Province Announces $5M Police Initiative Fund for Property Crime

B.C. hopes $5 million program will help reduce shoplifting, vandalism in downtown cores

The program is intended to give police forces money for increased patrols and outreach in downtowns

Province announces $5M police initiative fund for property crime

The B.C. government says it's allocating $5 million to strengthen policing in the province's city business centres.

New provincial crime initiative gets mixed reviews

PRINCE GEORGE – Downtown Crime The downtown is a hot button issue when it comes to crime, and today, the Province announced some relief in the form of the Community Safety and Targetted Enforcement program, with funding up to five million dollars for enhanced policing tools, technologies and investigative resources. It’s getting a mixed review from one downtown business advocate. “We’ve seen announcements out of the province before in that annou…

Province strengthens response to combat downtown street crime, disorder