Vancouver Police Department public safety trailers vandalized in Downtown Eastside – BC [Video]

Days after it was set up to help deter crime and record criminal activity in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Vancouver police say one of their public safety trailers has been towed away following an incident of vandalism.

Police confirmed the wires were cut and tires slashed on the mobile surveillance unit at Main and Hastings Streets sometime between late Friday and Saturday.

The trailers are powered by generators and have four pole-cameras recording 24/7 in all directions.

Since mid-February, police have had a heightened presence in the area with Task Force Barrage, and the mobile trailers were added following recent violent attacks, and after the VPD received intelligence that there may be a plot on the Downtown Eastside to kill an officer.

One unit remains on Carrall Street near Hastings Street, near where a police officer was set on fire earlier this month.

The damaged trailer was installed near the alley …