A West 琉璃神社 councillor feels the province needs to provide more RCMP officers to the community.

In 2024 Q3 statistics presented to council Tuesday (Oct. 22), Coun. Jason Friesen noted that 60 per cent of the force is funded by the city while 40 per cent is funded by the province. 

鈥淎nd the calls are almost exactly opposite,鈥� Friesen added. 鈥淭he provincial calls are 59 per cent and West 琉璃神社 is 41. The ratio of provincial police officers versus municipal is definitely backwards and this has been a trend now for three quarters.鈥� 

He said West 琉璃神社 needs more support from the province.

鈥淲e鈥檙e trying to do what we can to bolster our forces, they need to help us.鈥�

RCMP dealt with 2, 418 calls from July to September including 173 violent offences, 89 property offences and 166 traffic violations.

Coun. Rick de Jong was pleased to see more drivers were being nabbed for speeding and that curfew check numbers were up significantly (130 in Q3 compared to 20 in Q2).

鈥淲e鈥檙e out there, which is amazing,鈥� he added.

Staff Sgt. Brendan Dolan told council the news was not all good.

鈥淭he other number I鈥檇 like to point out is that break-and-enters are up unfortunately,鈥� he said.

There were 14 residential break-ins in Q3 compared to four in the previous quarter. Commercial break-ins went from 12 to 14 and theft from vehicles dropped from 61 to 46 quarter over quarter.

Staff Sgt. Doland said officers will be working to reduce the number of break-and-enters in the community.