Burnaby city council has approved a plan to use federal money to study local anti-gang work, including the effectiveness of the RCMP’s two-year-old anti-gang unit and its youth section.
The plan, which went before council at a meeting Monday, lays out how the city intends to use funding from Public Safety Canada.
“The intent of that, of course, is to understand the specific activities undertaken by BGET … examining how these activities meet the needs of the community and document how the establishment of BGET has impacted gang related outcomes,” general manager of public safety, Dave Critchley said to council of the gang team research.
Youth programs The city plans to spend $1.3 million of the grant on programs for youth at risk of gang involvement, including a new mental health liaison worker who would work closely with school settlement workers, a year-round mentorship program for youth aged 12 to 15, a Burnaby gangs and guns prevention video project and more.
Gang problem on the rise The city saw a spike in gang violence starting in about 2020, according to the Burnaby RCMP.“There have been shootings, attempted murders, carjackings, kidnappings, and we’ve seen a push for some of the gangs to come into Burnaby,” former Burnaby RCMP officer in charge Chief Supt. Deanne Burleigh told the public safety committee in July 2020.
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