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Saskatoon’s Chief of Police Cameron McBride describes a Crime Disruption Project in the city as a whole-of-city approach to safety.

Over ten days in the last two weeks of May the Saskatoon Police Service says its officers conducted a high visibility enforcement and crime disruption project within areas of increased criminal activity as part of a proactive plan.

Police initiated 578 calls for service with 256 patrol-level responses that lead to 196 new arrests with 181 new charges laid against 98 individuals.

They also executed 292 outstanding warrants against 117 offenders.

Police seized one real and three imitation firearms, 23 bladed weapons, six canisters of bear spray, five blunt weapons as well as drugs. The drugs seized including over 20 grams of meth, more than 16 grams of cocaine, 7.38 grams of fentanyl as well as 20 pills of varying description.

In a news release Chief McBride said, “The Saskatoon Police Service remains committed to working collaboratively with public safety and community partners to proactively address crime in our community while prioritizing investigations into outstanding warrants that involve prolific violent offenders. Community members are encouraged to continue reporting crime and suspicious activity in their neighbourhoods.”

The project was organized by the Criminal Investigations Bureau with the support of the Patrol Bureau and Operational Support Bureau, redeployed resources from the Crime Reduction Team, Break and Enter Comprehensive Action Program, Guns and Gangs Unit, Warrant Enforcement Unit, Tactical Support Unit, Alternative Response Unit, and Serious Violent Offender Response Program.