Leader-Post: Regina's homicide rate high in 2010

According to Statistics Canada, Regina has one of the
highest annual murder rates in the country.

Photograph by: Troy Fleece, Regina Leader-Post files

Saskatchewan's two largest cities were tied for the second highest murder rate in Canada in 2010, according to a report released Wednesday by Statistics Canada.
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Regina Police Chief Troy Hagen also said a main highlight of the numbers presented to the Board of Commissioners on Oct. 26 was the theft from motor vehicles rate. There were 23 fewer vehicle thefts in September 2011 compared to that month in 2010. Compared to the first nine months of the year, vehicle thefts are down 18.4 per cent.

But he added the numbers are not yet low enough.      

                   

“We’re continuing to see more activity than we’d like to see in the area of theft from autos, valuables being stolen from vehicles,” said Hagen. “Once again, we encourage the public to secure their vehicle, lock their vehicle, keep it in a well lit area, keep valuables out of sight of people, put them in the trunk or better yet remove them from the vehicle.”

The board chair, Shelley Lavallee, added some new numbers are included in this month’s report, such as the Report Impaired Drivers program. For the year 2011, 1245 phone calls have been received for the program with 151 for September. The warning tickets for the use of cell phones are down 50 per cent over the past nine months.