Broadview Detachment Staff Sergeant Gordon Stewart recently met with Grenfell town council to discuss issues of concern in preparation for the creation of the 2012/13 priorities.
Although priorities will not be released until April, Staff Sgt. Stewart is gathering information and feedback related to community policing concerns to determine issues of importance unique to the local unit.
Stewart will meet with the councils (and Chiefs of First Nations) in Whitewood, Broadview, Grenfell, Kennedy, Kipling, Windthorst, Peebles, Sakimay, Ochapowace, Kahkewisthaw, Cowes-sess, and the RMs of Silverwood, Willowdale, Kinglsey, Elcapo, Wawken, Hazelwood, Golden West and Chester over the next few months.
He says while issues may vary amongst the communities, overlapping concerns are those which will determine annual detachment priorities.
“Sometimes the priorities that are identified are different, but when we do meet with everyone the concerns are very similar.”
During his presentation to Grenfell town council, Stewart provided community specific 2011 crime statistics. He explained there were no issues of great urgency affecting Grenfell, as numbers did not track any trends in crime.
“There are no major concerns that I have. There is nothing to identify a crime trend,” he said from his office on Thursday afternoon. “There’s still crime happening…but there was nothing (in the stats) that was alarming.”
Staff Sgt. Stewart took over command of the Broadview Detachment in August 2011.
While 2011/12 priorities were set prior to his arrival, the unit is continuing to work toward the priorities of drug and alcohol enforcement and education.
The Broadview Detachment includes 17 uniformed officers (including Kipling members and four Yorkton traffic service members) and three support staff.
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