Take Back Kelowna aim to increase crime reporting and say they are not a vigilante group
Kelowna also ranked seventh worse in the country for violent crime
‘It is easy to find yourself in a dangerous situation, or in legal hot water’
‘I would expect to see our staffing rates come up quite significantly in the next 90 days’
‘We’re on par for attending 3,000 mental health calls for service this year’
Shoplifting, auto theft, assault with a weapon, and sex offences are up in Q1 of 2022
‘Property crime is, indeed, a significant and real issue for our community’
First three months of 2022 show a 30 per cent drop in street-entrenched crimes over previous quarter
Kelowna saw 15 people totalling over 1,000 negative interactions with police in 2021
RCMP say their tracking systems are different than those used by BC Prosecution Service
Statistics also noted an alarming increase in fatal and non-fatal drug overdose files.
It seeks to reduce crime and improve public safety by providing health and social services with the justice system
Data from 2020 shows the number of cleared cases has dropped over the last five years
An increase in assaults led the spike in crimes
Three incidents in Richmond are currently being invested as hate crimes, says RCMP Chief Superintendent Will Ng
Greater Kelowna’s violent crime rate skyrocketed nearly 60 per cent
RCMP attribute change to increase in property crime which increased 23 per cent
