Here are some examples of how community members warned everyone nearby in the 2 weeks of Feb 24-Mar 9. Also included are some of the theft recoveries between Feb 24-Mar 9 on Lightcatch. The 1st step in improving Community Safety is to have at least twice the number of alerts made before a crime happens versus after a crime occurs. Where this happ...
Read More7 stolen items put on Lightcatch were recovered in the 14 days between Jan 30-Feb 9. Some of these recoveries were the work of Lightcatch app users who may have spent less than 5 minutes updating the location of a stolen item on the app. Others were the result of police work alone.
Read More15 Stolen items put on Lightcatch were recovered in the 14 days between Jan 30-Feb 9. Most of these recoveries were the work of Lightcatch app users who may have spent less than 5 minutes updating the location of a stolen item on the app. These people were making a difference by making crime hard for the bad guys where they live.
Read MoreThese stolen vehicles were recovered in the Red Deer Alberta region between Jan 13 – Jan 25, 2022. Many of them were located and recovered by the police within just hours of the alert being created on Lightcatch. Many times the public provided multiple updates showing the location and the direction of travel.
Read MoreRural crime rates spiked in some surprising locations while remaining low in other areas over the month of January. Does your community make the list? We base this data on RCMP released crime statistics and make the comparisons on a per 1,000 residents basis to get a true picture of what the crime is like in these
Read MoreAll Cities are not equal in safety. Some have far less crime than others. You were almost twice as likely to be robbed in the most dangerous City in Alberta than in one of the safer cities such as Spruce Grove in January. We base this data on RCMP released crime statistics and make the rate on a per 1,000 resident basis so the size of the City...
Read MoreHigh crime rates continued in Dec 2021. The worst City for crime had a crime rate that was over four times higher than Spruce Grove and Stony Plain, some of the safest cities we track. Red Deer and Sylvan Lake had the third highest amount of crimes per citizen. Red Deer was also one of the highest crime cities in October and November.
Read MoreDid you know that if everyone in your community used Lightcatch, the recovery rate of stolen items would at least double from 19% to 42%(1)? That would be a 221% improvement in wins against the bad guys! To go from 221% to 273% Is Really Simple Things could really get better if all victims of theft reported the crime within 12 hours. Where victims...
Read MoreCan getting away with stealing others property really be this easy? These 6 people that were just arrested had 24 stolen items seized when police moved in. One of the locals, suspects that stolen items had been running through this chop shop for two or three years prior to these arrests.
Read MoreIf you are tired of constant filth and petty theft in your City, the people in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan have shown a lot can change in just three weeks. Issues like needles all over, people breaking into homes through the night, thefts, sleeping in apartment common areas, and much more pushed three civilians into action.
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