Pubdate: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 Source: Nanaimo News Bulletin (CN BC) Copyright: 2015, BC Newspaper Group Contact: http://www.nanaimobulletin.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/948 Author: Terry Lee Wagar CITY SHOULD BE SUPPORTING DISPENSARIES To the Editor, A municipal council can and does tell the local RCMP what community priorities are, which the police then apply to their community policing strategy - one that reflects the practices of the community they serve. So, Nanaimo council could have easily chosen to inform the local detachment that dispensaries are a very low-priority item, and they could have also politely requested that police leave the people's medicine providers alone. Our council chose not to do this. Since they have not, I am of the opinion that our council have given its implied consent to having the outlets raided and the medicine people need seized. Sad, yes, but also a cop out and a letdown of thousands of people. Terry Lee Wagar Nanaimo - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom