Chamber hosting retail theft prevention seminar
The Battlefords Chamber of Commerce are encouraging retailers in the area to be proactive when it comes to protecting your business from theft.
When the 2016 Crime Severity Index numbers were released in July, it showed the City of North Battleford having a 15 per cent hike in non-violent crime last year and holding the dubious distinction of being the number one community in Canada in that statistic.
“The (Battlefords) Chamber of Commerce feel we need join together and discuss what we can do to prevent retail theft,” said Janice Sander, an organizer of the event. “This is a service we (Chamber) felt we needed to do for our members with increased crime in the area.”
While the City of North Battleford crime numbers are cause for concern, the Town of Battleford recently saw a year to date decrease in crime of 21 per cent so far in 2017 with the RCMP handling 500 cases this year opposed to 637 last year.