Local police call upon community to be proactive to prevent crime after recent incidents

But less than six hours later, security camera footage from a home in the hart area shows a person walking up to a home for a few seconds, wearing a face covering and an object in their left hand.

Todd, who didn’t want to use his last name took that footage. He says he feels a little less safe in his home.

“It’s definitely concerning. I’ve always felt that the hart was a pretty safe place to be and then you get a notification from your security camera that someone’s checking out your home with ill-intent. You don’t like to see it, it makes you feel a little less safe in your own home.”

This isn’t the first time that he’s had an incident like this.

“I actually had someone come to my car port and try to walk away with my snowblower and got about halfway down the driveway and gave up because it doesn’t move as a easily as they had hope, I guess”

One neighbor told CKPG that someone stole about $4000 worth of items form their car that same night. Including tools, a stereo system, and prescription glasses. They believe it may have been the same person in the footage.

Todd says he wants the city to implement community policing again to prevent this, but the city says it’s already in place and the community needs to be proactive instead of reactive.

“Community policing has always been here, neighborhood watch has always existed.” said Linda Parker, Community Policing Coordinator in Prince George.

She says reducing theft in the area doesn’t just come from community policing…it also comes from preventing it in the first place. The RCMP says they receive multiple reports of car thefts daily and they know who are the primary suspects.

“Unfortunately, the majority of investigations we’re dealing with result in addictive individuals breaking into cars, stealing items, pawning them and using that money to pay for drugs” Sgt. Kyle Ushock said.

The city is partnered with pawn shops to help people reunite with their lost or stolen items, but they can only do that if they’re able to properly match the item to the person.

“The big thing is identify any products that are yours. Using engravers to engrave social insurance numbers or any identifiable marks that if an item is pawned, we can trace back to an individual.” Sgt. Kyle Ushock said.

They emphasize to not keep valuables in your car and to keep it locked at all times, even if its parked inside your garage.

by Oli Herrera

Local police call upon community to be proactive to prevent crime after recent incidents

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