Keeping bylaw officers unarmed best choice in the long run
KAMLOOPS — The City of Kamloops is overhauling its bylaw department to make it a kinder, gentler group of professionals dedicated to implementing and enforcing the rules city council sets in stone.
It’s renaming the department to remove the word ‘enforcement,’ in an attempt to reflect that enforcement should be the last step in dealing with an issue of non-compliance.
It’s also holding off on giving its officers defensive weaponry such as batons, handcuffs and pepper spray.
Some may raise an eyebrow at that move.