Citizens on Patrol to assume more duties
Members of the local Citizens on Patrol program are being asked to do more to help the RCMP.
Traditionally the program focused on volunteers patrolling the city and keeping a watchful eye for illegal activity.
Herb Sutton, community safety coordinator for North Battleford, wants patrolling volunteers to start monitoring traffic violations. Part of that will include watching radar signs to give police feedback on areas where people speed, and take note of drivers using phones or not wearing seatbelts.
“It’s a recognition that the RCMP and the community safety officers can’t be everywhere at once,” Sutton said. “If we have people out there who are watching for illegal activity and providing that information to enforcement agencies it will hopefully help with response times.”