Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 23, 1998, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 Winnipeg free july 31 atm National trend shows drop in crime i latest victim attacked during Strol Community policing helped chief continued from a1 the bulk of the crimes Are occurring in which is Canadas seventh largest but has a much higher crime rate than Large centres such As Montreal and crime is going Down across the but in troubled its not decreasing Here the Way it is in other said Winnipeg police chief David its and there clearly Are some things the police service is going to have to pay More attention of the nine largest centres in Cana Only Vancouver had a higher crime rate last year than when compared to All cities in the Winnipeg ranked with Regina leading the we can always learn from other but theres so Many things that can affect crime such As the Economy and social said he believes his Community policing introduced at the beginning of prevented our rate from being much who knows where they would have been without it i Hope to see our initiatives continue the downward but at a much greater said Cas although its too Early to predict trends for this Winnipeg has recorded Only seven murders so compared with 22 last year and 28 in sexual assaults have risen significantly this year compared to police cant be responsible for i want us to act As a Cata Lyst so other people and agencies can do preventative then the whole Community is pulling said ramp have seen crime Rise in Vari Ous Rural especially ones near the mounties blame part of that on their Community policing along with an increase in citizen crime watch the officers Are making inroads into their and people who probably didst report crimes How City rank assault nonsexual Manitoba incidents per people Winnipeg Quebec City 332 sexual assault Saskatchewan 166 incidents per people manitoba134 edmonton102 winnipeg80 Quebec City 44 robbery Manitoba 187 incidents per people and Prince Edward Island winnipeg295 Hamilton 76 motor vehicle thefts Manitoba 989 incidents per people Quebec City 403 breaking Saskatchewan incidents per people Manitoba Prince Edward Island 653 Toronto 757 theft no vehicle British Columbia incidents per people Quebec mischief Manitoba incidents per people toronto745 weapons offences Manitoba 105 incidents per people winnipeg75 Quebec City 9 by Mike Mclntyre police reporter before Are probably feeling More com said sociologist Rick Linden believes the stats Point to a need for better crime fighting in not sure we need to panic when things Are slowly getting but the fact other places have lower rates suggest there is room for improve he Community policing May make peo ple less but it wont solve any thing until you identify specific prob lems and Call upon Community resources to fix he wants police and Justice officials to study successful cities like Calgary to find ways to reduce crime in Mani Calgary has experienced a rapid growth but kept their crime rate said like How every successful business is put Bench marking against the a Young woman out for a late night walk is the latest victim of a wave of random sex crimes that have frustrated police and fright ened the the 28yearold was in the area of Broadway and Young Street when she was knocked to the ground and dragged into some Bushes by an Over weight Man Early the unknown attacker raped the woman and then stole Money from her before i cant believe the situations we Are there Are far too Many sexual said Carl police have been unable to locate the who is described As a White Man in his late this woman did nothing it is her right to be on the Street at and walk anywhere she wants said although statistics Arent available for the first half of police believe Winnipeg is on Pace to exceed last years total of 516 sexual attacks the majority of which involve victims and suspects who know each probably my biggest concern is the Rise in the number of aggravated sexual assaults were Are police chief David Cassels said yes adding he is at a loss to explain the while the entire country experienced a one per cent drop in sexual assaults last year compared with Winnipeg bucked the trend As sexual assaults Rose nearly six per cent Over that lots of women out there Are concerned this could happen to certainly this has heightened awareness that it said Lorraine coordinator of the sexual assault Cri Sis program at the past few months have been particularly troublesome for the As previously rare attacks by strangers have become More Early a 24yearold Man was arrested by police and charged with raping an 18yearold girl he abducted at knife Point from a marys Road doughnut a 15yearold girl was raped in the same neighbourhood in february by an unknown teenager who grabbed her As she walked to an 18year old suspect is awaiting last police put out a Public warning about a suspected group of serial rapists who were driving around the City looking to randomly grab women off the Street and gang rape they remain at police released another composite sketch this month of the so called meter Reader who has terrorized at least seven teenage girls in the City Over the past decade the lat est attack occurring three weeks police Are still searching for an american fugitive who came to Winnipeg last summer and is wanted for raping a woman in her apartment ear Lier this police Are also investigating a string of similar Home invasion rapes that remain theres no doubt were noticing the numbers increasing Over the people Are out and about and certainly More As a Crimi Nal looking for someone to be hurtful its much said police warn the Public to take the usual such As walking in groups and not answering the door to they say they Hope to make some arrests to help ease rape prompts Robins donuts to examine safety policies by Mike Mclntyre police reporter Robins donuts is investigating its own safety policies Fol lowing the abduction and rape of an 18yearold woman tuesday from one of its franchised this is an awful thing that Hap and were just sick about it never should have company Vic president Bob keeper said yesterday from Thunder the victim was a Friend of an 18 year old Robins employee who was working the overnight shift alone and had asked her to come along for com she have been there in the first i begged her to come along with the woman who didst want to be named said keeper said Robins has complied with provincial legislation that requires the drafting of working alone it is then up to the individual fran Chise owners to enforce he of the 48 Robins franchises in Mani about 90 per cent bake their goods on site and have a minimum of two staff members on at All said the remaining 10 per cent Are encouraged to install panic he the 1086 marys location where tuesdays attack began does not bake onsite and had no panic the employee phoned police when her Friend was and officers arrived within four they arrested the suspect after a Short foot phone Calls were made yesterday morning to All 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