Mayor clarifies facts of CTV documentary on North Battleford
City of North Battleford Mayor Ryan Bater spoke at council’s meeting Tuesday to clarify some information referenced in the Sept. 29 CTV W5 documentary about eight people supposedly causing a high level of crime in North Battleford.
Bater said the news team appeared to have misinterpreted this point in the show, and as a result people who watched the program in the community are confused about the issue.
“I just want to clear the air about the facts,” he said. “It’s important to use facts in these matters.”
Bater said there are not eight individuals responsible for 38 per cent of all crime in North Battleford. Rather, he said the RCMP report about eight people at any given time account for a high proportional, about 38 per cent of calls for service downtown specifically.