Statement
Hire 100 New Police Officers and 100 Mental Health Nurses to expand VPD/health authority-led programs like Car 87.
Overview
Hire 100 New Police Officers and 100 Mental Health Nurses to expand VPD/health authority-led programs like Car 87.
Timeline
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May 1, 2026
Status changed to Broken
This promise is officially broken. While 100 new VPD police officers were hired, the dual commitment of hiring 100 mental health nurses was formally abandoned and dropped in late 2025 due to systemic nurse shortages, with funds pivoted to Vancouver Coastal Health multi-disciplinary teams instead of direct dedicated hiring.
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Oct 1, 2025
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Added 1 evidence source. Direct nurse tracking dropped. Diverted $8M to Vancouver Coastal Health to deploy the multi-disciplinary MODE outreach team.
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Feb 1, 2025
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Added 1 evidence source. Public safety capital budget assessments reviewed and finalized core responder material allocations.
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Jun 1, 2024
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Added 1 evidence source. Vancouver City Council approves plan for hiring 200 police officers, nurses
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Oct 1, 2023
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Added 1 evidence source. Vancouver hires 100 cops, but fewer than 10 promised mental health nurses on board
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Sep 1, 2023
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Added 1 evidence source. Police hiring targets met; nurse hiring stalled at 9.5 FTEs due to province-wide nursing shortages.
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May 1, 2023
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Added 1 evidence source. Coordinated with clinical staff and regional authorities to streamline mental health responder pipelines.
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Nov 1, 2022
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Added 1 evidence source. Vancouver council votes to fund 100 new police officers, 100 new mental health nurses
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Nov 1, 2022
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Added 1 evidence source. In 2022, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim promised to hire 100 cops and 100 nurses. Here's what's actually happened so far.
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