Battlefords RCMP sees high vehicle thefts total during winter
Stolen vehicles remained an issue in the Battlefords this winter, especially in cars and trucks left unattended.
The Battlefords RCMP detachment recently did an analysis of stolen vehicles in the area from Dec. 1 to Feb. 28. A number of note was that the detachment accounted for 28 per cent of all reported stolen vehicles in Saskatchewan RCMP jurisdictions during this three month period.
Sgt. Neil Tremblay said it speaks to the trend in the region during that stretch, rather than geographical location. More than 75 per cent of stolen vehicles were recovered within the detachment area.
“To say that it’s the location on the highway had much to do with it, I’m not sure that fits, because it was a lot of local people involved in the ones that were solved,” Tremblay said. “It’s not like they were recovered out of area, like in Saskatoon, most of the time they were recovered here.”