Overview
- The government announced on June 20 that it will add $6 million to the SITE program, a three-year pilot launched in March 2023.
- Since its inception, investigators under the program have opened nearly 150 probes across dozens of communities.
- SITE has generated more than 2,600 criminal charges and secured substantial seizures of weapons, drugs and stolen property.
- Vancouver police attribute a notable reduction in violent crime along Hastings Street to the program’s efforts.
- Public Safety Minister Gary Begg warns that escalating mental health challenges, the toxic opioid crisis and homelessness are complicating frontline policing.