Government partners with police agencies around the province to deliver a number of programs and services to our communities. These programs keep citizens safe, support victims through police-based victims services, protect the most vulnerable, and assist those in need. Police services keep our highways and roads safe, support victims of crime, assist those in mental health crisis, and much more - and this year they have done all this under extraordinarily challenging circumstances, Tell said. Recent partnerships between government and police include initiatives such as the Saskatchewan Crime Watch Advisory Network, the provincial Protection and Response Team, and the Saskatchewan Gang Violence Reduction Strategy.
Prince Albert Daily Herald
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On Monday the province announced their pride in celebrating National Police Week which is from May 9 to 15.
“We are proud to work in partnership with police agencies to serve and strengthen our communities, and we take this opportunity on National Police Week to thank Saskatchewan’s police officers and recognize all their hard work,” Corrections, Policing and Public Safety Minister Christine Tell said in a release.
Government partners with police agencies around the province to deliver a number of programs and services to our communities. These programs keep citizens safe, support victims through police-based victims services, protect the most vulnerable, and assist those in need.
May 5, 2021 6:16 AM
“When you’re standing by the side of the highway and a vehicle passes you traveling at the speed limit, or higher, it’s very intimidating.” That, from Sgt. Erin Lockyer of RCMP Combined Traffic Services Saskatchewan for Yorkton, Broadview and Fort Qu’Appelle. He says, “The faster the passing vehicle is going and the bigger it is, like a semi, it creates almost a vacuum where you feel like you are going to get sucked down the highway with them.”
A two-day joint traffic safety initiative took place in April on major highways around the communities of Yorkton and Melville. The primary focus was on identifying vehicles passing emergency vehicles at speeds higher than 60 km/hr.
60km “When you’re standing by the side of the highway and a vehicle passes you traveling at the speed limit, or higher, its very intimidating,” shares Sgt. Erin Lockyer of RCMP Combined Traffic Services Saskatchewan (CTSS) for Yorkton, Broadview and Fort Qu’Appelle. “The faster the passing vehicle is going and the bigger it is, like a semi, it creates almost a vacuum where you feel like you are going to get sucked down the highway with them. I was a Collision Reconstructionist for 15+ years and I know all too well what a vehicle can do to a pedestrian.”