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From YouTube: APRIL 13 2021 Statements Karin Kirkpatrick
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
2nd Session
42nd Parliament
A
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Today
I
would
like
to
honor
the
service
of
len
gurkey,
who
retired
last
month
following
a
34-year
policing
career,
including
the
past
six
and
a
half
years
with
the
west
vancouver
police
department,
although
my
time
as
mla
overlapped.
Only
briefly
with
the
chief,
I
know
that
his
reputation
in
the
community
and
within
the
force
is
extraordinary
and
that
he
will
be
greatly
missed
by
his
community
and
his
colleagues
as
someone
who
is
constantly
themselves
pronouncing
correcting
the
pronunciation
of
their
name.
A
A
Chief
gurkey
is
a
member
of
the
order,
merit
of
police
forces,
a
recipient
of
the
queen's
diamond
jubilee
medal
and
the
police
exemplary
service
medal.
On
march
25th,
the
community
celebrated
his
retirement
and
thanked
him
for
his
service
to
the
west,
vancouver
police
department
and
to
the
district
of
west
vancouver
and
on
behalf
of
all
our
constituents
and
myself.
We
wish
him
all
the
best
in
this
next
chapter.
Thank
you
very
much.