Vancouver police say officers responded to more than one-thousand-600 incidents over the weekend, fuelled in part by multiple demonstrations across the city.
Sergeant Steve Addison says recent geopolitical events have driven the protests, and police will continue to deploy extra officers to manage the situations as they arise.
Vancouver police have said previously that community concerns stemming from the October 7th deadly invasion of Israeli towns by Hamas have led to increased police deployment to a number of locations.
Chief Constable Adam Palmer said last week that while the extra officers present a budgetary issue, Vancouver police will not scrimp on costs when it comes to public safety.
