Logan Lake has benefited from a successful BC Citizens Patrol program, and Cpl. Kathleen (Kat) Thain, Logan Lake RCMP, forwarded information about the program for Lac Le Jeune residents to read and consider for our community. Kat mentioned that the Logan Lake group would be happy to work cooperatively with a group from Lac Le Jeune, and training is available.
From the Crime Prevention Association website:
The BC Citizens Patrol Network Society (BCCPN) functioning under the umbrella of the BC Crime Prevention Association (BCCPA) is looking to offer training and resources in support for all British Columbia communities, urban and rural.
If your program or region would like to conduct a project or training session let us know the details, we will work with you to see how we can support your initiative.
We aim to facilitate the processes that enable volunteers and police officers across the province to continue to work together in the interests of community safety and well-being.
Police Departments across British Columbia acknowledge and support the Citizen Patrol Network and the hundreds of volunteers who work in tireless support of their local police and communities. The BC Citizen Patrol Network represents a significant step towards organizing individual Citizen Patrol groups into an effective provincial organization.
The benefits are obvious: improved communication and networking among volunteers and coordinators, opportunity for Provincial recognition of local efforts, promotion of best practice for local or regional consideration, volunteer training opportunities and increased consistency across the Province.
The BC Citizen Patrol Network is not intended to detract from the autonomy of local groups. It will not interfere in the established right and ability of the local detachment commander / police chief to manage and direct Citizen Patrol operations.
BC Citizens Patrol Network Society is a community-driven crime prevention initiative, governed by the BC Crime Prevention Association. The network supports provincial trained volunteers with a mandate to detect disruptive, suspicious, and criminal behaviour.Are you interested in becoming involved in a Citizens Patrol group at Lac Le Jeune? Do you have questions?
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A number of years ago this was discussed at a LLJ Conservation Society meeting. At the time the RCMP suggested we look into "Rural Watch". I presented the information at meetings 2 years in a row. You may recall that I had talked to a fellow ( via the RCMP) on Vancouver Island, that lived in a rural lake community, about the same size as ours, outside of Nanaimo. The community had had great success in decreasing thefts and vandalism. It requires some commitment on the part of the residents but the majority at the LLJCS meetings did not wish to participate at that time.
Would be good to revisit the issue.
Rural Watch! I was trying to remember what it was called. Bev, I remember your thorough report on that program, and was surprised at the discussion that followed. My memory of the outcome wasn't that we decided not to participate, but that some felt more information was needed to make a decision. That surprised me, because we truly had all the information we needed after your research!
Anyway, it seems Rural Crime Watch is working well in other areas. I'm not sure what the difference is between that and Citizens on Patrol, but somehow it has a less intense ring to the name.
Do you still have your report/ notes?
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