Public Safety committee  I think we've got to keep kids busy. If you want to keep the kids off the streets and out of trouble, we've got to keep them busy. A bored kid is one who's going to get in trouble. It's no different from you or me when we were young. We probably got in trouble when we were bored.

Public Safety committee  It's the same with us. We also have six on ours. It's the same thing. There's always somebody off. We have two on at night. Lately, they've been in the same car because of the issues that we've had. The gangs and stuff in this area don't care whether they're RCMP. They go after t

Public Safety committee  Yes, we need to do more prevention. I have had run-ins with some of these guys. It is disheartening. I have a 15-year-old son. A guy walked into my house while he was home—I was at work—at three o'clock in the afternoon. He locked himself in his room in the basement so they cou

Public Safety committee  It's very seldom. We do see them maybe once a month. We call them three times a week, other than that. They are there quite often, but it's usually only when we call. They are very busy with the northern communities just north of us here. That's where they spend a lot of their r

Public Safety committee  Yes, I've even had some people in my group. Right now we have 100 volunteers from our town and a neighbouring town, Meota, which works with us. We have to keep a handle on probably a dozen in our own group so that vigilante justice does not happen. We talk to people over and ove

Public Safety committee  Okay. We monitor and basically call the RCMP. If we could make an arrest, it would probably be easier, many times. Often, if you put the headlights on them, they leave, but the ones who are bad don't leave. They don't care that you're there or that you're watching. You basically

Public Safety committee  Good afternoon. My name is Lane, I'm the director of the Citizens on Patrol program in Edam, Saskatchewan. This is a village of 436 people in northwest Saskatchewan, between the cities of Lloydminster and North Battleford. North Battleford has, for the last two years, been classi