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Some Moncton city councillors have concerns about the growing number of petty crimes in the downtown area.
Codiac RCMP Superintendent Tom Critchlow has told city council the force receives many calls to 75 Albert Street around the homeless shelter.
Councillor Bryan Butler doesn’t think the shelter is working and he thinks it’s becoming more of a problem.
Butler believes the homeless issue and addictions are intertwined and said it may be time for city officials to sit down with the Department of Social Development.
“We keep talking about homelessness. This is not homelessness, this is addictions that’s going on. We keep throwing money and throwing money and we still haven’t figured it out. These people are homeless because of the addiction,” Butler noted.
RCMP promise action on anti-mask protesters in Moncton
Codiac Regional RCMP s commanding officer says the force will take some kind of action this week against anti-mask protestors flouting the the province s emergency measures put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19.
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Three Codiac Regional RCMP officers each face a single count of obstructing justice by destroying evidence during a criminal investigation in 2019. (Shane Magee/CBC file)
Obstruction of justice charges against three RCMP officers are troubling says the chair of a board overseeing Codiac Regional RCMP. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty, Charles Léger told reporters after a Codiac Regional Policing Authority Board meeting Thursday night. It s not something we like to hear, but there s a need to make sure that justice is upheld … Things like this are troubling, but they re being handled in the best and most appropriate way.
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Codiac Regional RCMP Supt. Tom Critchlow, shown in a file photo, says the force is taking a measured approach that focuses more on education but may issue tickets depending on the circumstances. (Shane Magee/CBC)
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Codiac RCMP are continuing to get reports about personal items and gifts being stolen from vehicles and often the doors have been left unlocked.
Superintendent Tom Critchlow says the force is still responding to vehicle thefts when a car is left running unattended.
Critchlow says it tends to happen when someone decides to warm up their vehicle in their own driveway.
“If you don’t have a system where you can auto-start your vehicle that automatically locks it – don’t go out and leave your car running with the keys in it… because the person came out and it’s gone.”