“We see that (as) driving conditions get better, we generally see an increase in speeds and driving actions of people in our community,” he said. “As a result, we put together a project last year and we’re replicating it this year.”
Rae said police will soon be out in the community doing both enforcement and education, as well as possibly some positive ticketing campaigns.
“That’s going to take place in the next couple of weeks …,” he advised at the March 30 meeting. “There’s lots of work that’s going on in the next few weeks and you’ll see more and more coming through our social media venues just to show the community that we’re out and about and we’re very much aware of those increasing tendencies in the spring.”
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As the sounds of high-revving engines and squealing tires once again interrupt evenings in the city, police are preparing a little earlier this year to crack down on those drivers.
Project SPEED which launched for the first time in June last year is expected to kick off earlier this year, according to comments made at a recent Board of Police Commissioners meeting.
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Addressing the board, Deputy Chief Dean Rae said it’s far too common to see increased speeds and risky driving behaviour as winter turns to spring.
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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.
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