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'x:' unable to catch many off en4ers if the"
cruiserw spall ked in plat site.
Chief KI said thail; naat►y people; jl
, ;, toe wrong conclusions when they�r`see t1n ''
cruisers parked Somewhere He said
recently both cruisers were parked outside
.: the hospital for several hours while of-'
fieers tried to assist doctors and nurses
r,, with a mentally disturbed and violent pay
tient.; ,
"Such things really tie the officers uip
but under law they are required to do it. '7
.Arno er tllin> iha r it ties -them -up -are -
money
ies-the p -are -
money escorts 60 to 70 times per month.
Visa ':e'°see' b1 C(tufsers Jlsewhore 4ri/Iowa,
and
it
to the �g-conclusions: They
see t em parked,ou, side the hospital ant},
think the officers are just having a.coffee.
They wonder why the police aren't patroll-
ing the Square or other streets. Citizens
must appreciate that we've got a lot -of
Streetsin town to cover and many requests.
for special supervision. We can't be
everywhere at once."
As for accusations made about local �
of-
ficers "sleeping on duty", Chief King said,
"There'is no basis for this statement other
than what has been said at the meeting. I
have never received any complaints con-
cerning this and if I had, it would have
been dealt with."
CRIME DOWN
Chief King said he also couldn't
understand the commission discussing
reasons for "the increase in criminal ac-
tivity in Goderich" when in fact, criminal
activity has decreased here over the past
few years.
"Figures show that criminal offences
are down from 358 to 270," he said. "The
two recent incidents of tire slashing were
bad but it's wrong to say criminal activity
has increased when its actually decreased
over the last several years."
Regarding the tire slashing, Chief King
said three young offenders had a total of 23
charges laid. against them resulting from
the first incident but there are no suspects
in the second incident. He said that such
' wilful damage is a "spur of the moment
thing" which is often not°concentrated in
one area but spread around. Therefore,' it
is difficult for the police to anticipate it,
prevent it and solve it.
UNNECESSARY NOISE
Tire squealing is a separate matter, said
Chief King. He said police had received
roughly the same number of complaints
from citizens about tire squealing as they
had last year. He said 36 charges resulting
' from tire squealing had been laid this
year.
"We can't lay a charge unless we know
who squealed the tires. If the officer ac-
tually sees the person squealing his tires,
.1 • there is no problem.-.Or.if..the. person who
phones in the complaint actually sees it
and is willing to testify in court, there is no
problem," explained Chief King.
He said when a complaint of tire squeal-
ing is received, the officer does not go to
the location the complaint came from.
because by that time, the vehicle will be
gone. "The officer gets in a position so that
he can listen for the vehicle. Often he has a
pretty good idea of who has done the
squealing and he will begin checking cars.
Thisis when liquor seizures are often
made."
Chief King said it would help if people
convicted of an unnecessary noise charge
lost points as well as having to pay a fine.
He said the Goderich police have brought
this up to the police governing authorities
to see if an amendment could be made to
the Highway Traffic Act, especially since
it is more of a problem in small towns.
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Clasina Bondrager is the new Chief Dispatcher for the Huron Municipal Police Communica-
tions System housed in Goderich. She arrived July 23 to replace Ken Anderson who retired
in April. )Prior to coining to Goderich, she worked for ten years as a dispatcher with the Lon-
don City Police and Fire Departments. Her duties here include dispatching as well as super-
vising the four other dispatchers on the system which serves the five towns in Huron County.
(Photo by Joanne Buchanan)
He said the bulk of unnecessary noise
charges are laid as a result of the officers'
own observations but he said laying
charges does not always stop the of-
fenders, stating one incident where the of-
fender did the same thing over again as
soon as he was issued a ticket.
On the night of August 25 -the night
which Graham spoke about to the
commission -Chief King said rio com-
plaints of unnecessary noise on the Square
were received. "I ' wondered why if he
(Graham) could hear tha noise, we didn't
receive any complaints from people who
live on the Square," he said.
He stated that unnecessary noise is not
happening "hour after hour, night after
night" and neither are the problems at St.
Chfi.stopher's Beach.
• BAD NIGHT
He said the night of August 25 was a par-
ticularly bad night for the local police
because it was a heavy night traffic -wise;
an officer was off sick; a mentally ill pa-
tient required an escort out of town; and a
break-in had to be investigated. He said he
checked with employees of the water treat-
ment plant at St. Christopher's Beach and
they said that there was no party at the
beach that night as Graham had stated.
They also substantiated the fact that the
police had made several patrols of the
beach that night.
"There is no by-law (although I tried to
getone several years ago) that says people
can't stay at the beach all night -unless
they are drinking or camping out. Police
are constantly checking vehicles there but
if I made a cruiser sit there all night, I
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Would get complaints that the ciuiser
wasn't up on the Square or on Huron Road,
etc," he stated.
As for the problem of people squealing
tires on the new black top at the beach,
Chief King said perhaps speed bumps
would be the answer, although he wouldn't
like to see thein on harbor hill because of,
the truck traffic.
Chief King said he agreed with the com-
mission that a lot of offenders, especially
repeat offenders, are from out of town.
He said the Square is an attraction for
many people. e` `A lot of people, even older
people, like to take a turn around the
Square. It's just a popular thing to do. And
it's no offence just to drive around and
around. Some people are out driving all
.night and that's notan offence."
GETTING TOUGH
Chief King said that the orders from the
commission to "get tough" would be
followed. He said that police can't get
physically tough because people cry police
brutality. The only other way, he said,
would be to do spot checks and issue
charges rather than giving warnings.
"If we're going to do this, we can't
discriminate. Everybody who is breaking
the law, gets charged without a warning -
In the past, I've gotten complaints that
we're over -policed here and if we get
tough, these complaints may start again
but the commission will have to back us.
People can't have it both ways:"
Chief King said the police still rely on
citizens to report crimes to them and are
hoping to set up a Neighbourhood Watch
program soon.
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