Streeter
March 24th 2010
Do patrols make downtown safer?
Given that there are so many people patrolling downtown, do you think downtown is safe?
I never notice the patrols. I take night classes and I feel safe downtown.
– Andrea Hrenchuk, third-year biology
I don’t really think so. There are a finite number of people to patrol downtown. It doesn’t necessarily make it safer.
– Cadry Williams, third-year industrial education
Yeah, if we had more patrols. I just got robbed on my bike on St. Matthews & Agnes by someone with a baseball bat wrapped with barbed wire.
– Freddy Monkman, volunteer, Winnipeg Harvest
I’ve never felt unsafe downtown. I’ve never encountered the patrols or seen them engage anybody.
– Kaylyn Rheault, first-year psych nurse
I don’t think it makes a huge difference. I live around here and am not especially scared.
– Leah Borchert, first-year general
I’m not 100 per cent confident on that. The Downtown BIZ are not prepared for emergencies. The issue was brought up about having police cadets patrol. They’d better be trained.
– Paul Pinola, security guard, G4S
This streeter appeared in Volume 64, Number 24 of The Uniter, published March 25th 2010.
