Rivers Police: Mid-year statistics
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- Published on Thursday, July 7, 2016
By Bruce Klassen
Chief
Rivers Police Service had 44 calls for service in June, giving us a six-month total of 423 files so far in 2016 or an average of 70 cases each month, meaning June was relatively quiet.
Only five Criminal Code cases were opened, three for theft under $5,000 and two for property damage. The half-year total for all seven property crimes is 28, the six violent crimes is two and six other crimes is 17 or a total of 47 Criminal Code cases so far this year.
In traffic statistics there were no federal charges but 11 provincials ones, all relating to other Highway Traffic Act infractions such as speeding, an unregistered vehicle, driving without a licence, etc. One motor vehicle collision was reported to police, giving the service 75 files to date in the traffic column — one impaired driving (federal), six accidents and the rest as provincial charges.
The Liquor and Gaming Control Act (LGCA) was enforced twice regarding possession of alcohol in an unauthorized manner; there are now three LGCA charges in 2016 (the first was possession/consumption by a minor). Intoxicated Persons Detention Act/breach of peace was file-free for June but in total this year there have been nine cases.
To date, there are 19 bylaw files with the three last month relating to animal control. In the first half of this year the nuisance bylaw has five files, animal control 11, burning bylaw three and traffic bylaw none.
Rivers Police Service assisted other agencies four times last month and worked with RCMP in the former RM of Daly area three times. There are now 100 assistance files and 31 per cent of those for RCMP/RM of Daly; five finger prints/police reports have been requested and we’ve had 32 each of assisting first the public and then other agencies.
As always, the miscellaneous category takes up the majority of our time, with 170 cases there to date, 16 of which were in June. Members responded to one noisy party/disturbance, one trespassing, two Child and Family Services (CFS), three community relations and nine other miscellaneous calls, which includes unfounded complaints. There are now 85 miscellaneous miscellaneous files, 24 parties, 13 community relations, 11 alarms, seven mental health, six CFS, six found properties, five lost properties, four missing persons (all located), three incidents of trespassing, two insecure premises, two sex offender registrations, one 911 call and one sudden death.
