The prototype of a new device designed to help fight rural crime is now being tested in one Saskatchewan rural municipality. But it’s also for sale from the developer. BeeSecure is a tracking device and app designed by Jeff Shirley of Rivercity Technology Services in Saskatoon through the government’s innovation challenge. The government announced late […] Read more
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RCMP works to build community relationships
The police force has held 87 town hall meetings and launched a new community familiarization program in Sask.
KIPLING, Sask. — Saskatchewan RCMP and the communities they serve are building new relationships, says assistant commissioner Curtis Zablocki. Speaking at the Division 1 meeting of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities earlier this month, he said 87 town hall meetings and a new community familiarization program show how detachments are reaching out. He said […] Read more
Town hall meetings designed to promote involvement
DENHOLM, Sask. — Keeping the public informed of police initiatives is a key way to reduce rural crime, said RCMP. “We want to get out there and share with the public the resources that we have and what they can do to help us in a rural environment in terms of being our eyes and […] Read more
New technology protects property by tracking it
A new product designed to combat rural crime could upset any advantage thieves have over property owners in remote areas. Rivercity Technology developed an asset tracking system that uses a combination of GPS and cell network technology. It is capable of notifying users when an object is moved and track it. The BeeSecure Asset Tracker […] Read more
SARM lobbies for return of rural crime watch
Saskatchewan should have a provincial association of rural crime watch areas similar to Alberta’s, said the president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities. Ray Orb said he and his western Canadian counterparts had a good discussion about crime during the Western Canadian Association meeting at the SARM office in Regina in late April. “We […] Read more
Farmers take rural crime fight online
Nick Cornea never imagined that a Facebook page he started for farmers to discuss crime would take off the way it did. A month after the Briercrest, Sask., farmer established Farmers Against Rural Crime, it had more than 16,225 members from coast to coast. What’s more, the discussion has been relatively respectful with many seeking […] Read more
Stand your ground
CORRECTION – March 17, 2018 – 1420 CST – This story originally misspelled the name of the man shot by Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley. The young man shot by Gerald Stanley was Colten Boushie. In Montana it’s legal to stand your ground when threatened by another person. The law in Montana, however, doesn’t give landowners […] Read more
Alberta introduces new rural crime strategy
Rural Albertans can expect more RCMP officers on the ground, more civilian staff and more crown prosecutors to fight crime in their communities. The strategy, outlined by the province March 9, will cost $10 million. It includes 39 new officers, 40 civilian staff and eight to 10 crown prosecutors. As well, the plan includes tracking […] Read more
What Canadian law says about self-defence
Stand your ground laws in the United States generate a lot of negative press, possibly because the phrase implies that people should become vigilantes rather than flee the scene and call the police. In Canada, though, the laws around self-defence are surprisingly similar to stand your ground legislation. “Generally, when it comes to your own […] Read more
RCMP to hold meetings on rural policing, public safety
Federal public safety minister Ralph Goodale says the public meetings Saskatchewan’s 87 RCMP detachments are holding will help open lines of communication. Speaking to reporters in Regina March 9, the minister said the fact that people at some of the first meetings have said they would defend their property any way they can is concerning. […] Read more
