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Street posters in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside ( DTES ) and Chinatown
The following are posters in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside and Chinatown areas:
PIVOT Legal Newswire – Call 911 on “beggars, says VPD
| Call 911 on “beggars”, says VPD
Vancouver, April 23, 2009 – The Vancouver Police Department is instructing Dunbar residents to call 911 whenever they see “beggars” on Dunbar Street. “The Vancouver Police Department has instructed Dunbar Community Patrollers to call 911 when they see beggars on Dunbar Street and I would urge you to do so too,” wrote Linda MacAdam, Chair of the Dunbar Community Patrol, in an email to residents. MacAdam noted that these instructions were confirmed by Sergeant Randy Regush of the Vancouver Police Department. Vancouver ranked last among 13 North American cities surveyed in terms of police response times, according to a 2007 report to Vancouver city council. The report called for increased funding for police officers to address the slow response times, which for a 911 break and enter call stretch to 34 minutes on average. The current yearly VPD budget is over $195 million, almost one-quarter of the City’s total budget. “In 2008 Vancouver police spent thousands of hours ticketing Downtown Eastside residents for minor bylaw infractions, and in the West Side they treat legal panhandling as a 911 emergency,” says Laura Track, Pivot’s housing campaign lawyer. “Every year the VPD asks for more funding, but people need to ask if harassing poor people is how they should be spending that money.” “This is just another example of a broader pattern of criminalizing poverty and restricting poor people’s lawful access to public space.” “I was shocked to see this message advocating that we call 911 when we see a beggar” syas Randy Puder, a West Side resident. “What a waste of tax money. The homeless need compassion and assistance, not police making their lives even more difficult.” |
Army and Navy Shoe Sale Wednesday April 22, 2009
For all those eager shoe shoppers, the Annual Army and Navy Shoe sale starts at 8am, Wednesday April 22, 2009 – right on Hastings Street in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)!! 🙂
Plan-It Hastings – 2 Events for the DTES on Thursday April 16th
Guru Nanak’s Free Kitchen at Life Skills Centre in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
5 Days of free hot food April 14 to 18
Guru Nanak’s Free Kitchen
Tuesday 14th to Sat 18th April
From 11 am to 4pm
Life Skills Centre
412 East Cordova Street Vancouver
This poster was taken through a window, hence the reflective look to it! 🙂
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