1. Safety & Security

    BC: Transit Police Launch New Campaign Against Sexual Assault

    July 10, 2018
    Noting that it has “much greater scope,” than the two campaigns preceding it, Metro Vancouver Transit Police (MVTP) launched what they said is phase three of an ongoing campaign against incidents of sexual assault on public transit.

    Source Daily Hive

    Noting that it has “much greater scope,” than the two campaigns preceding it, Metro Vancouver Transit Police (MVTP) launched what they said is phase three of an ongoing campaign against incidents of sexual assault on public transit.

    In January of 2013, phase one of the anti-sex campaign was launched with a train the trainer session at the SFU Downtown Vancouver Campus.

    Phase two of the campaign followed in November of that same year, and featured – among other things – 80 posters with the message that “Unwanted Touching is a Crime,”  displayed throughout SkyTrain cars.

    Read the complete article at http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/transit-police-launch-sexual-assault-campaign-2018