Town crime report sees overall decline
The Town of Battleford had mostly good news when it received its latest crime report for the current quarter, showing total calls for service slightly lower than the same time last year.
Battlefords RCMP Staff Sgt. Darcy Woolfitt presented the report covering April to June 2018, the second-quarter results, at Monday’s council meeting.
While vehicle collisions and drug offences went up for the period this year, break and enters and crimes against persons saw a decline.
Woolfitt said in his report the RCMP are continuing their work on targeted crime suppression patrols and other initiatives. He said this work is part of the RCMP detachment’s long-term policing strategy to deal with crime. The project also helps police identify chronic offenders to deter future recidivism.