Vancouver police boost Downtown Eastside patrols after week of gun violence
“Residents of the Downtown Eastside already face so many hardships, and they shouldn’t have to worry that someone with a gun, a machete, or bear spray is going to make their lives more difficult,” Addison said.
“Our only goal by adding more officers is to restore a sense of safety in the community and to target the law-breakers who are putting people at risk.” Police reported seizing 14 real and replica firearms over four days this week in the Downtown Eastside. “Besides putting extra officers on the street,” Addison said, “our organized crime experts and major crime investigators are working to determine why we’re seeing such an increase in guns in the area.”
Officers will be redeployed from a quick-response unit that normally moves around Vancouver. In addition to the Downtown Eastside, those officers will increase patrols in Chinatown and Gastown.
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