New Westminster school district votes to immediately cancel police liaison program
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 April 28, 2021 - 7:04 AM
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.
New Westminster school district cancels police liaison program - BC News castanet.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from castanet.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
VANCOUVER 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. A letter from the board to the chief of the New Westminster Police says cancellation of the program is not a reflection on the department or its staff. The letter says the board looks forward to working with the force to develop a new relationship.
Police said this week that the department’s Major Crime Unit has taken conduct of the investigation.
“We’re appealing for anyone who witnessed this assault or knows anything about the circumstances around this assault to contact us,” said NWPD Sgt. Sanjay Kumar. “Witness accounts, as well as video or any social media posts connected to this event are of interest to investigators.”
Any witnesses who have yet to speak to police are asked to contact the department at 604-525-5411.
Eric Zimmer+Follow
VANCOUVER Police in New Westminster say they have arrested a man who drove over a spike belt while trying to avoid them, dragging the object for several blocks before fleeing on foot. The incident happened Tuesday morning around 8 a.m., according to a news release from the New Westminster Police Department. Officers were called to the 300 block of Carnarvon Street, near Merivale Street, after receiving a report of a man sleeping in a running vehicle. When they arrived, officers recognized the driver as a man who has fled from police in the past and had an outstanding warrant for his arrest, police said. Before attempting to wake up the driver and speak to him, police said, officers placed a spike belt directly in front of the vehicle.