VANCOUVER The Vancouver School Board could decide the fate of the long-running School Liaison Officer program during a meeting on Monday night. The SLO program puts police officers in Vancouver s elementary and secondary schools. According to the Vancouver Police Department website, school liaison officers deliver crime prevention lessons, counsel and talk informally to students, and investigate criminal offences relating to the schools. The program has been under review for close to a year, after high-profile instances of police brutality in the United States sparked conversations around the role of police in the community. Several community groups, including some teachers, are calling for VPD officers to be removed from the city s schools.
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