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Municipal enforcement report cites increased calls for service

North Battleford’s municipal enforcement has submitted its year-end report for 2017 with increases noted in calls for service and in overall numbers of violations. Sgt.
Ross MacAngus
Sgt./Unit commander Ross MacAngus provided the report for North Battleford municipal enforcement in 2017 to North Battleford’s planning committee Monday evening.

North Battleford’s municipal enforcement has submitted its year-end report for 2017 with increases noted in calls for service and in overall numbers of violations.

Sgt./Unit Commander Ross MacAngus gave the report Monday before the city’s planning committee. According to numbers he provided, figures for 2017 show 6,488 violations issued for a total of $653,325, compared to 5,643 violations issued for $728,307 in 2016.

Of the 2017 numbers, 2,475 provincial violations were issued for $488,005, compared to 2,197 issued for $572,687 the year before.

There were also 4,013 municipal violations issued for $265,320, way up from 3,446 issued for $155,620 in 2016. 

Calls for service are also up. There were 6085 in 2017, compared to 5515 calls for service in 2016.

Other numbers include 36 theft under $5,000, 46 mischief under $5,000, and 14 non-injury motor vehicle collisions. Other categories include 624 school zone patrols in 2017, 1269 community patrols, and 171 downtown foot patrols by municipal enforcement.

There were also 145 suspended driver violations issued and 129 distracted driving violations.

MacAngus noted that unregistered vehicles are way down from 461 to 284; he noted that was largely due to word getting out about the new license-plate reader equipment the CSOs had at their disposal to detect unregistered vehicles.

“We’re finding that those numbers are definitely going down,” said MacAngus.

Also notable in 2017 were 38 group enforcement initiatives that took place, focusing on speed, vehicle safety and distracted drivers. They also recorded 10 impaired drivers, attended 14 collisions and handed out eight warrants.

MacAngus also gave details about the joint operations that took place in December 2017 in conjunction with the RCMP. He noted in December they had done more joint operations with the RCMP in December than in the previous two years. 

An alcohol traffic blitz Dec. 2 checked over 300 vehicles; another alcohol blitz on Dec. 13 saw 471 vehicles checked, one warrant executed and two provincial charges.

The Dec. 14 joint operation/warrants saw 14 traffic stops, four warrants executed by CSOs, one vehicle out of service and one liquor in vehicle charge. Dec. 15 produced 17 traffic stops, one warrant executed by CSOs, three vehicles out of service, one impaired driver and three disqualified drivers. And on Dec. 22, the joint operation on 109th Street saw six people go into custody for drugs and weapons counts.

Objectives for 2018 include continued proactive enforcement in school zones, increased downtown patrols, increasing inspection and enforcement of property standards, continued residential parking enforcement, increasing vehicle safety inspections, increasing high visibility traffic enforcement initiatives with a focus on distracted driving, continuing with joint operations with the RCMP and continuing proactive mall patrols.