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.