Letter to the editor:
Re: sa国际传媒, April 30, 2019: sa国际传媒淜elownasa国际传媒檚 top cop predicts crime could get worse before it gets better in the citysa国际传媒ithout more treatment for drug addicts, crime will increase.sa国际传媒滽elowna RCMP Supt. Brent Mundle.
Supt. Mundle wasnsa国际传媒檛 preaching to the choir, the good people of Kelowna.
He was addressing Kelowna mayor and council, the same group that enabled more drug addicts on Jan. 17, 2019, by unanimously voting for a permanent Harm Reduction Wet facility to be built at 2025 Agassiz Rd. in a predominantly seniorssa国际传媒� neighbourhood.
This reckless action clearly enables more using and more trafficking, since all drug addiction treatment is voluntary. And more police calls.
Itsa国际传媒檚 no wonder that Supt. Mundle found himself repeating this distressful phrase: sa国际传媒淭he city will not be able to arrest its way out of the current situation involving crime and addiction.sa国际传媒�
Gordon Brooks, Kelowna
