$5M for Police in B.C

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

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The province has announced a $5 million program to help police step up patrols and target non-violent crime.

Business owners say they appreciate the efforts but that playing “ Whac-A-Mole ’ with thieves will not address the wider mental health and addiction struggles that are driving people to shatter windows and steal merchandise.

JJ Bean founder and CEO, John Neate Jr. , says people are stealing so that they can afford drugs and that the courts have been reluctant to put them in jail unless they steal over $5,000 worth of products.

Erin Templeton , owner of the leather goods store of the same name, said she loves the Downtown Eastside but frequently witnesses drug dealings and stabbings outside her front door.

She said that all the businesses now have locks on their doors and that the police have not been helpful in assisting with disturbances.

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