Trustees vote to remove uniformed police officers from Vancouver public schools
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Vancouver School Board Ends Police Presence in Schools
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On Monday night, trustee Jennifer Reddy opposed the motion. This motion doesn t go far enough to be unequivocally clear that, in fact, school liaison officers, police will be removed from schools. It spends more time delineating what the next steps of working with police in our schools will be, much of which is already covered in our own protocol, said Reddy.
She said the board started to review the SLO program, and trustees had agreed to centre the voices of students, but she pointed out the motion centres the Vancouver Police Department and RCMP in its very next step.
The motion goes on to say that the VSB will continue to work with Vancouver police and RCMP to establish communication protocols to deal with emergencies, lockdowns and violent threats, and determine processes to ask for help with information sessions to deal with gang prevention, restorative justice, stranger danger and internet safety.
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There is good news for anyone who has ever wanted to hold an audience with the Mayor of Vancouver while wearing pyjamas at home on the couch.
Later this month, Mayor Kennedy Stewart will host a “Winter Invitational,” but of course, with COVID-19 putting a damper on all kinds of public gatherings, the event will be held online, via the video conference platform Zoom.
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Some of Stewart’s supporters recently received an email from Team Kennedy Stewart, the mayor’s re-election campaign, inviting them to the Zoom call on the evening of Feb. 25.