[Greenspace]

This is a very important point, social disorder is not the same as crime. Social disorder is about situations that make people feel uncomfortable or unsafe. While the person staying at the Westin this weekend was uncomfortable the more serious crime was actually happening about 20 blocks away.

However, we shouldn't dismiss social disorder either because if people start to avoid an area that has serious economic and social impacts. I would say it already has for our downtown core and probably the downtown cores of other cities as well.

Perceptions of safety are being taken more seriously by EPS than in the past (so I'm told). They need to be dealt with just as much as real crime.

Anti-social behaviour by individuals openly doing drugs is unacceptable to the general public. It makes people feel unsafe, and some of the drugs do make people do random if not violent things.

 

[IanO]

It's (central) Edmonton's biggest hinderance for new investment, a new hotel and business growth.

PERIOD.

 

[ChazYEG]

Perceptions of safety are being taken more seriously by EPS than in the past (so I'm told). They need to be dealt with just as much as real crime.

Anti-social behaviour by individuals openly doing drugs is unacceptable to the general public. It makes people feel unsafe, and some of the drugs do make people do random if not violent things.

That is undeniable. It is not something that anyone likes to witness, and I understand why it would make people feel unsafe.

 

[IanO]

This is # 10-12 i've seen like this in since spring.

 

[an_edmontonian]

This is # 10-12 i've seen like this in since spring.

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Is that the remnants of a trash can lit on fire?

 

[IanO]

A plastic capital... insert joke _____________.

 

[MacLac]

“Homeless” Ex-Res Youth LOVE their knives, torches and bmx bikes…..in that order.

 

[policyenthusiast]

This is # 10-12 i've seen like this in since spring.

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I've said it before and I'll say it again - the City needs to eat the cost of making these out of metal. This has happened dozens of times over the past couple years, and it will continue to until they fix the obvious issue.

 

[SarcasticMarmot]

I've said it before and I'll say it again - the City needs to eat the cost of making these out of metal. This has happened dozens of times over the past couple years, and it will continue to until they fix the obvious issue.

Sadly, the metal ones get trashed and broke up. The bus stop next to my place has a metal bin in the concrete sleeve, I end up reporting it to 311 as destroyed and needing replacement atleast twice a year.