At the St. Mary’s Cultural Centre Wednesday night, the Yorkton RCMP hosted a town hall meeting, along with its member agencies.
The meeting allowed the community to interact with law enforcement in an informal setting in order to discuss issues in the neighbourhood relevant to them.
Staff Sgt. Jeff Simpson, of the Yorkton Detachment RCMP, felt that the event was positive, helping to facilitate valuable communication between officers and members of the communities they serve.
“Essentially, we had a format where we had a number of tables set up throughout the evening, with a number of topics for each table,” said Staff Sgt. Simpson.
“Also, we extended an invitation to all of our partner agencies. So it’s given us an opportunity to for us to engage with the community and the different communities and public that we serve, and our jurisdiction within Yorkton Detachment.
“It gives the opportunity to the public to come and hear some information, ask some questions and have discussions on areas of policing, or community safety that’s impacting them or that they feel they had some questions about.
“Tonight we had a number of those topics, we had our partners and partner agencies like Yorkton By-Law, [they] hosted a table tonight; our CN police; Citizens on Patrol; Parkland Victim Services; our protective services committee; Crime Stoppers, our Provincial Crime Stoppers; in addition to members of the Yorkton Detachment.
“Overall, it was a fairly well attended event, and any opportunity we have to engage with the public is a positive one for us.”
