The union representing R-C-M-P officers says it’s concerned about strained resources while enforcing B-C’s forthcoming COVID-19 vaccine card.
The Pacific regional director with the National Police Federation says mental health calls, wildfire deployments and police enforcement of the injunction against old-growth logging protests on Vancouver Island have stretched the Mounties thin.
Rob Farrer says the provincial and federal governments need to step up with more funding if police are going to be on the front lines of enforcing British Columbia’s program.
That’s after Premier John Horgan said Friday that businesses should call police if would-be patrons refuse to show proof they’ve received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine by September 13th in order to access many indoor settings.
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