PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING AGENDA

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1 PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING AGENDA Thursday, 10:00 a.m. Location: Taylor Community Hall 9896 Cherry Avenue W, Taylor, BC 1. CALL TO ORDER: 2. ADOPTION OF AGENDA: 3. GALLERY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS: 4. PRESENTATION: RCMP Re: Policing the Peace River Region Inspector Mike Kurvers, Detachment Commander, Fort St. John Detachment Sergeant James Fayle, Detachment Commander, Tumbler Ridge Detachment Sergeant Scott Hromadnik, Detachment Commander, Chetwynd Detachment Sergeant Mike Richard, Acting Detachment Commander, Dawson Creek Detachment Corporal Trevor Romanchych, Detachment Commander, Hudson s Hope Detachment 5. MEDIA QUESTIONS: 6. ADJOURNMENT:

2 Received DC Office March 16/17 Area of policing- North to Peace Canyon Dam West to Azouzetta Lake ( Pine Pass) South to Gwillim Lake East to Stewart Lake road on Highway 97 ( Ground Birch) Establishment (Staffing numbers) - 11 total ( short 2 and 1 on maternity = 3) Detachment Commander: Operational Supervisors: Sgt Scott HROMADNIK 1- Cpl JoAnne RUPPENTHAL 2- Vacant Provincial Detachment Investigators: 1- Cst Kyle ROSE 2- Cst Ryan LEMAY- Maternity 3- Cst Adam TAYLOR 4- Cst Ivan SZULHAN 5- Vacant 6- Cst Eric PARENT 7- Cst Tyler MCMURDO First Nations Policing Cst Scott Van Leur Community Programs: - DARE ( Drug Abuse Resistance Education)- The D.A.R.E program teaches students coping skills on how to resist the temptation of drugs and alcohol by concentrating on areas of self-esteem, speaking confidently, being good citizens by reporting bullying and other areas of concern.

3 Some of the methods of teaching are through roll playing and working through work books outlying specific scenarios - VAWIR ( Violence Against Women in Relationships) - Victim Services Louise KNOX - School Liaison Prisoners: 166 prisoners held this fiscal year Chetwynd Annual Performance Plan ( APP) initiatives and results Domestic Violence common assault = of these files charges were forwarded to crown - 2 were unfounded - 1 officer discretion Assault with a weapon or cause bodily harm 10-5 Criminal charges - 3 unfounded - 1 complainant won t lay charges - 1 founded not cleared Attempt murder 1. Two suspects have been identified and are involved in the court process Traffic Safety- impaired ( IRP) 90 day prohibition = 27-8 refuse to provide samples IRP day IRP day IRP day IRP

4 24 hour/criminal Code Impaired 13 - Impaired by alcohol 3- Impaired Refusal 5-24hr suspension for alcohol 1-24 hr suspension for drug Currently we have two (2) members at Chetwynd Detachment who will be recognized by North District for the Alexa s Team which is a partnership between the Family of Alexa Middelaer, the BCAA Safety Foundation, ICBC and the police. This recognizes police officers in BC who have demonstrated a commitment to reducing the number of impaired-driving related fatalities and injuries through dedicated impaired driving enforcement. These two members have removed over 29 impaired drivers over this fiscal year on their own in Chetwynd s policing area. Cst Parent and Cst Taylor, congratulations! Property Mischief 64 calls of property damage under $ 5000 this fiscal year - 12 resulted in charges - 4 cleared by departmental discretion - 2 complainant would not lay charges - 7 were unfounded - 39 founded not cleared 3 Mischief over 5000 of which 2 were charged criminally and the other was founded however not cleared. Youth Involvement Code BLUE was running over 2016 by Cst HARVEY who was since transferred. The project was to get youth involved in physical activity and proper lifestyle choices. Members continue to attend schools and speak when required to the youth. As the summer season begins police will spend time at the local skate park where many of the youth tend to congregate.

5 Violent Crime: reported 73 files of which - 9 victim would not lay charges - 39 files charges were forwarded - 4 Officer discretion - Rest were founded but dealt by other means/not enough evidence/alternative ways Fiscal Plan After discussions with Chief and Counsel of both Saulteau and Moberly First Nations as well as with Mayor of Chetwynd and District input the tentative initiatives for the year will include: Traffic enforcement - Impaired/drug - Speeding - Distracted driving Reducing violent crime - Domestic Violence - Prolific offenders Reducing Property Crime Youth - Offender identification - Police involvement through positive interaction

6 Received DC Office March 16/17 R o ~ al Canadian Gendarmerie royale Mounted Police du Canada Security Classification/Designation Non-sensitive S ~ t. Mike RICHARD A?ting Detachment Commander Dawson Creek RCMP Detachment Your File Peace River Regional District Our File Cr r and Council Dar son Creek 201s1201s APP Report I Dawson Creek RCMP Detachment responded to 2065 calls for service in the rural areas. As the detachment has on ly 4 rural (Provincial) members on staff, that equates to 516 calls for service per member. According to last years report, the provincial average for calls for service per member in 2015 was well under 300. That chart also showed Dawson Creek rural members responding to over 500 calls for service per member in 2015 as well. There is much activity going on in your jurisdiction and that places a high demand on our 4 rural resources. Hat ing said that, we have seen some successes over the past year with our initiatives. APl initiatives 201s: - Traffic Safety (Motor Vehicles, roads) - Pdlice /Community Relations - Cr e Reduction/Organized Crime Traffic Safety: - MJmbers have been making patrols and conducting enforcement when able. - Impaired investigations including 215 Suspensions and IRPs' have been reduced nearly 33 percent from 13 in 2015 to 8 in Cdllisions have been cut in half from 340 in 2015 to 171 in I hkve been participating in the bi-annual Rural Roads Users Meetings that discusses and problem solves issues brought up by rural industry, rural partners and residents. l Page 1 of 2 Canada

7 Security Classification/Designation Police/Community Relations Non-sensitive - All rural schools have a member assigned as their school liaison. These members show up and mingle with the children and staff and do presentations on various topics as dikcussed with their schools. - The detachment remains engaged with the local Rural Crime Watch chapters by attending mpnthly meetings. We are fortunate to have a healthy and eager rural crime watch community that allows these meetings to pass valuable information back and forth. ~~;~~h~~;ttn~~a~~e~~:~h~c~~t~~~~~;;i~~~~d~v~~t~!~~~;~oa~t!~~ ~:~~~~~r~~~~ D~y Ceremonies at the Pouce Coupe Legion. CJime Reduction I Organized Crime - Break and Enters (commercial and residential combined) have dropped a bit from 73 in 2015 to 58 in Other Thefts have increased by 100% over the same period from 73 in 2015 to 145 in 20 ~ 6. The Oil and Gas Industry has been hit particularly hard. - Theft of Vehicles slowed down a little from 36 in 2015 to 30 in I In 2016, the Dawson Creek Detachment initiated an Domestic Violence Awareness Ca 1 mpaig n that included an information flyer inserted in to regions weekly newspaper. As a re~ult, we saw a 33% decline in Domestic Assaults from 18 to 12 and other serious assaults were cut in half from 32 to 17 in Based on our successes and the identification of areas that still require improvement, we re4ommend the APP initiatives for 2017 remain the same. APP initiatives 2017: - T ~affic Safety (Motor Vehicles, roads) - P0lice /Community Relations - dime Reduction/Organized Crime ~- Sgt] Mike RICHARD Dawson Creek Detachment I Page 2 of 2

8 Dawson Creek Provincial Detachment Workload Summary Public Calls For Service per Member Handout Cl>.c 500 E Cl> :!! Cl> Q. Cl> CJ ~ Cl> "' LL tn cu 0 CJ 200.c ::::s a Dawson Creek Prov Average "E" Div Prov Detachments April 28, 2016

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