'This is a must-have': VicPD Chief shocked after city council cuts funding for late-night task force
Every Friday and Saturday night, Victoria Police send four extra officers to the downtown core to try and keep the party crowd under control.
“This is a no-brainer for me, this is not an optional resource for me, this is a must-have,” said Manak. “If we want to keep people safe in downtown Victoria, in the downtown entertainment district on the weekend, which we primarily see more people out, we need the police to be there in a proactive manner.”
One of them was to discontinue the late-night program, “which would be a $220,000 reduction to the business and community relations budget,” Thompson said during the meeting. Today, councillors said they misunderstood that police services were included in that recommendation.
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