Eoin Foley hoping initiative will yield 'noticeable drop' in downtown property crime.
Downtown Prince George president Eoin Foley expressed support Tuesday for allowing people to carry small amounts of illicit drugs as a "small step in the right direction" but added it will go only so far when it comes to solving the problems surrounding addiction.
"If somebody that has an interaction with the police has their small amount of drugs taken away from them, they might be inclined to go steal or break in to your store or car to get themselves square again to get their next fix," Foley said. "So if we can eliminate just a little bit of that, that's a bit of help for our businesses and the general public at large."
But Foley also said the public should not shy away from going downtown when the retailers and restaurants are open and noted that most of the significant crime occurs overnight when the businesses have closed. Like Foley, John Zukowski, a downtown business owner who ran for city council on a platform that called for getting tougher on crime downtown, said a decline in criminal activity would be a measure of success.
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