PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING AGENDA

Thursday, March 23, 2017 – 10:00 a.m. Location: Taylor Community Hall

9896 Cherry Avenue W, Taylor, BC

1. CALL TO ORDER: 2. ADOPTION OF AGENDA: 3. GALLERY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS: 4. PRESENTATION: 4.1 RCMP Re: Policing the Peace River Region Inspector Mike Kurvers, Detachment Commander, Fort St. John Detachment Sergeant James Fayle, Detachment Commander, Tumbler Ridge Detachment Sergeant Scott Hromadnik, Detachment Commander, Chetwynd Detachment Sergeant Mike Richard, Acting Detachment Commander, Dawson Creek Detachment Corporal Trevor Romanchych, Detachment Commander, Hudson’s Hope Detachment

5. NEW BUSINESS: Handout: 5.1 Fort St. John Detachment – 2016 Year End Report Handout: 5.2 March 22, 2017 – Chris Cvik, Chief Administrative Officer – Options for an Internal Audit 6. MEDIA QUESTIONS: 7. ADJOURNMENT:

Area of policing-

North to Peace Canyon Dam

West to Azouzetta Lake ( Pine Pass)

South to Gwillim Lake

East to Stewart Lake road on Highway 97 ( Ground Birch)

Establishment (Staffing numbers) - 11 total ( short 2 and 1 on maternity = 3)

Detachment Commander: Sgt Scott HROMADNIK

Operational Supervisors: 1- Cpl JoAnne RUPPENTHAL

2- Vacant

Provincial Detachment Investigators: 1- Cst Kyle ROSE

2- Cst Ryan LEMAY- Maternity

3- Cst Adam TAYLOR

4- Cst Ivan SZULHAN

5- Vacant

6- Cst Eric PARENT

7- Cst Tyler MCMURDO

First Nations Policing – Cst Scott Van Leur

Community Programs:

- DARE ( Drug Abuse Resistance Education)- The D.A.R.E program teaches students coping skills

on how to resist the temptation of drugs and alcohol by concentrating on areas of self-esteem,

speaking confidently, being good citizens by reporting bullying and other areas of concern.

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Some of the methods of teaching are through roll playing and working through work books

outlying specific scenarios

- VAWIR ( Violence Against Women in Relationships)

- Victim Services – Louise KNOX

- School Liaison

Prisoners:

166 prisoners held this fiscal year

Chetwynd 2016-2017 Annual Performance Plan ( APP) initiatives and results

Domestic Violence – common assault = 16

- 13 of these files charges were forwarded to crown

- 2 were unfounded

- 1 officer discretion

Assault with a weapon or cause bodily harm – 10

- 5 Criminal charges

- 3 unfounded

- 1 complainant won’t lay charges

- 1 founded not cleared

Attempt murder – 1. Two suspects have been identified and are involved in the court process

Traffic Safety- impaired ( IRP)

90 day prohibition = 27

- 8 refuse to provide samples – IRP

- 0- 30 day IRP

- 3 - 7 day IRP

- 10 – 3 day IRP

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24 hour/Criminal Code Impaired

13 - Impaired by alcohol

3- Impaired Refusal

5 - 24hr suspension for alcohol

1- 24 hr suspension for drug

Currently we have two (2) members at Chetwynd Detachment who will be recognized by North District

for the Alexa’s Team which is a partnership between the Family of Alexa Middelaer, the BCAA Safety

Foundation, ICBC and the police. This recognizes police officers in BC who have demonstrated a

commitment to reducing the number of impaired-driving related fatalities and injuries through

dedicated impaired driving enforcement. These two members have removed over 29 impaired drivers

over this fiscal year on their own in Chetwynd’s policing area.

Cst Parent and Cst Taylor, congratulations!

Property Mischief

64 calls of property damage under $ 5000 this fiscal year

- 12 resulted in charges

- 4 cleared by departmental discretion

- 2 complainant would not lay charges

- 7 were unfounded

- 39 founded not cleared

3 Mischief over 5000 of which 2 were charged criminally and the other was founded however not

cleared.

Youth Involvement

Code BLUE was running over 2016 by Cst HARVEY who was since transferred. The project was to get

youth involved in physical activity and proper lifestyle choices. Members continue to attend schools and

speak when required to the youth. As the summer season begins police will spend time at the local

skate park where many of the youth tend to congregate.

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Violent Crime: 2016-2017 reported 73 files of which

- 9 victim would not lay charges

- 39 files charges were forwarded

- 4 Officer discretion

- Rest were founded but dealt by other means/not enough evidence/alternative ways

2017-2018 Fiscal Plan

After discussions with Chief and Counsel of both Saulteau and Moberly First Nations as well as with

Mayor of Chetwynd and District input the tentative initiatives for the year will include:

Traffic enforcement

- Impaired/drug

- Speeding

- Distracted driving

Reducing violent crime

- Domestic Violence

- Prolific offenders

Reducing Property Crime

- Offender identification

Youth

- Police involvement through positive interaction

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Security Classification/Designation

Ro~al Canadian Gendarmerie royale Mounted Police du Canada

Non-sensitive

S~t. Mike RICHARD A?ting Detachment Commander Dawson Creek RCMP Detachment

Peace River Regional District

2017-03-16

Cr r and Council

Dar son Creek 201s1201s APP Report

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Your File

Our File

Dawson Creek RCMP Detachment responded to 2065 calls for service in the rural areas. As the detachment has on ly 4 rural (Provincial) members on staff, that equates to 516 calls for service per member. According to last years report, the provincial average for calls for service per member in 2015 was well under 300. That chart also showed Dawson Creek rural members responding to over 500 calls for service per member in 2015 as well.

There is much activity going on in your jurisdiction and that places a high demand on our 4 rural resources.

Hat ing said that, we have seen some successes over the past year with our initiatives.

APl initiatives 201s:

- Traffic Safety (Motor Vehicles, roads) - Pdlice /Community Relations - Cr e Reduction/Organized Crime

Traffic Safety:

- MJmbers have been making patrols and conducting enforcement when able. - Impaired investigations including 215 Suspensions and IRPs' have been reduced nearly 33 percent from 13 in 2015 to 8 in 2016. - Cdllisions have been cut in half from 340 in 2015 to 171 in 2016. - I hkve been participating in the bi-annual Rural Roads Users Meetings that discusses and problem solves issues brought up by rural industry, rural partners and residents.

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Police/Community Relations

- All rural schools have a member assigned as their school liaison. These members show up and mingle with the children and staff and do presentations on various topics as dikcussed with their schools. - The detachment remains engaged with the local Rural Crime Watch chapters by attending mpnthly meetings. We are fortunate to have a healthy and eager rural crime watch community that allows these meetings to pass valuable information back and forth .

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CJime Reduction I Organized Crime

- Break and Enters (commercial and residential combined) have dropped a bit from 73 in 2015 to 58 in 2016 - Other Thefts have increased by 100% over the same period from 73 in 2015 to 145 in 20~ 6. The Oil and Gas Industry has been hit particularly hard. - Theft of Vehicles slowed down a little from 36 in 2015 to 30 in 2016.

I In 2016, the Dawson Creek Detachment initiated an Domestic Violence Awareness Ca1mpaign that included an information flyer inserted in to regions weekly newspaper. As a re~ult, we saw a 33% decline in Domestic Assaults from 18 to 12 and other serious assaults were cut in half from 32 to 17 in 2016.

Based on our successes and the identification of areas that still require improvement, we re4ommend the APP initiatives for 2017 remain the same.

APP initiatives 2017:

- T~affic Safety (Motor Vehicles, roads) - P0lice /Community Relations - dime Reduction/Organ ized Crime

~-Sgt] Mike RICHARD Dawson Creek Detachment

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Public Calls For Service per Member

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Fort St. John Detachment

2016 YEAR END REPORT TO PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT

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RCMP Year End Report

Detachment ComplementCurrent Vacancy PatternCalls for ServiceCriminal Code Offenses– Persons– Property– Other

Looking forward in 2017

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Detachment Complement

Municipal Members – 36 (+2 in approval process) Provincial Members – 14 First Nations Police – 2 Reserve Constables – 1Municipal Employees – 19 (+7 Casual)Public Service Employees – 2.5 Auxiliary Constables – 2Victim Services Staff – 1.5

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Current Vacancy Pattern

Regular Members: Maternity/Paternity LeaveRestricted DutySecondedTransfer/New PositionsRetirementsRecruits on Board

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2015 2016Total Calls for Service 15802 13822Municipal 11948 10580Rural 3854 3242

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Criminal Code Call Comparison

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Rural Persons (Violent) Crimes

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2015 2016Robbery 5 3Assault Police 1 1Sex Offences 12 7ACBH/Weapon/Agg 18 15Utter Threats 51 32Common Assault 79 79

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Rural Property Crimes

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Rural Vehicle Thefts

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2015 2016Vehicle Theft 82 63Theft fr Vehicle 32 33

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2015 2016Cocaine Possession 2 2Cocaine Trafficking 5 1Cannabis Possession 19 22Cannabis Trafficking 0 2

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Rural Impaired Drivers

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2015 2016Fatal 6 6Injured 54 37Damage only 263 214

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Rural False Alarm

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False Alarm 275 197

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2017 Looking Forward

- Annual Performance Plan Consultations

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Questions?

RCMP Fort St John Detachment

Inspector Mike Kurvers

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