More police teams and prosecutors dedicated to combating gang violence will be on the ground and new curbs on gang crime and illegal guns will soon be in place. These are among a dozen new and expanded initiatives that are part of a more than $23-million boost to B.C.’s Guns and Gangs Strategy.
The funding will bolster public safety in Surrey, Williams Lake and other communities that have seen recent spikes in violent, public gang activity, through a three-pillar approach focused on:
Supporting effective enforcement and prosecution.
Furthering community safety and public engagement.
Expanding laws and sanctions targeting illegal guns and gang violence, profits and property.
“The frequency and public nature of recent gang shootings is unacceptable and demands this additional, strategic deployment of resources. People deserve to feel safe no matter where they live in B.C.,” Premier Christy Clark said.
 – b.c.’s integrated anti-gang organization – to support police in communities around the province, dealing head-on with violent criminals to suppress and disrupt their activities.</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
enhanced funding for the provincial tactical enforcement priority (ptep) – a comprehensive approach that has integrated municipal, provincial and federal intelligence systems to maximize police efforts to pinpoint and disrupt gang and criminal networks.</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
putting dedicated crown counsel on priority ptep files in surrey that involve offenders with lower-level ties to guns and gangs. this will enhance continuity as these cases proceed to trial and build prosecutors’ familiarity with, and expertise in handling, these files.</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
expanding the capacity for electronic monitoring of high-risk offenders and ensuring the courts – which have sole discretion over assigning electronic monitoring as a condition of a recognizance or sentence – are fully aware of the options at their disposal.</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
the second pillar will further community safety and public engagement by:</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
establishing a new office of crime reduction and gang outreach. this office will work with cfseu-bc in support of its end gang life program, as well as local governments and agencies, to provide overarching co-ordination of provincial anti-gang outreach programs.</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
creating an illegal firearms task force to study and strengthen provincial and federal programs related to illegal firearms.</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
.jpg)
MORE National ARTICLES
B.C. Premier Tours Fish Market To Highlight Support For Trans-Pacific Trade Deal
VICTORIA — B.C. Premier Christy Clark expressed her support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal during a visit Wednesday to a fish market.
B.C. Premier Tours Fish Market To Highlight Support For Trans-Pacific Trade Deal
Despite Lie Allegation, Modi Says Mother Washed Utensils
Notwithstanding strong criticism by the Congress which termed it a "lie", Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday stuck to his September 2015 remark that his mother used to wash utensils in other people's homes.
Despite Lie Allegation, Modi Says Mother Washed Utensils
Canada To Host El Salvador In Crucial World Cup Qualifier At B.C. Place
VANCOUVER — The Canadian men's soccer team is returning to B.C. Place Stadium.
Canada To Host El Salvador In Crucial World Cup Qualifier At B.C. Place
Supreme Court Rules That Metis, Non-status Indians Are Federal Responsibility
Canada's 600,000 Metis and non-status Indians are indeed "Indians" under the Constitution, the Supreme Court of Canada declared Thursday in a long-awaited landmark decision more than 15 years in the making.
Supreme Court Rules That Metis, Non-status Indians Are Federal Responsibility
No Definitive Cause Of Death For Male Killer Whale Found Off Vancouver Island
TAHSIS, B.C. — The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says a necropsy performed on a killer whale found floating in a Vancouver Island inlet suggests no clear cause of death.
No Definitive Cause Of Death For Male Killer Whale Found Off Vancouver Island
B.C. Mountie Acquitted More Than Six Years After Aggravated Assault Charges
NANAIMO, B.C. — An RCMP officer on Vancouver Island has been acquitted of aggravated assault at his second trial.