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Service Officer Jack Bateman places a wreath at the Duncan cenotaph on behalf of the Cowichan #53 Legion Branch during Remembrance Day ceremonies last Tuesday. Crowds gathered at many local memorials to honour those who have served, or are serving, in Canada’s armed forces. See page 15 for more photos, and visit cowichanvalleycitizen.com for an online gallery. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]
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Stopping residential breakins and making the beach by the Black Bridge safer were two successful initiatives for North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP over the summer, according to Insp. Ray Carfantan. And, as he gave his third quarter report to North Cowichan council last week, he said the next job for local police is beefing up the attack on distracted driving. Mounties began noting more residential break-ins during the summer, he said, adding, “That’s often the case in that season as we get campers, seasonal visitors, people who pass through the community. “They add to the statistics. They tend to be in conflict sometimes and that adds to how the police have to deal with that.” But when numbers spike, police get busy. “Specifically, with respect to property crimes, there was an increase in residential break-ins and thefts. In examining what that might be attributed to, we found there were some specific groups who moved into communities, unbeknownst to us; these people
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move from place to place. “It took us a little bit of time to get onto two of those groups in particular but once we did we worked with the community Blockwatch-type groups and Citizens on Patrol. Also landlords, actually, were quite helpful in moving some of these people on, which helped us tremendously.” Carfantan then commented on the success of a new initiative: the Crime Reduction Unit. “We took existing resources [including people from traffic, community policing and First Nations units] and brought them together to target areas where we knew there were going to be issues based on things that have happened over the summers in the past. We completed 50 bike patrols and over 140 foot patrols this summer. “One of the particular successes was the area known as Black Bridge. We’ve had some nice feedback from Cowichan Tribes for our work in that area.” It had historically been used by families for swimming but had been taken over by a group that was drinking there, he said. See POLICE VISIBLE, Page 12
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