Kenneth Brown
of The Crossroads
The Kindersley RCMP is holding a series of town hall meetings and the discussion will focus on the detachment’s policing priorities for 2018-19.
People are invited to attend upcoming town hall meetings at the Prairieland Community Centre in Kerrobert on March 21 or at the AGT Community Centre in Eston on March 27. The meetings start at 7:30 p.m. The Kindersley, Kerrobert and Eston RCMP are hosting the events.
The Kindersley RCMP has satellite offices in Kerrobert and Eston. The meetings in Kerrobert and Eston are the follow up to a town hall meeting in Kindersley on Feb. 27 held to discuss cannabis legislation. The Town of Kindersley co-hosted the meeting to discuss potential policies and bylaws for cannabis legalization.
Corporal Travis Doering of the Kindersley RCMP said the detachment has reached out to other communities in an attempt to arrange other town halls. The Kerrobert and Eston meetings are open to anyone living in the detachment area.
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The purpose of the meetings is to discuss policing priorities for the area, Doering said. A handout that was made available at the meeting in Kindersley listed the priorities for crime reduction and prevention, and traffic safety.
Crime prevention strategies include police visibility, Rural Crime Watch program, Citizens on Patrol Program, and targeted patrol in areas where property crimes have been reported. The crime reduction strategies include monitoring known prolific offenders, Crime Stoppers and drug trafficking enforcement.
Traffic safety priorities are listed under education and enforcement. The education component includes impaired driving programs for adults and students, and enforcement strategies are for provincial and Criminal Code offences.
Doering said impaired driving and property crime are two of the detachment’s main focuses.
The detachment has sent letters to municipalities asking them to take part in the discussion, so there could be other meetings. The meetings are an opportunity for the police to explain their priorities.
“It gives us the chance, too, to kind of elaborate on some of the stuff we do,” Doering said, recognizing that people will also have the opportunity to provide feedback, ask questions and present any concerns they might have about crime and policing.
The corporal said the town hall in Kindersley focused more on cannabis legislation, but the meetings in Kerrobert and Eston will focus on the current priorities. Public feedback could also be helpful to the police, he added.
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