By Ashley Joannou The chief of Victoria’s police department supports ending drug decriminalization in British Columbia, but says she doesn’t expect to see a spike in arrests once the program ends this month, since it was already wound back 20 months ago. Fiona Wilson was originally a prominent advocate for decriminalization of personal possession of small amounts of drugs in 2023 when she was vice-president of the BC Association of Chiefs of Police, saying it had the “potential to address harms associated with substance use” as an “important part of an integrated approach.” In an interview Thursday, Wilson, who was also Vancouver’s deputy police chief at the time, said supporting decriminalization was an attempt to “move the dial” during the opioid crisis in B.C. “I think that, as important as…
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