Aaron_Lloyd
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"Guys! It's totally okay that we're jumping off the cliff, look at all those other people jumping off the cliff too!"
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Gronk!
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Alberta hiring 100 more police officers to boost transit safety, battle violent crime
Alberta's provincial government will be announcing new measures to tackle transit safety and violent crime.
calgary.ctvnews.ca
northlands
Senior Member
Alberta hiring 100 more police officers to boost transit safety, battle violent crime
Alberta's provincial government will be announcing new measures to tackle transit safety and violent crime.
Do like this bit from that article:
Although another question of why did Calgary have double the number of PACT teams relative to Edmonton in the first place? They have obviously been well needed for years now.
Greenspace
Senior Member
I really do hope resources like this move the needle (no pun intended). What I've seen since trying to grapple this issue is both a lack of resources due to front line burnout, staffing issue, lack of recruitment, but also in general underdelivering of services to really truly prioritize Downtown. I could be totally wrong but that's what it seems like to me. There's crime everywhere but the resources need to go where the need is most and I don't see that happening right now.
Airboy
Senior Member
Just throwing money at it. They need to restore and expand the addiction services. Maybe add more shelter space and find ways to get people off the street.
Gronk!
Senior Member
Sohi calls Alberta adding police, crisis workers on transit a 'significant investment'
Edmonton's mayor applauded Tuesday after a plan to make big city transit safer was revealed by the province.
IanO
Superstar
Need to address the root issues of mental health, the justice system and sadly, a youth gang problem.
IanO
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My Statement on Today’s Provincial Transit Safety Funding Announcement
Edmonton has made steady progress on transit safety, but we need to do more.
medium.com
_urbanite
Senior Member
Took the LRT for the first time in over a year. Cops with assault rifles standing around Coliseum station, junkies wigging out in Churchill Station, an agreesive man wacked out of his mind trying to talk to strangers (myself included) with a needle in his hand at University Station.
Can't say I'm in much of a hurry to take LRT again. Today I drove to the office
Can't say I'm in much of a hurry to take LRT again. Today I drove to the office
IanO
Superstar
^my sister and nephew used to take the LRT for rides, to events at the Winspear, Citadel, RAM and have not since COVID and have told me that given all of the issues they won't be for the indefinite future
Airboy
Senior Member
doesn't matter how many cops are out there if you don't address the fundamental problem the issues will always exist. And cops with asault rifles reminds me of every train station in Europe.
archited
Senior Member
^^^^ And major airports too (e.g. Heathrow)
IanO
Superstar
For terrorism concerns, but relatively little other issues in many centres.
Greenspace
Senior Member
We need all the things - better policing in the core (beats), transit safety, public understanding of where it's okay and not okay to do drugs, dayshelter spaces, supportive housing, mental health and addictions support, associated social services support for those in risk of poverty. Everything, not one thing.
YEG imagineer
Active Member
We are forgetting another important point for lrt safety and bus safety. Frequency of service. More frequent means more people and traffic and less opportunities for bad.