Riot review to focus on making future events safer
Posted Jun 20, 2011 04:52:08 PM.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – An independent review has been called by the Province into Wednesday night’s riot.
“We’re not interested in a blame game, we just want the facts,” says Public Safety Minister Shirley Bond.
Bond says they’re still looking at names to see who that independent body will be.
“We are currently obviously reviewing a number of names, and I want to make sure we have the right person to do the job, so today I can’t tell you who will do it.”
She won’t give a ballpark on cost, but says it will be done much faster and to a smaller scale than other provincial reviews.
“I expect it to be done by the end of August. We’re going to involve one person as the reviewer and we’re going to obviously have a discussion about what support might be necessary, but we’re not looking at an exorbitant cost here.”
The review will look at what was learned from the 1994 riot, how the city and police handled the violence last week, and in the future, how Vancouver can safely host public events.
It will be conducted by the independent body along with the City of Vancouver, before being handed back to the province and the Vancouver Police Department.
