Cops Corner - Nov. 10, 2015
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- Published on Tuesday, November 10, 2015
By Bruce Klassen
River Police Chief
Rivers Police Service had 57 calls in October; eight of them were in the Criminal Code category. There were two thefts under $5,000 (24 to date in 2015), three properties damaged (13), one fraud (22) and two various other crimes such as breaches, public mischief, harassing phone calls, etc. (19). In total to date there have been 88 Criminal Code cases in 2015 which include four sexual offences, four assaults, one other violent crime (extortion, threats, etc.) and one break and enter.
Five traffic statistics were logged in October, all in provincial charges — one suspended driving and four others, such as speeding, unregistered, no licence, etc. There have been 93 traffic cases so far this year; one impaired driving, one driving without care/attention, two suspended driving, 69 other.
Liquor and Gaming Control Act and Intoxicated Persons Detention Act (IPDA) were barely used with only one case last month, that being IPDA/breach of peace. So far there have been 12 cases in this section of reporting, one each of possessing liquor in an unauthorized manner and possession by a minor/consuming liquor under age 18; the other 10 have been IPDA/breach of peace.
Rivers Police Service enforced bylaws four times and each time was in animal control. There have been 38 enforcements in 2015 with six being nuisance, 25 animal control, four burning and three traffic.
We continue to support other agencies and did so 30 per cent of the time last month. We assisted the public seven times, RCMP twice and other agencies once. In 10 months we have helped the public 37 times, other agencies 14 times, RCMP 43 times and provided finger prints (pardons)/police reports five times.
As always, miscellaneous categories have the highest numbers. In October there were two calls relating to mental health (11 to date), two 9-1-1 calls (three), eight noisy parties/disturbances (36), one lost property (11), one trespass (one) and 15 miscellaneous (145), which includes unfounded complaints. There have been 249 miscellaneous cases in 2015; 17 community relations, two missing persons (both located), 12 alarms, one Child and Family Services and 10 found properties.
