A man has been charged with several sexual offences involving a youth, and New Westminster police are asking the parents of any other potential victims to come forward.
The incident happened in the early morning hours of Tuesday, May 11, near the intersection of Queens Avenue and 7th Street, according New Westminster police.
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The New Westminster School Board has voted to end its child and youth liaison officer program.(NWPD) comments
A second Metro Vancouver school board in as many days has voted to remove police from schools.
The New Westminster board s vote on Tuesday night puts an immediate end to the school district s child and youth liaison officer program and calls for a redesign of the relationship with the New Westminster Police Department.
The move was made in response to concerns about how police presence in schools affects students mental health and well-being particularly those who are Black, Indigenous or people of colour.
Children walk with their parents to Sherwood Park Elementary in North Vancouver for the first day back to school, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. A second school district in British Columbia has ended a program that put uniformed officers in its elementary, middle and secondary schools, but trustees are not rejecting further links with police.
New Westminster school board members voted Tuesday night to immediately end the district s child and youth liaison officer program due to concerns that armed officers could be disturbing to racialized or LGBTQ youth. article continues below
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