REGULAR AGENDA ITEM #8 VANCOUVER POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT TO THE VANCOUVER POLICE BOARD REPORT DATE: March 26, 2020 BOARD MEETING DATE: April 16, 2020 BOARD REPORT # 2004V06 Regular TO: Vancouver Police Board FROM: Marcie Flamand, Superintendent, Operations Division SUBJECT: VPD Annual Community Outreach Report ____________________________________________________________________________ RECOMMENDATION: THAT the Vancouver Police Board (VPB) receives this report for information. SUMMARY: The attached report is an annual summary of Vancouver Police Department (VPD) community outreach programs and initiatives. It provides a brief summary of the outreach program/initiative, as well as key highlights from 2019. BACKGROUND: This is the fourth consecutive year that the VPD has provided the VPB with a community outreach report; however this year’s report was expanded, compared to previous reports, as it provides summaries of programs/initiatives. Moving forward the VPD will update this report annually and submit it to the Board. DISCUSSION: The VPD routinely participates in a number of ongoing programs/initiatives engaging Vancouver’s diverse communities. This outreach, as described in the attached report, includes (but is not limited to): • a dedicated diversity relations section; • full-time community liaison positions; • an Indigenous Advisory Committee; • 11 Community Policing Centres; • targeted programming for the safety of women and girls; • participation in annual community cultural events; • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Two Spirit, Plus community outreach; • annual community satisfaction surveys; • programming directed to youth; • mechanisms to engage new immigrants; • business community engagement initiatives; and • community outreach in diverse communities for VPD recruiting. This report outlines and describes those programs/initiatives, and many others, and serves as a catalogue or encyclopaedia of VPD community outreach efforts. CONCLUSION: The attached report is an annual summary of VPD community outreach programs/initiatives. This year’s report was expanded to provide summaries of programs/initiatives. The VPD will update this report annually and submit it to the VPB for its information. Author: Jennie Gill Telephone: 604-717-2685 Date: March 26, 2020 Submitting Executive Member: Deputy Chief Howard Chow Date: March 26, 2020 2 RREGULAR AGENDA ITEM #8 APPENDIX 1 2 Table of Contents OUR COMMUNITY MATTERS _________________________________________________________ 6 TRUE ENGAGEMENT: HEARING FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS ___________________________________ 6 DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, AND INDIGENOUS RELATIONS SECTION __________________________ 7 CITIZENS’ POLICE ACADEMY ___________________________________________________________ 8 DIVERSITY OUTREACH WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT: BC LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVERSITY NETWORK _________ 9 WELCOMING WITH WARMTH: NEWCOMERS TO CANADA ________________________________ 9 NEWKIDS POLICE ACADEMY ___________________________________________________________ 9 MULTICULTURAL OUTREACH: VPD DIVERSITY LIAISON OFFICER ________________________________ 10 ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH FOR THE LGBTQ2S+ COMMUNITY _________________________ 10 LGBTQ2S+ LIAISON OFFICER ________________________________________________________ 10 SAFE PLACE PROGRAM _____________________________________________________________ 11 TRANSGENDER PERSPECTIVES: WALK WITH ME ____________________________________________ 11 CITY OF VANCOUVER 2S+LGTBQ ADVISORY COMMITTEE ____________________________________ 11 LOVE WHO YOU WANT, PLAY WHAT YOU WANT ___________________________________________ 12 ARROWS TO THE FUTURE: YOUTH DIRECTED OUTREACH ______________________________ 12 SCHOOL LIAISON UNIT ______________________________________________________________ 12 INDIGENOUS CADET PROGRAM ________________________________________________________ 13 ACCESS, RECREATION, AND CULTURE PROGRAM ___________________________________________ 13 VPD CADETS ____________________________________________________________________ 14 STUDENT CHALLENGE ______________________________________________________________ 14 GET R.E.A.L. ____________________________________________________________________ 14 POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE ___________________________________________________________ 15 YOUTH CONNECT __________________________________________________________________ 15 RISE BASKETBALL _________________________________________________________________ 15 TOTAL RESPECT FOR OURSELVES AND OTHERS ____________________________________________ 15 HERE4PEERS ____________________________________________________________________ 16 VPD MUSQUEAM BASKETBALL CAMP ___________________________________________________ 16 MAKING EVERYONE SAFE AND HEALTHY _________________________________________________ 16 BRIGHT AT NIGHT __________________________________________________________________ 17 YOUTH OUTREACH PRESENTATIONS ____________________________________________________ 17 REMAKE _______________________________________________________________________ 17 CHURCHILL STRONG _______________________________________________________________ 18 THE STRATHCONA BACKPACK PROGRAM _________________________________________________ 18 VANCOUVER POLICE SOCCER AND SERVICE CLUB __________________________________________ 18 Annual Soccer Camp .......................................................................................................................... 19 Paul Sanghera Soccer Tournament .................................................................................................... 19 VPSSC Free Boot Program ................................................................................................................ 19 OUTREACH FOR AT-RISK CHILDREN: WORKING WITH MINISTRY OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT _ 19 Yankee 10 ........................................................................................................................................... 19 Yankee 20 ........................................................................................................................................... 20 Car 86 ................................................................................................................................................. 20 SUPPORTING AND CONNECTING YOUTH __________________________________________________ 20 CONTRIBUTING TO LIVES OF INNER-CITY KIDS _____________________________________________ 20 3 CONNECTING WITH INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES ______________________________________ 21 INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ____________________________________________________ 21 TRADITIONAL CANOE WAKING CEREMONY ________________________________________________ 21 PULLING TOGETHER CANOE JOURNEY __________________________________________________ 22 NATIONAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY ___________________________________________________ 22 NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICE OFFICER FOR THE VANCOUVER ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY POLICING CENTRE ___ 22 INDIGENOUS LIAISON AND PROTOCOL OFFICER ____________________________________________ 23 MUSQUEAM OUTREACH _____________________________________________________________ 23 INDIGENOUS LIAISON OFFICER ________________________________________________________ 24 LUNCH WITH THE CHIEF _____________________________________________________________ 24 ENGAGING WOMEN AND GIRLS _____________________________________________________ 25 SISTERWATCH ____________________________________________________________________ 25 WOMEN’S MEMORIAL MARCH _________________________________________________________ 26 SEX INDUSTRY LIAISON OFFICER ______________________________________________________ 26 ID4ME ................................................................................................................................................. 27 WOMEN’S PERSONAL SAFETY TEAM ____________________________________________________ 28 THE SHOEBOX PROJECT ____________________________________________________________ 28 COLLABORATING WITH CITIZENS: A COLLECTIVE EFFORT TOWARDS SAFETY ____________ 28 CITIZENS’ CRIME WATCH ____________________________________________________________ 28 WATCHING OUT FOR EACH OTHER: BLOCK WATCH _________________________________________ 29 COMMUNITY POLICING CENTRES _______________________________________________________ 30 KHALSA DIWAN SOCIETY CPC ________________________________________________________ 32 OUTREACH TO GUARD BICYCLE THEFT ______________________________________________ 32 PROJECT 529 ____________________________________________________________________ 32 PROJECT RUDY ___________________________________________________________________ 33 BUSINESS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES ____________________________________ 34 PROJECT ACCESS _________________________________________________________________ 34 PROJECT GRIFFIN _________________________________________________________________ 34 SECURUS AND SHIELD ____________________________________________________________ 34 TERRORISM THREAT AWARENESS VIDEO PROJECT _________________________________________ 35 OTHER COMMUNITY LIAISON POSITIONS _____________________________________________ 35 HOMELESS OUTREACH OFFICER _______________________________________________________ 35 COMMUNITY EVENTS COORDINATOR ____________________________________________________ 36 CPC LIAISON OFFICER ______________________________________________________________ 36 COMMUNITY SAFETY PERSONNEL ______________________________________________________ 37 RECRUITING INITIATIVES ___________________________________________________________