Regina police report decreased crime rate in latest statistics – Regina | 24CA News
The Regina Police Service (RPS) reported a lower within the crime price within the newest month-to-month crime statistics for final month.
According to the Regina Board of Police Commissioners report, January 2024 has seen a year-to-date improve in crimes towards individuals of 9 .7 per cent in comparison with the 12 months prior. However, crimes towards property present a year-to-date lower of 25.4 per cent lower in comparison with final 12 months.
Regina police have additionally reported crimes towards individuals and crimes towards property mixed have a year-to-date lower of 18.1 per cent. According to the report, there have been a complete of 5,743 requires service in January.
“For me, as somebody who’s come from a variety of backgrounds, how proactive my staff have and it really impressed me that the staff (who) are out there (are) responding quickly to calls for service,” mentioned RPS Police Chief Farooq Hassan Sheikh.
“I think that’s what’s really impressed me, as a result of the crime stats and the fact that a lot of proactive work’s been going on.”
For the RPS Aerial Support Unit (ASU), there have been 89 requires providers final month which led to the restoration of three stolen automobiles, 24 individuals charged, 56 prices laid, and 22 individuals arrested.
“Over a year ago, there’s some people (who) were resistant to having air support in the sky,” mentioned Chief Sheikh. “But what it demonstrates … (by) having air support is that prevents us having to have police pursuits, that prevents danger (of) people on the road.”
According to the latest Regina board of police commissioners report, police reported 170 drug overdose occurrences, and said 17 obvious deaths associated to drug overdoses. Police administered Narcan 5 occasions in January.
“If we keep targeting drug traffickers, keep taking our main supplies out, that we’re taking drugs off the street,” he mentioned. “I know with the seizures that they’ve had in the last couple of months, it will positively impact, obviously, safety for our communities.”
On Feb. 16, members from the RPS recovered 9 kilograms of fentanyl, which is among the largest quantities of fentanyl ever seized by police in Regina.
The chief of police mentioned extra particulars will probably be supplied on the subsequent board of police commissioners report.
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