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WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Winnipeg paramedics say they are increasingly dealing with cases involving violent crime — and they aren't properly equipped to deal with it.

Other Canadian cities, including Toronto, Calgary and even the northern Manitoba city of Thompson provide paramedics with bulletproof vests — and Winnipeg should do the same, said Marc Savard, vice-president of the city's paramedic union.

Winnipeg paramedics are allowed to wear bulletproof vests, but they must provide them themselves.

"The general consensus when the vests first appeared was a lot of the members felt it was overkill. But lately, more and more people are going, 'You know, maybe it wasn't,'" he said.

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