MOUNTAIN VIEW COUNTY - The three RCMP detachments with operations in Mountain View County have updated county council on their respective activities in 2021.
Year-end reports from the Didsbury, Olds and Sundre detachments were received by councillors at the Feb. 23 council meeting. The reports include crime statistics and summaries of police activities.
In his report, Didsbury RCMP detachment commander Staff Sgt. Stephen Browne said the three policing priorities focused on in 2021 were habitual offender management, increased visibility in the community, and increased traffic enforcement.
There were a total of 765 Criminal Code offences reported in the detachment’s rural area in 2021, down from 860 in 2020.
There were 187 persons crimes, up six per cent from 2020, 454 property crimes, down 14 per cent, and 124 other Criminal Code offences, down 21 per cent.
There were 59 Criminal Code traffic offences reported, down 21 per cent from 2020, and 3,508 provincial traffic offences, up 29 per cent.
There were 317 motor vehicle collisions, down 15 per cent from 2020’s total of 371.
There were 11 Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) offences reported, down from 10 in 2020.
Olds RCMP detachment commander Staff Sgt. Warren Wright said policing priorities focused on in 2021 were crime reduction-habitual offender management, traffic safety, and presence in rural communities through increased visibility.
There were 377 Criminal Code offences reported, up four per cent from 2020.
There were 84 persons crimes reported, up from 2020’s total of 48, and 242 property crimes reported, down from 266 in 2020.
There were 48 Criminal Code traffic offences reported, down from 53 in 2020, and 2,855 other traffic offences, down 17 per cent from 2020’s total of 2,455.
There were 259 motor vehicle collisions in the rural area in 2021, down 12 per cent from 2020’s total of 295.
There were seven CDSA offences reported, down from 12 the previous year.
Sundre RCMP detachment commander Sgt. Trent Sperlie said policing priorities focused on in 2021 were crime reduction, increased visibility and traffic enforcement.
There were a total of 672 Criminal Code offences, down six per cent from 2020.
There were 159 person crimes, down 27 per cent from 2020, and 397 property crimes, up 17 per cent from the previous year.
There were four CDSA offences, down from 34 in 2020. There were 238 motor vehicle collisions in the rural area, up slightly from 2020’s total of 235.
Council accepted the year-end reports as information.
