Regina police launch new initiative following survey on increased police presence

Reginians tin expect to spot an accrued constabulary beingness successful nan metropolis pursuing nan motorboat of a caller initiative.

The Regina Police Service (RPS) introduced ‘All successful Progressive Policing Initiative: Engagement and Enforcement’ which is simply a caller inaugural to heighten nationalist information and to build stronger organization partnerships.

“Hopefully (this will) alleviate immoderate of those concerns astatine nan aforesaid time. So, opportunities for america to prosecute and build partnership, effective partnerships to thief america tackle crime, trim crime, and we’ll beryllium doing immoderate enforcement arsenic well,” said RPS Chief of Police Farooq Hassan Sheikh. “We’ve identified doing it successful downtown and Cathedral area … and truthful adjacent clip we do it, we’ll look astatine moving into different areas.”

The caller inaugural stems from nan 2023 Community Perceptions Survey which highlighted nan request for accrued constabulary beingness and attraction connected issues specified arsenic intoxicant and drugs. The caller inaugural will see rotating neighbourhood operations, enhanced visibility and organization engagement and proactive problem-solving.

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“Today I deliberation we’ve sewage up to astir 100 officers retired connected patrol. We sewage group from different units, truthful each different units retired connected patrol,” said Sheikh. “It’s staggered passim nan time … they’re going to beryllium engaging, talking and listening, proceeding and giving group crime prevention accusation arsenic good arsenic building effective relationships.”

The RPS will analyse feedback they person astir nan caller initiative.