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Veterans Affairs committee I think that's a great idea. I wasn't aware of that, but I think it's fantastic. We certainly ask people for ID when we're speaking with them, if they're able to even provide that identification. Maybe we don't delve into that conversation yet, but if they're able to provide it
November 29th, 2018Committee meeting
Cst Alyson Smith
Veterans Affairs committee Usually they don't. It's a challenge. ID is a challenge.
November 29th, 2018Committee meeting
Cst Alyson Smith
Veterans Affairs committee That's a great question. There was a video that was played at the round table that I've passed on to a few people here in Vancouver. I thought it was really quite a powerful video. There were several officers, but there was an officer in Calgary who kind of stuck with me. I thin
November 29th, 2018Committee meeting
Cst Alyson Smith
Veterans Affairs committee I mean, any help would be great. I think just identifying our veteran population would benefit that. Certainly if we have 8% of our homeless population self-identifying as veterans, then the need certainly is there for that housing. It comes back to being relatable and having t
November 29th, 2018Committee meeting
Cst Alyson Smith
November 29th, 2018Committee meeting
Cst Alyson Smith
Veterans Affairs committee It is a one-person team. It's me right now. I am the homeless outreach team. In terms of outreach, I'm certainly out in uniform and on the road every day. I do specific outreach with welfare services once a week, and then with a mental health nurse through our Coastal Health. If
November 29th, 2018Committee meeting
Cst Alyson Smith
Veterans Affairs committee I think it's probably the trauma, the things they've seen and the things they've dealt with. I think that's quite different from our general population.
November 29th, 2018Committee meeting
Cst Alyson Smith
Veterans Affairs committee It's a great question. I can't think of a female veteran I've come across. It would be a guess.
November 29th, 2018Committee meeting
Cst Alyson Smith
Veterans Affairs committee Absolutely. Our numbers are skyrocketing. They are larger than we've ever seen before.
November 29th, 2018Committee meeting
Cst Alyson Smith
Veterans Affairs committee It's still quite transient. There certainly are our locals who have been around for a long time, but we do have a large population of people who are travelling across the country. Maybe they have warrants in other provinces. The west coast is the last stop, as is Vancouver, and m
November 29th, 2018Committee meeting
Cst Alyson Smith
Veterans Affairs committee Yes, I would say that we are not so localized anymore.
November 29th, 2018Committee meeting
Cst Alyson Smith
Veterans Affairs committee Yes, the mental health aspect is large. We're certainly dealing with that here in Vancouver, and I'm sure across the country. It's always great to have as much information as you possibly can about the people you're dealing with to be able to have conversations with them or mayb
November 29th, 2018Committee meeting
Cst Alyson Smith
Veterans Affairs committee I absolutely do. I am not a veteran myself, but certainly in the police culture we have a certain way of speaking to each other. If that's what you mean, I do think it would be helpful and useful to be able to have that type of conversation.
November 29th, 2018Committee meeting
Cst Alyson Smith
Veterans Affairs committee Yes, I think that's a really interesting point, having a case manager, potentially, who has a military background. I can only speak from a police perspective, but there are certain things that you would say to the public and there are certain things that you would say to a colle
November 29th, 2018Committee meeting
Cst Alyson Smith
Veterans Affairs committee Absolutely.
November 29th, 2018Committee meeting
Cst Alyson Smith