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Vancouver officials to present safety report following festival attack
The report highlights eight safety recommendations including hostile vehicle mitigation and infrastructure upgrades to prevent future attacks at outdoor events, following the April 26 tragedy.
- Vancouver officials are set to present a report on public safety and planning for outdoor events prompted by a vehicle-ramming attack that killed 11 people at a Filipino street festival in April.
- The report follows the release of a preliminary report saying the festival's planning appeared to have followed prescribed processes for an event that officials considered low risk.
- A former B.C. Supreme Court chief justice previously recommended that all public events across the province, regardless of size, should be supported by a risk assessment and called for inter-agency coordination.
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City of Vancouver recommends province, feds pass event safety legislation following Lapu Lapu attack
The City of Vancouver and its police department are calling for the B.C. and federal governments to pass standardized event safety legislation in the wake of April’s Lapu Lapu festival vehicle ramming attack which left 11 people dead.
Harden city infrastructure against vehicle attacks, says Vancouver festival attack report
New Hostile Vehicle Mitigation plans are among the eight recommendations the city and Vancouver Police Department's review propose in response to the April 26 Lapu Lapu Day attack.
Vancouver report calls for stronger protections, clearer safety planning after Lapu-Lapu Day tragedy
Vancouver police and city officials are calling for stronger vehicle barriers, clearer safety planning and more provincial support for festival organizers in the wake of April's Lapu-Lapu Day tragedy, where an alleged vehicle-ramming attack left 11 people dead and dozens more injured.
Vancouver officials to present safety report following festival attack (Metro Vancouver)
Vancouver's mayor and chief constable are expected to present the final report from a review of public safety and planning for outdoor events prompted by the vehicle-ramming attack that killed 11 people at a Filipino street festival in April. Mayor Ken Sim and Chief Const. Steve Rai are set to prese...
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