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Constable Kristie Fisher describes being thrown into a world of drug busting during her first days on the Downtown Eastside beat as she and her partner stop a cocaine deal near the police station.
In this gritty ten-part reality series, cameras follow the Beat Enforcement Team--a special police squad assigned to patrol an urban area suffering skyrocketing crime rates and rampant drug use. Attempting to juggle their dangerous jobs with their home lives, the officers commit to doing everything they can to clean up the dangerous streets and improve the lives of those in the community.
"The Beat" airs Mondays at 8/7c on Current TV.Constable Kristie Fisher describes being thrown into a world of drug busting during... more
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Vancouver's Downtown Eastside is noted for high incidences of poverty, drug addiction, prostitution, violent crime, as well as an ongoing tradition of community activism. It has the unfortunate distinction of having the highest rate of HIV infection in the Western world. Vancouver's drug problem has grown steadily worse over the last decade with the most common drugs being heroin, crack cocaine, IV cocaine, and crystal methamphetamine.
This documentary introduces the people who call the Downtown Eastside their 'home'.Vancouver's Downtown Eastside is noted for high incidences of poverty, drug... more
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Vancouver's Downtown Eastside is noted for high incidences of poverty, drug addiction, prostitution, violent crime, as well as an ongoing tradition of community activism. It has the unfortunate distinction of having the highest rate of HIV infection in the Western world. Vancouver's drug problem has grown steadily worse over the last decade with the most common drugs being heroin, crack cocaine, IV cocaine, and crystal methamphetamine.
This documentary introduces the people who call the Downtown Eastside their 'home'.Vancouver's Downtown Eastside is noted for high incidences of poverty, drug... more
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A group of about 50 sex workers from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside who are challenging Canada's prostitution laws could lose their case in B.C. Supreme Court this week, months before a trial is even set to begin.
A group of about 50 sex workers from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside who are... more
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Do people care about fish more than people in our ghetto?
I'd argue that solving the problems in the Downtown Eastside are actually easier — or at least more in our immediate control — than saving the salmon.Do people care about fish more than people in our ghetto?
I'd argue that solving... more
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