30, inviting residents of Rocky View County, Irricana, Beiseker, Crossfield, and those municipalities’ surrounding communities to Rocky View County Hall for a presentation on the detachments’ rural policing activities and priorities for the upcoming year.
According to the charts Weare presented on Jan.
“During 2020 and 2021, we were still seeing the effects of COVID with fairly low crime trends,” she explained.
“Most of that has to do with the fact a lot of our criminals are shopping and working in rural areas.
But while 2022 may have been a busier year for Airdrie’s rural RCMP officers, Weare noted the overall reported crime incidents have declined since 2018.
He added one of the easiest ways the public can help their local RCMP detachment is by calling in suspicious activity so the police can both respond to the call, and also track emerging crime trends.
Another question asked about the impact thus far of Airdrie RCMP’s catalytic converter theft prevention pilot program, which was launched in June last year.
“The and Airdrie Rural…has also had some investigations as a result of proactive patrols, in which they’ve interrupted some of those crimes,” responded Sgt.
“We don’t necessarily go after the crime of it because for a police officer to actually interrupt a catalytic converter theft in progress, you have to be extremely lucky,” he explained.