Rural municipalities say sharing expenses would make it easier for them to afford hiring community safety officers
Rural municipalities that want to work together to hire a community safety officer say the provincial government should make that process easier. Last spring delegates to the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities passed a resolution asking for financial assistance for RMs to hire CSOs. At the recent midterm convention, delegates heard that the response was […] Read moreTag Archives rural crime — page 2
Alta. municipalities call for police referendum
Rally held in Edmonton last week to oppose government’s proposal to replace RCMP with provincial police force
It could cost as much as $1.5 billion for the Alberta government to create its own police force to replace the RCMP in the province, said the leader of a rural association opposed to the initiative. “I’ve talked to pollsters, I talked to folks that are political pundits, I talked to my members and nobody […] Read more
RCMP questions new marshals service plan in Sask.
SARM says key would be to have all police officers and services working together for better enforcement in rural Sask.
Saskatchewan RCMP assistant commissioner Rhonda Blackmore said she wants to know why the province plans to establish a marshals service rather than provide the existing police force with needed resources. Blackmore told the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities midterm convention last week the RCMP had asked the government for more money. Instead, during the recent […] Read more
Public increasingly concerned about rural crime
Association of Manitoba Municipalities survey finds 92 percent of rural residents worried about lack of police presence
A large percentage of rural Manitobans are worried about property crime and insufficient law enforcement in the province. A survey conducted by the Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM) found that 46 percent of Manitobans are very concerned about property crimes and 44 percent are very concerned about the lack of police presence in their community. […] Read more
Public increasingly concerned about rural crime
A large percentage of rural Manitobans are worried about property crime and insufficient law enforcement in the province. A survey conducted by the Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM), found that 46 percent of Manitobans are very concerned about property crimes and 44 percent are very concerned about the lack of police presence in their community. […] Read more
Farm vandalism strikes Sask. seeding operation
Bullets and fenceline destruction hit farm hard at critical time near the end of seeding, in remote area
Bullet holes in tractor tires, a windshield and air seeder were beyond Grant Rourke’s imagination. He hadn’t experienced anything like it during 48 years of farming. It happened in early June. “It’s quite shocking. You hear these stories. You read about them in the papers and see them on TV, but you never think it’ll […] Read more
Small town must prove RCMP policing
The mayor of a southern Alberta town said the federal government is failing residents by not including it in a wider RCMP funding formula for smaller communities. Coaldale Mayor Jack Van Rijn said his community is under financial strain due to having to shoulder 100 percent of RCMP policing costs for its nearly 9,000 residents, […] Read more
Alta. police force meets with opposition
An Alberta government proposal to create a provincial police force to replace the RCMP is being formally opposed by rural municipalities. “They are just not convinced this makes any sense to address what is the core issue, which is rural crime,” said Paul McLauchlin, president of Rural Municipalities of Alberta. He said organization members are […] Read more
Slaughtered cattle remains dumped
Investigators are looking for answers into how unbranded remains of two cattle valued at about $5,000 were dumped behind a rural cemetery in Alberta. The animal hides, heads, legs and rumens were discovered April 4 near the hamlet of Swalwell in Kneehill County south of Three Hills, said Michael Tucker, livestock inspector and area manager […] Read more
Farm security may need an upgrade
Today’s scale of agriculture and rural demographics mean producers need more ways to watch and defend their assets
The best defence is a good offence is an adage that includes farm security, where neighbours keep an eye out for one another. However, that’s being threatened as the distances between farm yards and bin sites or equipment sheds have swelled. “The problem with rural Saskat-chewan now is those neighbours are not a mile away […] Read more
