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The Huron Expositor • December 27, 2006 Page 23
Most calls drug related, says Crimp Stoppers
Jeff Heuchert
It's been four months since
Huron -Perth relocated to a
central office on Seaforth's
Main Street.
And while those four
months have been busy with
day-to-day work and presen-
tations to school children,
police coordinator for the
program Shawn McFalls
says the transition has gone
smoothly.
McFalls was hired in
August to work out of the
new office after five years as
an OPP constable in Perth
County.
The decision to join the
two offices in one central
location was made this past
summer, after an OPP work-
load analysis showed both
offices were dealing with
similar concerns from the
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McFalls says there isn't
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that he has had to focus his
efforts on, but that general-
ly, the community in Huron -
Perth calls to report the
same concerns.
"Most _ calls are drug relat-
ed," says McFalls, adding
that they are usually either
to report someone dealing
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of.
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first hand the growth of
methamphetamine in Perth
County in recent years, he
says the drug is very much
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around in Huron County.
"It (meth) doesn't seem to
get the exposure in Huron
County, but it's definitely
here. We'd be naive to think
it wasn't," he says.
McFalls adds that since
taking over the office for
Huron -Perth, callers have
contributed to a number of
charges being laid.
He notes a specific call he
received in the fall, which
led the OPP to a major grow
operation in North Huron,
where $300,000 worth of
marijuana was confiscated.
It's instances like that,
that McFalls says shows the
potential of the Crime
Stoppers program.
However, he says while
many people want to do the
right thing, they are still a.
little apprehensive of calling
to report something.
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