North Battleford brings CSO team up to full force
North Battleford now has a full complement of Community Safety Officers (CSO) on the roads now that a vacant position has been filled.
James Fudge was recently appointed to the role, which was announced at city council’s recent meeting. Fudge, who previously left, recently returned to the position. There are now six officers.
CSOs are essentially municipal bylaw enforcement officers with special constable status.
The city’s CSOs were granted increased responsibilities in June, 2017. CSOs can now take on more follow-up work related to low-risk offences, which in turn would help free up the Battlefords RCMP officers’ time so they could work on more serious investigations and crimes in-progress.