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Insp. Tom Beck of Battlefords RCMP detachment told North Battleford city council Monday one of the initiatives coming in 2021 is the creation of a First Nations Community Policing Unit.

According to Beck, this First Nations unit will be starting Feb. 1 and would be providing enhanced policing to their neighbouring Indigenous communities.

It would consist of a corporal who would also act as liaison to Red Pheasant and Mosquito, as well as one member from Sweetgrass and one from Moosomin/Saulteaux who both will be assigned directly to the unit. A public services stenographer will also be assigned to help with administrative duties with the unit. The intention is to staff the unit with Indigenous members as much as possible.

The statistical report for 2020 was also presented to council by Insp. Beck.

The final numbers for the North Battleford RCMP detachment are in and they indicate that calls for service are ahead of last year.

According to those final numbers for North Battleford in 2020 there were 16,147 calls for service, up 12 per cent from 14,385 the year before. Total files are 15,394, up from 13,697.

Here are some year-to-date numbers for 2020. Persons offences stood at 1,193, up from 1,065 for a 12 per cent increase.

Break and enters were down across the board, with business B and Es down from 52 to 48, residential B and Es down from 227 to 202, and other B and Es down from 57 to 38.

Property offences were up eight per cent from 2,946 to 3,193, while drug offences were up 20 per cent from 124 to 149.

Criminal code offences are down three per cent, from 2,271 to 2,196. Traffic offences were up from 250 to 256. Impaired operation of motor vehicle offences are up 59 per cent from 172 to 273. Provincial traffic offences are down 23 per cent from 2,070 to 1,601. And liquor related offences are up 11 per cent from 379 to 420.

While calls for service were up for the year, total calls for service for the fourth quarter Oct.-Dec. declined from 3,760 to 3,449. The total files were also down from 3,606 to 3,300.

Total arrests were down as well for the year. There were 4,106 arrests in 2019; that was down 20 per cent to 3,294.

Going into 2021, Beck pledged to provide five-year statistics for a better look at what the crime trends look like.

As for human resources, the force is fully staffed with the exception of one Constable who is in the middle of transferring out.

There was also an update in the written report on the activities of the Police and Crisis Team, which assists with first response with persons suffering from mental health and addictions. During the fourth quarter, PACT assisted members on 92 initial calls, saving the force approximately 460 hours waiting in the emergency room for assessment.

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