the BC Conservation Officers hosted the
Vancouver Canucks Alumni (aka Old-timers)
on
March 28, 2009 at the Smithers Civic Centre
Proceeds to benefit
BC Children's Hospital
&
Kidsport
the BC Conservation Officers hosted the
Vancouver Canucks Alumni (aka Old-timers)
on
March 28, 2009 at the Smithers Civic Centre
Proceeds to benefit
BC Children's Hospital
&
Kidsport
In 2007 a group of Conservation Officers who wanted to represent their profession and their Society in law enforcement tournaments, and wanted to promote the health and wellness of Conservation Officers entered into an agreement with the Society of BC Conservation Officers. The Society agreed to help get the team off the ground and out on the ice by purchasing jerseys and matching socks for them. In exchange the Society stipulated that all members of the team must also be members of the Society, as the jersey would bear the official logo of the Society. The Society also benefits through positive promotion of the Society and its membership and the sale of Society merchandise at tournaments.
The team entered their very first tournament in
April 2007 in Kamloops. This tournament was the
Western Professional Hockey Challenge for Emergency
Services.
Fourteen active duty Conservation Officers
and one former officer comprised the stellar line up.
Four games were played in Kamloops. The first game was against Abbotsford PD and the Society team prevailed. The Conservation Officers were not so successful in the remaining three games, and despite holding their own in two games were soundly trounced by Delta PD in the third.
The Society team motto for the tournament was:
"we may not be very good but
we look good".
They had without a doubt the finest jersey's
and socks at the event thanks to the support of the Society.
One of the most obvious differences between the Society team and the Police teams was the average age of the players - the Society team was far and away the oldest in the tournament. The youngest Society player was in his early thirties while the oldest was in his mid fifties, and in fact retired from the COS shortly after the tournament.
There are also plans to travel to Alberta to play
against other Natural Resource law enforcement teams from
Alberta, Yukon, Saskatchewan and the National
Parks Service.
In 2005 the Conservation Officers of BC celebrated their Centennial.
In recognition of 100 years of dedicated service, photos of Conservation Officers on duty graced the covers of both the Hunting & Trapping Regulations and Freshwater Fishing synopses.
New patrol vehicles with fresh new graphics and the new RAPP reporting number were put in service through-out the province in the spring.
The Society of British Columbia Conservation Officers also co-hosted the 2005 NAWEOA conference.
