Public safety has already been an issue in the campaign ahead of Vancouver’s municipal election next weekend, after a string of high-profile incidents of violence
, particularly in the Downtown Eastside. Those concerns were exacerbated by a tent encampment that stretched six blocks along East Hastings Street before it was ordered removed last month.
Peter Meiszner, a city council candidate with ABC Vancouver who has previously lived for years in the Downtown Eastside, said on Sunday that people in the neighbourhood feel unsafe and have trouble accessing their apartments because of the violent activity. Mr. Sim’s cornerstone promise is to immediately hire 100 police officers and 100 mental-health nurses who would work together to respond to worsening public safety in the city.
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