The Chestermere RCMP are giving residents an opportunity to ask questions about local initiatives and policing services in the community, with a virtual town hall on Nov. 15, at 7 p.m.
“The Alberta RCMP are conducting town hall meetings in the communities that they serve all across the province,” said Acting Detachment Commander, Sgt. Joe Stubbs.
Adding, “The purpose of this meeting is to provide the community with updates as to what the RCMP are doing in the community, and also give the community an opportunity to ask some questions, make suggestions, provide positive stories, or negative experiences so we can improve our policing services in the community going forward.”
The Alberta RCMP are mandated by the province to hold two town hall meetings throughout the fiscal year.
The town hall in November is meant as a mid-year check-in with residents, while the second town hall hosted in late February is used as a way for Chestermere RCMP to enhance policing services in the community.
“We do check-ins with different community groups throughout the year, the desire is that we formalize these meetings and give a broader opportunity for members of the community,” Stubbs said.
“If we also meet with the same groups of people, it’s not going to help us not gauge what’s going on, we need to bring in some different viewpoints,” he said.
Throughout the virtual town hall, the RCMP will be reporting on local initiatives such as summer boat patrols, park patrols, positive ticketing programs, and reducing construction site theft.
“Knowing that the community of Chestermere is going to experience growth in the next couple of years, we want to enhance our patrols and presence in construction sites. We’re measuring how many building permits are issued, and how many reports of construction site thefts we receive,” Stubbs said.
“We’re trying to maintain a very small percentage of thefts in relation to the amount of permits that are issued,” he added. “We had 146 building permits issued, and only four reported thefts, our goal is to remain at less than five per cent of theft.”
Last year, Chestermere RCMP also hosted a virtual town hall, however, attendance was less than 10 participating members.
“We want people to know that this is happening and give them an opportunity to ask the questions they want to ask,” Stubbs said.
The District Officer and District Advisory Staff Sergeant will also be on the call, and available to answer any questions that impact the RCMP as a whole in the province.
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For more information visit, Chestermere.ca/RCMP.
