Rural crime, health care issues top priorities for SARM convention
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Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) Ray Orb said there is no doubt that there is too much crime happening in rural Saskatchewan.
The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) is hosting its midterm convention later this week in Saskatoon.
Ray Orb, SARM president, says rural crime will be a high priority for discussion.
“We are going to have a really good discussion with the assistant commissioner from F Division. Also, we are going to have our president of the Saskatchewan Rural Crime Watch Association,” said Orb.
Orb said that there is no doubt that there is too much crime happening in rural Saskatchewan.
“There has been especially a lot this past harvest, because farmers are out there in their fields and they are leaving farm equipment out there, they are leaving trucks with fuel, there are a lot of thefts. Still too many break-ins as well and we still have an issue out there, no doubt about it.”
A slight decrease has recently been reported in rural crime according to statistics.
“We’re not too sure if that’s really true or not, we aren’t really seeing that. We aren’t feeling that either,” Orb said.
“But also, we are going to talk about community safety officers. I think we are going to talk about the marshals, proposals by the province to look at some help.”