Prince Albert Daily Herald
Prince Albert Police Chief Jon Bergen speaks to media during a press conference in March 2021.
Crime stats from 2020 show a decrease in both violent and non-violent crime in Prince Albert last year, ranking PA seventh overall for cities with a population of more than 10,000 people.
Prince Albert also ranked seventh overall in both 2019 and 2018.
The city ranked fifth in violent crime, according to 2020 data. This is a decrease from the previous year when Prince Albert was ranked third . Non-violent crime also decreased in 2020, dropping Prince Albert from ninth to 10
th place.
Prince Albert Police Chief Jonathan Bergen explained that a major concern for the police service in 2020 and the first half of 2021 was violent crime, particularly homicide.
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Violent crime drops slightly in Prince Albert in 2020 according to national numbers
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