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From YouTube: MAY 8 2023 Statements Mike Morris
Description
The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
4th Session
42nd Parliament
A
Georgia
McKenzie
Mr
Speaker
next
week
is
National.
Police
Week
police
agencies
in
BC
are
advocating
for
a
more
collaborative
approach
and
a
more
integrated
effort
amongst
all
Police
Services
social
agencies
and
our
justice
system.
In
providing
a
modernized
approach
to
Public
Safety,
they
spend
their
days
focus
on
the
very
small
percentage
of
our
populations,
who
are
the
worst
behaved
citizens
in
our
communities.
A
But
they
can't
do
this
by
themselves.
They
need
the
support
of
our
justice
system
in
keeping
violent
prolific
offenders
in
jail.
They
need
our
justice
system
to
recognize
that
violent
offenders
who
continually
reoffend
with
increasing
violence
and
who
continually
demonstrate
complete
disdain
for
police
and
our
justice
system,
cannot
be
measured
solely
against
the
charter
provision
of
being
considered
innocent
until
proven
guilty.
The
Supreme
Court
in
Canada
in
a
2022
decision,
R
versus
JJ,
says
in
part
an
accused
is
not
entitled
to
have
procedures,
crafted
that
take
only
their
interests
into
account.
A
The
decision
goes
on
to
say
that,
crucially,
fairness
is
also
assessed
from
the
point
of
view
of
the
complainant
and
the
community.
I
hope.
Our
justice
system
in
BC
keeps
these
words
of
this
decision
in
mind
and
considers
the
safety
of
our
officers
and
their
deliberations
respecting
bail
for
violent
prolific
offenders.
On
behalf
of
all
of
us
in
this
house,
I
wish
to
thank
all
police
officers
and
support
Personnel
for
their
role
in
keeping
our
Province
safe.
We
want
to
ensure
that
all
police
officers
return
home
safe
to
their
families
every
day.