Violence on public transit and in city spaces across Canada has increased since the COVID-19 pandemic, Calgary police Chief Mark Neufeld said in relation to a spate of assaults in his city as well as Edmonton, Metro Vancouver and Toronto.
Neufeld said he's talked to his counterparts in other cities and it's hard to know what's driving the violence, but calls related to mental health have been on the rise.
"I just don't think it's taken effect just yet. I think there's a lot of promise with respect to a lot of the policies," he said."But what we've seen is an entrenchment of violence and individuals who are resistant to the services right now." The Alberta government announced last week that 100 additional street-level police officers would be hired over the next 18 months, with most of them deployed in Edmonton and Calgary in response to the rising violence.A director with the union representing Metro Vancouver transit operators said their members have seen an increase in violence in the aftermath of the pandemic.
The region's public transit system is"the backbone of our economy and saying you don't have enough resources to make sure the passengers and the workers feel safe is like saying you're putting buses on the road with no tires," he said.
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