Society & Government

Public safety platforms

Here's what the 2024 BC election parties are promising.

BC NDP

  • Increase seizure of proceeds of organised crime

    "Ramping up the seizure of proceeds of organized crime to deny profits to criminal networks and close down gang houses, take their cars, and seize properties used by criminals with the knowledge of the property’s owner." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

  • Increase funding for immediate police investigations, add prosecutor capacity, and expand rehabilitative referrals

    "Stopping repeat offenders in their tracks by strengthening targeted policing, increasing funding for immediate police investigations, adding more comprehensive case management capacity for prosecutors, and expanding sup- port for rehabilitative referrals." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

  • Tie speeding ticket costs directly to the value of cars valued over $150,000

    "Making our roads safer from reckless supercar drivers through a new deterrent that ties the cost of their speeding ticket directly to the value of cars valued over $150,000." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

  • Add red light cameras at busy intersections and use a dedicated highway patrol

    "Cracking down on bad drivers, including adding red light cameras for busy community intersections and using a dedicated highway patrol to reduce policing costs and let the RCMP tackle crime instead, improving safety on BC’s busiest highways." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

  • Introduce new hate crime legislation
  • Fast-track expansion of civilian-led, mental health-focused crisis response teams province-wide

    "Delivering supportive, safe, quality care when a mental health crisis is reported to 911 by fast-tracking the expansion of civilian-led and health-focused crisis response teams across the province." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

  • Provide sports, recreational, and education programming to help youth-at-risk
  • Unify gambling, liquor, traffic, transit, and tobacco enforcement teams into one enforcement agency

    "Unify our provincial enforcement teams for gambling, liquor, traffic, transit police, and tobacco into a single enforcement agency that uses outcomes- based regulation to reduce duplication, improve efficiency, reduce red tape, and focus on bad actors. This will free up RCMP officers to focus on crime instead of provincial regulation enforcement." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

BC Conservatives

  • Increase resources for senior protection initiatives
  • Run targeted awareness and education campaigns regarding digital fraud and scams

    "Protect seniors from digital fraud and scams through targeted awareness and education campaigns." — conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2024-10-08

  • Try to get mandatory minimum sentences for violent offences
  • Hire more front-line officers in provincially-funded police forces
  • Support community policing
  • Create a provincial school liaison officer programme

    "Create a provincial school liaison officer program, with anti-gang and at-risk student programming." — conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2024-10-08

  • Ensure full investigations into politically-motivated vandalism and arson of places of worship, and support repairs and rebuilding

    "Ensure full investigations into politically-motivated vandalism and arson of places of worship, and support repairs to, and the re-building of, vandalized or burned churches, synagogues, mosques, other places of worship." — Common Sense Change for British Columbia, retrieved 2024-10-15

  • Expand capacity to train new police officers

BC Greens

  • Disband the RCMP's Community Industry Response Group

    "The BC Greens will disband CIRG, the Community Industry Response Group, a branch of the RCMP tasked with protecting industrial interests at the expense of public and Indigenous rights. This group has caused significant harm to police-community relationships and must be dismantled to rebuild trust." — BC Greens 2024 Platform, retrieved 2024-10-09

  • Carry out the recommendations from the Transforming Policing and Community Safety in British Columbia report

    "We will carry out the recommendations from the Transforming Policing and Community Safety in British Columbia report, which includes enacting a new Community Safety and Policing Act. This will lay the groundwork for a reformed policing structure and set clear guidelines for community safety and accountability." — BC Greens 2024 Platform, retrieved 2024-10-09

  • Create a new provincial police service, governed by the Community Safety and Policing Act

    "We will establish a new provincial police service governed by the Community Safety and Policing Act, ensuring that Indigenous communities have direct input into the structure and governance of their police services." — BC Greens 2024 Platform, retrieved 2024-10-09

  • Enhance and standardise police education and training across the province

    "Police education and training will be enhanced and standardized across the province to reflect key values such as cultural competence, de-escalation, and mental health awareness. This training will be integral to shifting police culture toward community-based service." — BC Greens 2024 Platform, retrieved 2024-10-09

  • Require all police services to collect and publicly report disaggregated race-based and other demographic data

    "We will require all police services to collect and publicly report disaggregated race-based and other demographic data. Comprehensive reviews of policies and procedures will be conducted to address systemic racism within policing." — BC Greens 2024 Platform, retrieved 2024-10-09

  • Do an All-Party review of the Mental Health Act

    "Undertake an All-Party review of the Mental Health Act and create a parliamentary working group that will oversee the implementation of the recommendations." — BC Greens 2024 Platform, retrieved 2024-10-09

    "We will appoint an all-party parliamentary committee to review and modernize the Mental Health Act. This will ensure alignment with the recommendations of the Special Committee on Reforming the Police Act and better protect individuals experiencing mental health crises." — BC Greens 2024 Platform, retrieved 2024-10-09

  • Appoint an all-party select standing committee to oversee policing and community safety

    "An all-party select standing committee will be created to oversee policing and community safety in British Columbia. This committee will ensure ongoing scrutiny and continuous improvement in police practices and public safety strategies." — BC Greens 2024 Platform, retrieved 2024-10-09

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