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Originally Posted by theKB
and when they do it's sort of a "sport policing" situation.... arrest them, take them to court, release them on a promise to appear.
Someone who's had dozens to hundreds of interactions with the law is not going to be phased by this.
Now we clearly don't have the facilities to start locking up everyone under the mental health act but I'm not sure why the police don't utilize it with severe repeat offenders and those who overdose multiple times.
https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/00_96288_01#section22 |
It looks like we are trying to appease those with lots of brushes with the law than anyone else. Well, how about
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1. Not releasing those arrested before their next court date
2. Make addicts who get arrested go cold turkey
3. Build more facilities (clean, simple and small modular housing) to lock up more criminals instead of giving free housing/drugs
That would surely sober up lots of street yahoos and criminals in a jiffy.
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Originally Posted by Changing City
Most weren't arrested. They were just moved out of Downtown - and now Belltown as well. Presumably they've moved to some other commercial / residential neighbourhood.
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Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut
The article says that a grand total of two people were arrested, and both are activists. The homeless are free to go and set up another tent slum somewhere else, just like the ones here.
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Make it harder and harder for squatters to set up camps and they will eventually stop. People have comfort zones that they refuse to get out of, even though these can be detrimental to their own well-being. Force them out with a constant hostile environment, and they will try to seek out something better. That's how societies with good law and order, as well as follow-up enforcements, can achieve. Not so much here: some folks are allowed to rot and society does not give a dam*.
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