The Vancouver School Board voted 8-1 on Monday night to end its school liaison officer program and remove uniformed police officers in the city's schools effective at the end of June 2021. "This motion doesn't go far enough to be unequivocally clear that, in fact, school liaison officers, police will be removed from schools. Before the Monday meeting, parents and educators in the Vancouver school system held a news conference via zoom to voice their concerns about the school liaison officer program in a last minute push for its cancellation. New West school board still to decideThe New Westminster school board had also put its child and youth liaison officer program on hold for months as it conducted a review. The New Westminster school board will decide whether to give its final approval to cancel the program on April 27.

Source: CBC News April 27, 2021 05:26 UTC