Monday, October 30, 2006

[Canada] Brit-style policing gains momentum / Chilliwack Progress, 29 Oct 2006

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Jeff Nagel
"The province is under pressure to let cities try innovative policing tactics like video surveillance cameras, mandatory drug testing and to spend much more money to combat underlying social causes of crime. Surrey council is at the vanguard of the movement and Mayor Dianne Watts, who led a delegation to Britain this summer to find out how a 35-plus per cent crime drop was achieved there, pushed the premier to embrace similar reforms."