Expert Advisory Group to
a University of Guelph study on
professional education and training
in child sexual abuse, and Marje has
been appointed to the National
Advisory Council for Dispute
Resolution based at the University of
Victoria. Paul Dampier, Program
Director for Instructional Services, is
co-chairing a national adult
education conference to be held May
28-31 at UBC.

Visitors to the JI come from
around the world. On June 7,
R.T. Jones, Director of the
Australian Counter Disaster
College in Mt. Macedon,
Victoria, Australia, will visit
the Justice Institute. His visit
here is part of a cross-Canad:;
tour of emergency
preparedness agencies.
In April, Paul Dampier
hosted two Chinese students
in Canada under the auspices
of the Canadian Association
for Adult Education (CAAE).
CAAE has a contract with the
Canadian International
Development Agency (CIDA)
to educate and train Chinese
adult education students in
Canadian methodologies and
technologies.
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Provincial Emergency Program
(PEP) moves to JI
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Linda West and Sam Mecktac h at
work in their new offi ce .

After almost a year of planning, the
Provincial Emergency Program
Academy( PEP) moved in~o its new
Blake Hall home in April.
Two of the academy's staff are
now on board: the Director, Sam
Meckbach, and Divisional Secretary
Linda West. They will be joined at
the end of June by three instructors
who will be seconded from the
Provincial Emergency Program.
Following the recommendations of
a Police Services Branch study, the
Provincial Emergency Program
commenced a revitalization of its
training function which resulted in
the decision to move the centralized
course delivery to the Justice
Institute.
This fall the PEP Academy will
conduct courses in Orientation for
Municipal and Area Co-ordinators
and Orientation for Dangerous Goods
training, and it will develop courses
in Urban Search and Rescue
(collapsed structure) as well as Search
and Rescue (lost person).
The Academy has already hosted
an Earthquake Seminar and an
exercise in Foreign Animal Disease
Extrication (eradicating hoof and
mouth disease).

Staff trained for. Prince George
youth custody centre
Corrections instructors Peter
Pershick, Gerald van Stolk, Karen
Beyer and Tony Burrell have spent a
lot of time in Prince George over
past six weeks. They were there to
train the 43 recruits who will staff
the new Youth Custody Centre
scheduled to open at the beginning of
June. All northern youth who are
presently remanded (awaiting trial)
or sentenced to Willingdon will be

transferred to the Prince George
facility.
Peter Pershick was the overall
co-ordinator of the training sessions,
which were conducted in one of the
living units in the Centre. One
major advantage of the on-site
training was to enabled the new staff
to become familiar with the new
facility before its official opening.

JIBC's
annual audit
is in
progress
The two young women who
appear to be guarding the
principal's office these days
are in fact auditors from
Coopers and Lybrand who are
conducting the JI's annual
audit. When asked, Patricia "
Merlo and Diane Koch said
the audit was going well. In
fact, they say they're "...
ahead of schedule" and may
not be here for the full two
weeks the process usually
takes. Must be the Admin
staff's superb record-keei:,ir.i,,"

Spotlight (cont'd)
'EHS Academy recently sai c
goodbye to a Canadian visitor
and welcomed one from
China. George Dunne, Chief
Training Officer for the No\3
Scotia Ambulance Service
finished a year's visit with
the Academy. No sooner had
he left than Mr. Pang Tak
Sum, Chief Ambulance
Officer for the Hong Kong
Ambulance Service dropped
in. Mr. Dunne studied the
EHS training system as well
as taking his paramedic
training. Mr. Pang has
instituted a motorcycle
paramedic unit to try and
beat the horrendous traffic
problems in Hong Kong.
Response time is a nightmare
for emergency services and
the motorcycle paramedics
seem to be the immediate
answer. Mr. Pang was
particularly interested in
examining our rapid
defibrillation program using
our latest automatic
defibrillator.

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Police
academy hits
the airwaves
On May 9~ the Police Acadel?y
participated in a distance de!1very
demonstration project organized by
the Atlantic Police Academy in
Charlottetown. The project involved
linking police training facilities
across the country, by satellite, in an
interactive demonstration of the
technical and practical benefits of
distance learning. Satellite video and
two-way audio allowed for live
questioning of the presenters during
the session.

Notes &
Notices
While this is not an entirely new
concept (networks such as the Open
Learning Institute, for example, are
experienced in distance delivery),
this is the first time police training
academies in Canada have taken such
a step.
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Feedback from the demonstration
was very positive from all institutions
involved and this may lead to a more
efficient: effective and economical
form of training. Who knows, we
may even develop our own television
stars right here!

BCGEU job classification review

Underway

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A committee composed of
representatives from management
and union has been meeting since the
beginning of May to review the
classification of 48 union positions.
In their first month the committee
has reviewed and made
recommendations for approximately
25% of the positions.

Corrections
trainers attend
AIDS

workshop
In April, Corrections Academy and
the Ministry of Health jointly
sponsored a pilot workshop on AIDS
for on-site corrections trainers.
Twenty-one trainers were given
information and techniques they can
use in their own workshops for
corrections staff and inmates. The
trainers can now also serve as a
resource for institutional staff who
have questions or concerns about
dealing with AIDS.

The Joint Job Evaluation
Committee (JJEC) hopes to complete
its work by early summer.. At that
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time they will forward their
recommendations to the .E.xecutive
Committee for final dec1?1ons on the
classifications. Informatto!1 on
classifications will be_prov1~e.d once
the Executive makes its decmons.

3 academies
working on
first
responders
program
The need for a training program for
professional first responders is
gaining momentum. On the streets
there is sometimes confusion over
who should be doing what. The
Justice Institute has been given the
go ahead to develop a program t_hat
will help all three services - pohce,
fire and emergency health - work
more closely as a team when
confronted by sick or injured
victims.

3rd Annual Larry Young
Memorial Waterfront Run
Sunday, June 4, has been
selected as the date for the
3rd Annual Larry Young
Memorial Waterfront Run. JI
people who are registered
should meet outside of the
Police Athletic Club at 190
Alexander Street (the north
foot of Main Street) at 10: 15.
Walkers will start the four
mile course at 10:30 a.m.;
runners start at 11:00.
If you aren't registered, why
not turn out to cheer on those
who are?
For more information
contact Kate Walker (local
221).
New Equipment
The Fire Academy is
expecting delivery of its new
pumper (fire engine) towards
the end of July. The pumper
is designed to meet the
training needs of volunteers
and major paid department~
alike. It will be housed in a
new building to be
constructed near the boiler
house at the northeast corner
of the JI campus.

"The JI News" is produced ten
times a year to keep staff upto-date with what's going on
at the JI. If you have
suggestions or comments,
please contact Patricia
McNeill in Extension
Programs.
ontributors to this issue:
brina Chen, Karole
onway, Phil Crosby-Jones,
Paul Dampier, Larry Goble,
im Howse, Wil Mah, Sam
eckbach, and Pat Ross.