Bus drivers\u0027 union wants more transit officers hired, while TransLink says it\u0027s co\u002Dordinating with local police to step up patrols.
Curtis said he worries about the safety of his two teens who’ll have to take the bus next year to get around.
“The guy from the Transit Police was saying this was an anomaly, but these aren’t anomalies. It’s a disturbing trend. It’s definitely been getting worse the last three or four years,” he said.Article content He said “extra resources have been called in” and officers who usually work on the community engagement team and other specialty teams are being redeployed to front-line patrols.Article content
Transit Police are “in the process of adding 24 more community safety officers … deployed based on crime-mapping data,” TransLink spokesman Dan Mountain said by email. They’ll have specialized training in mental-health awareness, crisis de-escalation, legal studies, traffic safety and community policing.
“We will be upping patrols through a joint project alongside Transit Police, given the recent violent incidents,” she said.Photo by DARREN STONEElenore Sturko, mental-health and addictions critic for B.C. United, formerly the B.C. Liberal party, said there should be integrated mental-health outreach teams within the Transit Police.
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