Task Force Barrage

• Officer set on fire in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, police say

  Vancouver police said it happened as the pair were patrolling the area as part of Task Force Barrage, an initiative to boost police presence in the area.

  Crime

  Apr 11
  
• ‘I feel safer’: A look at the Downtown Eastside after 6 weeks of ‘Task Force Barrage’

  It's been six weeks since the Vancouver Police Department began flooding the Downtown Eastside with officers as a part of Task Force Barrage. How is the initiative faring?

  Crime

  Mar 27
  
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• Assaults drop in first month of Downtown Eastside crime crackdown, police say

  The Vancouver Police Department announced Task Force Barrage in mid-February, a three-pronged plan to target organized and violent crime in the neighbourhood.

  Crime

  Mar 20