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Slain Vancouver transit officer remembered 102 years later
A Transit Police officer researching the history of special constables in B.C. stumbled upon the on-duty death of a “forgotten” officer in 1915.
Special Collections help Vancouver Transit Police constable uncover 102-year-old murder.
Constable Graham Walker’s deep dive into our Special Collections has culminated in a provincial memorial for Charles Painter, a special constable for the BC Electric Railway who was killed in 1915.