In January and February 2019 the Williams Lake RCMP received a total of 1,104 calls for service in city limits, up six per cent from the same time period in 2018, said Insp. Jeff Pelley during a report to city council during a committee of the whole meeting Tuesday, March. 5.
For rural areas they received 340 calls, a six per cent decrease from the same time period in 2018.
Pelley said during the month of February, there were 87 curfew checks conducted on 20 individuals with curfew conditions.
“We only had three breaches that are being recommended to Crown counsel,” he added.
Referring to last Saturday evening’s shooting in Williams Lake, that resulted in a woman being charged with two counts of discharging a firearm with intent to wound or disfigure, Pelley said it was a targeted and isolated incident.
“However I don’t like to say it wasn’t a risk to the public, because I think any types of those individual incidents are a risk to the public,” Pelley said.
Read more: Twenty-eight-year-old woman charged in Williams Lake shooting
Types of crimes that have increased in 2019, compared to the same time period in 2018
Theft of vehicles: nine offences in 2019, three in 2018
Break and enter to residences: 11 offences in 2019, three in 2018
Break and enter to businesses: five offences in 2019, three in 2018
Mischief under $5,000: 28 offences in 2019, 16 in 2018
Assault offences: 33 offences in 2019, 29 in 2018
Assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm: 10 offences in 2019, three in 2018
Drug trafficking offences: five offences in 2019, three in 2018
Read more: RCMP seize stolen side-by-side, firearms and suspected illicit drugs
Types of crimes that have decreased in 2019, compared to the same time period in 2018
Drug possession offences: nine offences in 2019, 20 in 2018
Crimes against persons: 27 offences offences in 2019, 35 in 2018
Theft from vehicles: four offences in 2019, 15 in 2018
Robberies: three offences in 2019 down from four in 2018
Collisions: 32 reported collisions 2019, 55 reported collisions in 2018.
news@wltribune.comLike us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter
