Preventing vehicle ramming attacks an 'urgent challenge,' says Vancouver mayor | Unpublished
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Publication Date: May 16, 2025 - 15:25

Preventing vehicle ramming attacks an 'urgent challenge,' says Vancouver mayor

May 16, 2025
Vancouver police recently purchased a $410,000 mobile vehicle barrier system, but say it would not have been deployed at the Lapu-Lapu Day street festival had it been available because the event's risk assessment didn't call for it.


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