Defund VicPD
is a movement calling for defunding the Victoria Police Department (VicPD) and reallocating resources to community supports and services.

• In 2025, VicPD accounted for 23% of the city’s operating spending
• Police operating spending increased by $8.7 million in 2025, reaching a total of $83.2 million. By comparison, libraries, parks, arts and culture, and funding for housing received an increase of $700,000 for a budget of only $45.9 million
• VicPD gets $6 million more for its operations budget than the city spends on all of these services combined:
  • Parks ($31.2M)
  • Victoria Fire Department ($23.8M)
  • Libraries ($6.3M)
  • Non-profit grants ($5.6M and falling)
  • Projects to meet housing targets ($6.3M)
  • Arts, culture and events ($3.6M)
  • Affordable housing grants ($0.3M)
• The average VicPD officer made $156,293 in 2024. The average monthly rent for a 1-bedroom apartment in Victoria in August 2025 was $2,040. Every officer VicPD hires is six people who could have been housed for a year. VicPD had at least 251 officers on payroll in 2024.

Explore this website to find information and resources, and join us in calling on the city to reduce the VicPD budget and fund community services that actually keep people safe!

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