Thanks to Langley City and TransLink for stepping up to the plate and improving lighting at the Langley City bus exchange.
Funds have been approved and materials are being ordered, and there should be better lighting there by February or March. This is a step in the right direction.
Much more needs to be done to improve safety there, starting with video surveillance cameras. Both agencies have their hands tied by privacy regulations, so it’s time for public pressure on MLA Mary Polak. She needs to be asked why privacy is allowed to override safety at the bus exchange.
It is perfectly acceptable and legal for private property owners to mount surveillance cameras to document property crimes. Langley RCMP are using the images they capture on a daily basis. Yet somehow, it is unacceptable to use such cameras at high-risk public locations, where people are attacked, beaten and robbed.
This is wrong, and it needs to change.