Cops cite COVID curtailing crime in 2020; cut 27 per cent overall There were however a few notable increase to crime rates year to date, namely arson which saw a 28 per cent increase
Author of the article: Alec Salloum
Publishing date: Feb 24, 2021 • February 24, 2021 • 3 minute read • Regina Mayor Sandra Master can be seen listening while Regina Police Chief Evan Bray speaks to the Board of Police Commissioners during a meeting held at Regina City Hall in Regina, Saskatchewan on Feb. 23, 2021. Photo by BRANDON HARDER /Regina Leader-Post
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There wasn’t much worth celebrating in 2020 but the pandemic did bring down the total number of reported crimes in Regina.
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Two cases that have troubled both police and the community will continue to include sizeable rewards for information leading to their conclusions.
Regina Police Service Chief Evan Bray noted at Tuesday’s Board of Police Commissioners meeting that city police have been able to lay charges in all of Regina’s homicides over the past two years.
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Bray said police would like to be able to bring similar conclusions to two yet-unsolved cases those involving the 2004 disappearance of five-year-old Tamra Keepness and the 2010 triple homicide of the Htoo family.