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Real life stories of how people saved their loved ones from harm and stopped the frustration of losing the things they’ve worked hard for. The regions with the lowest crime rates below tend to be the most proactive. The more people that use Lightcatch to create or view warnings like these examples, the better the free service works.
Read More𝗥𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 crime gets a lot of media and political attention. 𝗨𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗻 crime can be organized. There can be drug houses and all sorts of problems from people with addictions. Yet the worst place to live for crime isn’t even close. 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗻𝘀 across Alberta often have double the crime per resident of big cities and 𝟴 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗦 or mor...
Read MoreHere are crime rates for several locations across Alberta in April. Some regions of Alberta had as much as eight times the crime as others. Some regions of Alberta had as much as eight times the crime as others. Major Cities in Alberta Edmonton had one of the lowest crime rates of any major City in Alberta. Sherwood Park and St. Albert seemed...
Read MoreOur data shows a safer community almost always creates more suspicious alerts or warnings before a crime happens than alerts that are made regarding actual crimes after they happen. Here are some examples of how people did this effectively over the two weeks April 1 - April 14, 2022
Read MoreThis article provides theories that are supposed to prevent crime. The author writes “As we enter the spring and summer seasons, the Alberta RCMP want to urge homeowners to consider Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) principles when planning their home renovations and seasonal maintenance projects. “ Our data says these ideas so...
Read More"Given the current price of gasoline, and the potential for prices to continue to rise throughout the spring and summer, we anticipate these thefts may continue.” April 9, 2022 This recent article explains how common this kind of theft has become. https://westernstandardonline.com/2022/04/rcmp-say-gas-theft-is-booming/
Read MoreThe ratepayers in this region are enjoying living in one of the safest places in western Canada. These results aren't by accident. Here is a copy of the report sent to our partners in this region titled the Community Safety Report that shows how they did it. Below are the ten steps we’ve seen as critical to impacting Community Safety.
Read MoreHere 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 MoreIn order to predict the safety level of your home and have you believe it as useful and accurate I need to provide some background information. These criteria came after reviewing thousands of property crimes and watching dozens of homeowners, non-profit organizations, elected officials and more wanting crime to be lower where they live but not cle...
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.
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