Vancouver Police Board discloses travel expenses for former vice chair Comfort Sakoma

globalnews.ca December 7, 2024, 03:01 AM UTC

The Vancouver Police Board has released financial statements for Comfort Sakoma's trip to Halifax, where she attended two conferences, including one for police chiefs. The trip cost about $11,600, with Sakoma reimbursing around $3,400. Sakoma, who served as vice chair for three years, was asked to resign two weeks ago due to controversial online posts. She stated that the board did not provide a travel expense policy, leading to her self-managing expenses. The board has not commented on the financial disclosures related to Sakoma's trip.


With a significance score of 2.7, this news ranks in the top 64% of today's 18051 analyzed articles.

Get summaries of news with significance over 5.5 (usually ~10 stories per week). Read by 8000 minimalists.