VIDEO: A kind and gentle approach on Kelowna's toughest blocks

| December 18, 2018 in Video

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This video might just change the way you see the police. In Kelowna they are called the Downtown Enforcement Unit, but sometimes they're more like friends than enforcers. Meet Sgt. Greg Woodcox and Cpl. Carrie Seale. They're cheerful, compassionate and trusted. 

Sgt. Woodcox has spent five years with the Downtown Enforcement Unit. Cpl. Seale has been involved for seven. For both of them, it's those times when their interactions with people lead to positive changes that keep them going. "I really look at people down there as if they're my kids," said Woodcox who says a mutual trust has developed. "I feel completely comfortable walking down there into the shelters, because it's just how you treat people over time."  There are success stories said Seale. "That's what keeps us going is the potential that someone is going to come out of it okay."

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