Homicides down, crime up in 2023
The SPVM presented its 2023 annual report Monday and the tl;dr is that homicides were down but crime was up. Notably, hate crimes, assaults and vehicle thefts all increased.
The CBC cites critic of policing Ted Rutland through their piece, while TVA’s headline shouts “Il faut «sortir de l’idéologie antipolicière», martèle Mathieu Bock-Côté” and a sidebar says pas question de marcher sur Sainte-Catherine.
Has it occurred to some of these people that as you shout that Montreal is a dead loss and that some streets are dangerous, you risk bringing about the result you’re pretending to deplore?
DeWolf 01:22 on 2024-06-04 Permalink
QMI is busy building a parallel universe Montreal.
That’s not to minimize the problems a neighbourhood like the Village is facing but seriously, the idea you can’t walk along Ste-Catherine… there are literally terrasses full of bougie people sipping cocktails.
CE 08:31 on 2024-06-04 Permalink
Have these people never been to any other city outside of Switzerland? It’s so incredibly safe here! In the 18 years I’ve lived in Montreal, I’ve known of a single person who has been robbed (not including car break-ins). I’ve never once heard a gunshot and even fights on the streets are rare. I know this is just one observation and things do happen here but it’s very, very rare compared to almost any other city on earth.
jeather 11:46 on 2024-06-04 Permalink
The police find there’s more crime and we need more police, hold the presses.
Ian 12:42 on 2024-06-04 Permalink
Of course if there were less crime this would also be seen as proof by the police that policing works so we need more police.