The operative tone seems to be: “Issue raised, problems identified, action underway, let’s move on.”
Suspicions arose on the weekend when the full report on two high-profile crime problems — prolific offenders and random stranger violence — was unobtrusively posted by the NDP government.
But the off-handed release in the middle of what was a long weekend for some still looks like downplaying the situation.The executive summary was a grim read, but the full report is much, much worse. It accentuates the strong impressions that prolific offenders are running something close to rampant in many B.C. communities. It double-checks and reconfirms that unprovoked random stranger attacks are on the upswing.
One of three items getting priority, for instance, is to resurrect a prolific offender management program that foundered after four years, 10 years ago because of in-fighting between departments. “There is no magic bullet, or quick solution to either of these “wicked problems” say consulting authors Doug LePard and Amanda Butler.
Vancouver and Victoria get the most attention, but there’s one anecdote that illustrates how pervasive the crises are. The report states that in little Oak Bay, the 23-member police department gets a call about once a month to pick up an individual on a mental health warrant. He’s a cop hater who goes off his meds, becomes paranoid and carries a machete.
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