Downtown patrols to be enhanced

PRINCE GEORGE – The City’s Bylaws, the Fire Department and the RCMP will be stepping up patrols in light of the fires that are occurring in the downtown core.

“From January 1st to April 16th of this year between bylaw services and the Prince George Fire Rescue, we responded to nearly 200 different burning complaints in the downtown core,” says Eric Depenau, Acting Director for Administrative Services.

In the meantime, Council has approved the make-up of a Standing Committee on Public Safety, of whom one member has been a very vocal voice for the downtown business community.