Thompson’s new Community Safety Officers are reporting to their first day of duty today.

The City celebrated the graduation of the 8 new officers, last Friday.

Mayor Dennis Fenske spoke at the celebration: "I want to speak briefly in regards to the CSO program itself. It’s part of the bigger picture of the downtown strategy that we talked about for many years, modeling the strategy under the main street project in Winnipeg. Our acronym is main street north and it has many components. This is part of that, to deal with the situations and the issues that we have to deal with in the downtown area". 

The officers will work with the local RCMP to implement crime prevention strategies, enforce some provincial laws, connect social service providers with people in need, and maintain a visible presence in the community.