ESTEVAN - The newest member of the Estevan board of police commissioners has been sworn in.
Roberta DeRosier took her oath prior to the Jan. 26 meeting. She was acclaimed to the board, along with Bernadette Wright, to a two-year term as a member at large late last year.
Wright has been part of the board for several years.
The other members are Mayor Roy Ludwig and Councillors Shelly Veroba and Lindsay Clark. Veroba and Clark are in their second year on the board, while Ludwig has been on the board since becoming mayor in 2012.
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The board also received the year-end numbers for bylaw enforcement.
The document shows that Special Constables Josie Palmer and Monica Prentice handled 1,408 occurrences in 2021. Unkempt property inspections (724) accounted for the majority of the activity, followed by parking violations at 240 and animal calls at 176. Sixty occurrences were listed as other, and 51 were for the taxi bylaw.
December was a comparatively quiet month for the officers with 51 total items, led by 18 parking violations, 12 animal calls and 12 taxi bylaw occurrences.
In 2020, the bylaw officers had 1,172 occurrences, with unkempt property inspections (591) once again leading the way.
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Councillor Shelly Veroba wanted to know about the procedure when calling for bylaw after hours. People can contact the police station, and it will be forwarded to the bylaw officers.
Lowen said they’re hoping to have a direct line for the bylaw officers that people can call.
