COMMUNITY Matters COMMUNITY OUTREACH REPORT MAY 2020 VANCOUVER POLICE DEPARTMENT 1 2 Table of Contents OUR COMMUNITY MATTERS _________________________________________________________ 7 TRUE ENGAGEMENT: HEARING FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS _______________________________________ 7 DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, AND INDIGENOUS RELATIONS SECTION __________________________ 8 CITIZENS’ POLICE ACADEMY _________________________________________________________________ 9 DIVERSITY OUTREACH WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT: BC LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVERSITY NETWORK ________ 10 WELCOMING WITH WARMTH: NEWCOMERS TO CANADA _______________________________ 10 NEWKIDS POLICE ACADEMY ________________________________________________________________ 10 MULTICULTURAL OUTREACH: VPD DIVERSITY LIAISON OFFICER ___________________________________ 11 ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH FOR THE LGBTQ2S+ COMMUNITY _________________________ 11 LGBTQ2S+ LIAISON OFFICER ______________________________________________________________ 11 SAFE PLACE PROGRAM ____________________________________________________________________ 12 TRANSGENDER PERSPECTIVES: WALK WITH ME ________________________________________________ 12 CITY OF VANCOUVER 2S+LGTBQ ADVISORY COMMITTEE ________________________________________ 12 LOVE WHO YOU WANT, PLAY WHAT YOU WANT ________________________________________________ 13 ARROWS TO THE FUTURE: YOUTH DIRECTED OUTREACH ______________________________ 13 SCHOOL LIAISON UNIT _____________________________________________________________________ 13 INDIGENOUS CADET PROGRAM ______________________________________________________________ 14 ACCESS, RECREATION, AND CULTURE PROGRAM _______________________________________________ 14 VPD CADETS ____________________________________________________________________________ 15 STUDENT CHALLENGE _____________________________________________________________________ 15 GET R.E.A.L. ____________________________________________________________________________ 15 POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE _________________________________________________________________ 16 YOUTH CONNECT _________________________________________________________________________ 16 RISE BASKETBALL ________________________________________________________________________ 16 TOTAL RESPECT FOR OURSELVES AND OTHERS _________________________________________________ 16 HERE4PEERS ____________________________________________________________________________ 17 VPD MUSQUEAM BASKETBALL CAMP _________________________________________________________ 17 MAKING EVERYONE SAFE AND HEALTHY ______________________________________________________ 17 BRIGHT AT NIGHT _________________________________________________________________________ 18 YOUTH OUTREACH PRESENTATIONS _________________________________________________________ 18 REMAKE _______________________________________________________________________________ 18 CHURCHILL STRONG ______________________________________________________________________ 19 THE STRATHCONA BACKPACK PROGRAM ______________________________________________________ 19 VANCOUVER POLICE SOCCER AND SERVICE CLUB ______________________________________________ 19 Annual Soccer Camp .......................................................................................................................... 20 Paul Sanghera Soccer Tournament .................................................................................................... 20 VPSSC Free Boot Program ................................................................................................................ 20 OUTREACH FOR AT-RISK CHILDREN: WORKING WITH MINISTRY OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT _ 20 Yankee 10 ........................................................................................................................................... 20 Yankee 20 ........................................................................................................................................... 21 Car 86 ................................................................................................................................................. 21 SUPPORTING AND CONNECTING YOUTH _______________________________________________________ 21 CONTRIBUTING TO LIVES OF INNER-CITY KIDS __________________________________________________ 21 3 CONNECTING WITH INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES ______________________________________ 22 INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COMMITTEE __________________________________________________________ 22 TRADITIONAL CANOE WAKING CEREMONY _____________________________________________________ 22 PULLING TOGETHER CANOE JOURNEY ________________________________________________________ 23 NATIONAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY ________________________________________________________ 23 NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICE OFFICER FOR THE VANCOUVER ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY POLICING CENTRE ___ 23 INDIGENOUS LIAISON AND PROTOCOL OFFICER _________________________________________________ 24 MUSQUEAM OUTREACH ____________________________________________________________________ 24 INDIGENOUS LIAISON OFFICER ______________________________________________________________ 25 LUNCH WITH THE CHIEF ____________________________________________________________________ 25 NATIONAL ABORIGINAL VETERANS DAY _______________________________________________________ 26 ENGAGING WOMEN AND GIRLS _____________________________________________________ 26 SISTERWATCH ___________________________________________________________________________ 26 WOMEN’S MEMORIAL MARCH _______________________________________________________________ 27 SEX INDUSTRY LIAISON OFFICER ____________________________________________________________ 27 ID4ME ................................................................................................................................................. 29 WOMEN’S PERSONAL SAFETY TEAM __________________________________________________________ 29 THE SHOEBOX PROJECT ___________________________________________________________________ 29 COLLABORATING WITH CITIZENS: A COLLECTIVE EFFORT TOWARDS SAFETY ____________ 30 CITIZENS’ CRIME WATCH ___________________________________________________________________ 30 WATCHING OUT FOR EACH OTHER: BLOCK WATCH ______________________________________________ 30 COMMUNITY POLICING CENTRES ____________________________________________________________ 31 KHALSA DIWAN SOCIETY CPC ______________________________________________________________ 33 OUTREACH TO GUARD BICYCLE THEFT ______________________________________________ 33 PROJECT 529 ____________________________________________________________________________ 34 PROJECT RUDY __________________________________________________________________________ 34 BUSINESS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES ____________________________________ 35 PROJECT ACCESS ________________________________________________________________________ 35 PROJECT GRIFFIN ________________________________________________________________________ 35 SECURUS AND SHIELD __________________________________________________________________ 36 TERRORISM THREAT AWARENESS VIDEO PROJECT ______________________________________________ 36 OTHER COMMUNITY LIAISON POSITIONS _____________________________________________ 36 HOMELESS OUTREACH OFFICER _____________________________________________________________ 36 COMMUNITY EVENTS COORDINATOR _________________________________________________________ 37 CPC LIAISON OFFICER ____________________________________________________________________ 37 COMMUNITY SAFETY PERSONNEL ____________________________________________________________ 38 REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY ON ALL LEVELS: THE VPD EXECUTIVE _________________ 38 RECRUITING INITIATIVES ___________________________________________________________ 39 GATHERING OUR VOICES INDIGENOUS YOUTH CONFERENCE ______________________________________ 39 HOOBIYEE (NISGA’A NEW YEAR)_____________________________________________________________ 39 NATIONAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S DAY ________________________________________________________ 39 INDIGENOUS LINK _________________________________________________________________________ 40 CHINESE NEW YEAR PARADE _______________________________________________________________ 40 KOREAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE__________________________________________________________ 40 VAISAKHI PARADE ________________________________________________________________________ 40 LGBTQ2S+ COMMUNITY __________________________________________________________________ 41 4 COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOR MENTAL HEALTH _______________________________________ 41 THE ASSERTIVE OUTREACH TEAM ___________________________________________________________ 41 ASSERTIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT _________________________________________________________ 42 CAR 87/88 ______________________________________________________________________________ 42 COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND PARTNERSHIPS THROUGH VPD INVESTIGATIVE SECTIONS __ 42 SUPPORT THROUGH VICTIM SERVICES ________________________________________________________ 45 VPD Victim Services Unit .................................................................................................................... 45 PROACTIVE DRUG AND GANG PREVENTION ENGAGEMENT _____________________________ 45 B.C. OVERDOSE ACTION EXCHANGE _________________________________________________________ 46 DRUG OVERDOSE AND ALERT PARTNERSHIP ___________________________________________________ 46 COMMUNITY ACTION TEAMS ________________________________________________________________ 46 END GANG LIFE __________________________________________________________________________