Task force chair says tougher approach needed for Vernon homeless
VERNON, B.C. — A stricter, more proactive approach with street-entrenched residents is needed, if Vernon wants to improve the impact of that population on local businesses.
That’s the comment from Darrin Taylor, head of the task force that made over 40 recommendations to council, which were debated in a marathon meeting Monday.
Taylor says agencies like bylaw and police have to make life less comfortable for the trouble makers.
“Bylaw and RCMP can’t rush in in a heavy handed way and start rounding people up, but it really is remarkable the changes that we can see once the word gets out that this is tolerated and that’s not tolerated.”