Serious crime down at Killam/Forestburg RCMP detachment

Leslie Cholowsky – Editor

Killam/Forestburg RCMP Detachment NCO Sgt. Greg Gerbrandt provided information to all the municipalities within the county recently about crime statistics within their region, which encompasses an area from Daysland to Amisk, and south from Heisler to Alliance.

SEE CHARTS on page 2

    As the charts indicate, all criminal code offenses are down in 2011, from 2010, and only offenses under the Mental Health act increased in 2011 over 2010. 

    Impaired Driving charges are down to 60 from the previous year’s number of 83 charges, and Dangerous Driving charges dropped from 28 to 6.

For more see the March 6/12 issue of The Community Press