Inside Saskatoon’s 2025 crime plan
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Saskatoon's police chief Cameron McBride says the task of lowering crime is made more complex by existing social issues.
Saskatoon, the fastest-growing city in Saskatchewan, sees its fair share of crime. And with 15 reported homicides in 2024, the many new faces among its leadership are tasked with bringing rising crime to heel.
“We heard pretty loud and clear from residents that they are concerned about safety,” said Mayor Cynthia Block. “What we are doing isn’t working. The problem is accelerating.”
Saskatoon’s police chief Cameron McBride says the task of lowering crime is made more complex by existing social issues.
“We saw reduction in reported property crime, but we saw an increase in reported violent crime,” says McBride, “When we look at, again, raw data, social disorder is driving a lot of our workload.”
Earlier this year, Saskatoon added $8.5 million to the police budget and created an intimate partner violence team to combat rising social crime like domestic violence.
However, Mayor Block says enforcement can’t address every issue.
“We know that that’s the expectation of our residents at this time, even though I think we need a lot more than that. If we’re truly trying to have a safe community, that perhaps doesn’t always require those same types of policing resources. And by that I mean homelessness.”
Block says crime will continue to be a problem as long as poverty is, too.
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