VIOLENCE BY youth is on
the rise in wealthy West
Vancouver, sccording to a
West Vancouver Police
Department constable who
works closely with local stu-
dents,

West Vancouver Police Const.
Janis MacLean has organized a
community forum to focus on the
prevention of youth violence.

By Surj Rattan
News Reporter

The forum will be held on
Wednesday, Nav, 24, fram 7 tu 9
pan. in the theatre of West Van-
couver secondary school,

MacLean works as the police
department's schoal Haison  of-
ficer. She wants to altract as many
young people to the forum as
possible,

targets youth viole

A panel of cight speakers will
be on hand to address a variety of
youtherelated issues,

MacLean will be joined by:
@ Sam George, Squamish Nation
peacekeeper;
© Wendy Taylor, coordinator of
criminal gang progr#ins and youth
violence prevention for the At-
torney-General’s Ministry;

@ Cpl. Axel Hovbrender, coor-
dinator of the Vancouver Police:

NEWS photo Mika Waxotield

WEST. VANCOUVER Police Department Const. Janis Maclean has noticed an increase in youth vi-
olence and has organized a public forum on the issue. The forum wil} be held at West Vancouver
secondary school on Wednesday night.

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e Chris Fuoco, of the
outreach program;

® Kathy Grant, coordinator
the counselling department
Sentinel secondary school;

@ Students Alaina Burnett

Rob Croston.

MacLean said the highlight of
the forum will be a performance
by the youth group 841-KOZ. The
drama group formed to present a
short skit to launch a police gang
and youth contact line earlier this
year in February.

The group has since expanded
to become a performance and
workshop group, It travels to
schools, conferences, police semi-
nars, detention centres, youth
agencies and camps.

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The group works to offer peo-
ple positives alternatives to gang
and youth violence and motivate
others 10 take a stand against vio-
lence.

Maclean said she has noticed
an increase ins youth violence in
West Vancouver. She oelieves the
problem to be a community re-
sponsibility.

“The rules of the jungle are
changing. Not too tong ago, if
two people had a problem, they
would go out back behind the
school and duke it out.

“Now, it’s more of a case of
‘my friends.’ ['m not sceing one-
on-one fights anymore. In that
sense, I'm seeing it increase and
I'm also secing the intimidation
increasing,’’ said MacLean.

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