Halloween 2020 – Celebrate Safely

With the spookiest night of the year approaching, the Regina Police Service is reminding public to be safe – no matter how you choose to celebrate. Each family will make its own decisions about how Halloween will look in their household.  The Saskatchewan Health Authority says trick-or-treating is permitted in Regina, but only with safety…

Police Respond to Domestic Conflict Call – Resolved Safely

Regina residents living in, and travelling into, the downtown area this morning, October 29th, encountered a significant police presence in the 1800 block of Halifax Street.  Officers were responding to a report of domestic conflict inside an apartment building on the block.  Two people were taken safely into custody and the investigation is ongoing. At…

CCJS Releases 2019 Police-Reported Crime Statistics

This morning, Thursday, October 29, 2020, the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics released its annual comparison of police-reported* crime statistics for 2019. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/pub/85-002-x/2020001/article/00010-eng.pdf?st=GGOJYQTj This report compares police-reported crime, for 2019, across Canada’s 35 Census Metropolitan Areas**, looking at: total incidents of crime (Crime Rate), and an index that takes into consideration the severity of crimes…