Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers’ visibility in North Battleford ramped up this week as City vehicles were outfitted with new stickers.
This is part of an initiative by the City, the RCMP and Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers to make the public aware of Crime Stoppers and of the number to call to report a crime anonymously.
Provincial Crime Stoppers co-ordinator Sgt. Rob Cozine was at the Battlefords detachment Tuesday to launch the campaign.
The stickers are a result of a request by RCMP Insp. John Sutherland to city council.
The idea was supported by City Hall, because it fit in with community safety plans to create "eyes that care" in the community — a concept Community Safety Co-ordinator Herb Sutton has been talking about extensively in his various presentations in the community.
It also is part of the effort to “engage the community and encourage them to be active participants” to address crime, said Sutton to reporters.
This initiative is part of the RCMP’s long-term plans.
“This speaks to the ongoing policing plan and the strategic vision for policing in this city,” said Sutherland.
“Part of it recognizes the police can’t be everywhere all the time. So encouraging citizens to report crimes that they observe through Crime Stoppers, and the anonymity that comes along with that, is one of the vehicles that we are using to help put forward our policing plan and address crime and crime issues in the city.”
The stickers are being affixed to about 150 City vehicles.
