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On any block and in any neighbourhood, it only takes one house that is harbouring illegal activities to undermine the safety of all residents of that community and affect the property values throughout that neighbourhood.
The Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act is intended to empower residents to take back their neighbourhoods by reporting problem residences or businesses that are habitually used for illegal activities. These activities could include drugs, prostitution, gang or criminal activities, child sexual abuse or the unlawful sale or consumption of alcohol.
If you are suspicious of a property in your neighbourhood, do not investigate it yourself or approach the occupants.
Please call the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Investigation Unit immediately.
There is an Investigation Unit in both Saskatoon and Regina.
Regina toll free number: 1-866-51-SAFERS
Saskatoon and Prince Albert toll free number: 1-855-933-6411
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On March 7, 2019, the Honourable Christine Tell, Minister of Corrections and Policing, and A/Commissioner Mark Fisher, Commanding Officer of the Saskatchewan RCMP, along with some of our community partners, announced the launch of the ‘Saskatchewan Crime Watch Advisory Network’.
The ‘Saskatchewan Crime Watch Advisory Network’ is a crime prevention program that uses mass notification technology (Everbridge) to more effectively and efficiently communicate with participating residents, corporations, and organizations. The Everbridge Mass Notification system is used by frontline employees to send advisories to the public via text message, email, and/or landline. Community members will purposely sign up to receive these notifications.
There are two categories of police advisories:
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The 2016 Crime Severity Index was released in July 2017. North Battleford has made progress and is no longer #1 on the Violent Crime Severity Index. However, preventable crimes such as vehicle thefts and residential break-ins continue to rise keeping us #1 overall.
North Battleford wants to expand on the successes of our Community Safety Strategy and enhanced “Eyes That Care”. This project empowers residents who want to address our preventable crime challenges and encourages residents to do the following:
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OLDS, Alta. — In the early hours of the morning, 85-year-old Margaret Erickson sometimes goes looking for trouble. A member of the Citizens on Patrol group in Olds, Alta., Erickson and 60 fellow volunteers act as extra sets of eyes and ears for the local RCMP detachment.
They drive around town looking for anything that’s amiss: a car that doesn’t belong, a gate that’s mysteriously open in an industrial area or, says Jimmy Jeong, who moved to Olds from South Korea less than two years ago, aggressive driving.
“We know how it normally looks like,” Jeong said, looking out the window of a Ford F-150 on a patrol one Wednesday evening in July, rolling slowly through Olds as the sun set, silhouetting the Rocky Mountains on the western horizon. Jeong and his friend Sazzad Hossain — they regularly patrol together — seem to know every business in town, stopping to chat briefly with a security guard outside the office of one of the town’s cannabis producers.
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Bruderheim and Lamont, AB- On Tuesday October 4th, 2016
the Heartland Citizens on Patrol (C.O.P.) in conjunction with the RCMP took part in an educational campaign in the Town of Bruderheim and the Town of Lamont. This campaign was to remind vehicle owners to lock their vehicle doors and to keep valuables that are left inside their vehicle out of sight. The goal of the campaign was to reduce the number of thefts from parked vehicles by eliminating crimes of opportunity. The campaign lasted a couple hours during which time the Heartland C.O.P. issued 141 educational tickets by observing parked vehicles on the streets and in the parking lots. Lock it or Lose Educational Tickets were placed under the windshield wipers which indicated various ways that the vehicle owner could eliminate theft from their vehicle. The Results of the Lock it or Lose it campaigns are as follows:
