Approve 2023 Draft Operating Budget — A(a) VPD New Officers
Motion 15 · Special Council (2023 Draft Operating Budget), February 28, 2023
Summary
- Approved $8 million in new funding to enable the hiring of 100 new Vancouver police officers, fulfilling a key ABC party election commitment.
- Councillors Boyle, Carr, and Fry opposed, arguing the funds would be better directed to social services and alternative public safety approaches.
- VPD presentation cited a 12% rise in violent crime, a 30% rise in serious assaults, and sworn officer numbers that have not kept pace with population growth since 2009.