Stewart says if re-elected Vancouver mayor, he would have trained counsellors deal with street disorder
Stewart, who is running for his third term in next month’s elections, said under the proposal, residents would be able to call the city’s 311 help hotline to dispatch members of a team of 25 new counsellors instead of law enforcement.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
“If you take a compassionate approach, you can actually de-escalate a lot of the situations,” she said. Kennedy said the HART program is based on the CAHOOTS — Crisis Assistance Helping Out on the Streets — mobile crisis intervention program that has been operating in Eugene, Ore., for the past 30 years.
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