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By Mat Barrett

Reporting Crime Online

Melfort RCMP detachment helping pilot new online crime reporting tool

Mar 3, 2021 | 9:00 AM

The Melfort RCMP detachment has been chosen to help pilot a new online crime reporting tool in Saskatchewan.

The tool was launched in Swift Current and Yorkton on various dates in February and, as of March 1, it was launched in Melfort and Kindersley. Cpl. Kyle Wyonzek said people can report a number of different crimes through the tool.

“It’s to get people to report crimes that they may not feel are serious enough to warrant actually speaking to a police officer,” he said. “But still want it reported.”

He said the reasoning for reporting the crime could be for information purposes or for a file number.

The new tool would also help in reducing the traffic that would go through the call center of the detachment. Wyonzek said it would allow the call takers to focus on more pressing files at that time.

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Crimes that people can report are theft or mischief under $5,000, damage to a vehicle under $5,000, and some thefts from vehicles. The crime, however, cannot involve stolen items involving personal identity, firearms, license plates or decals.

Wynozek told northeastNOW that an initiative like this can really help gain a better understanding of the area.

“It gives us a better picture of what is going on in the community,” Wyonzek said. “Unfortunately, sometimes yes, we aren’t able to do anything with a file if there are no suspects or witnesses, but the information we do receive is still important.”

He added that the information they receive on different crimes determines where and when they allocate resources.

The online reporting tool comes after Melfort saw a bit of an uptick in crime over the summer and into the fall, prompting the City of Melfort and the RCMP to crack down a bit. The city put out a release saying they are going to add high visibility cameras over the next few years to help curb crime.

Mayor Glenn George said something like the online reporting tool is another way the city, its residents, and the RCMP can work together.

“I think that anything we can do to help the police, or the police can do to help us is a good thing,” he said. “And the more we work together, the better things are going to be.”

You can find the online reporting tool here.

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