Today marks the 1st anniversary of the VPD killing of Chester. This year, Pivot is supporting members of the Defund 604 Network and VANDU, who are coming together to mark the first anniversary of his murder.

Meenakshi Mannoe & Kit Rothschild want City of Vancouver to reinvest 50% of the police budget into community-led crisis response and peer-led systems of care.

Researcher and policy analyst Chuka Ejeckam distinguishes public safety from police spending, as these concepts are often conflated.

Defund 604 Network releases 6 demands to build safe, health and sustainable communities for all with release of results of the 2021 People’s Budget in advance of 2022 police budget deliberations.

Street sweeps are conducted every morning in the DTES. We must end this dehumanizing practice!

The Vancouver Police Department is doubling down on the Trespass Prevention Program by expanding it, despite concerns.

BC's proof of vaccination plan as it currently stands, fails to account for people who will face legitimate barriers to accessing a vaccine card.

BC Poverty Reduction Coalition, Homeless Services Association of BC, and Pivot Legal Society write to address transit poverty and the role of TransLink in eradicating inequity within its ridership.

"Motion B2 assumes that policing is best-suited to respond to a myriad of social and economic issues, rather than grappling with what interventions could be made available through defunding police and investing in community-led crisis intervention."

You can refuse consent for law enforcement to seize or dump your alcohol because it violates your charter rights and undermines harm reduction.