The two year pilot project of the Community Safety Officer Program has proven to be a success and has made a positive impact in the City of Thompson.

During the Regular Meeting of council, a 56-page report was shared about the CSO program expressing successes and challenges over the past two years.

The CSO Program was introduced in 2015 to be a two year pilot program, and was introduced to help deal with concerns that would prevent the RCMP to deal with criminal matters.

In the upcoming year the city will be discussing with the province about expanding the powers of the CSO's and addressing the issues of the first two years like upgrading vehicles and overtime concerns which used up more funding.

The businesses around the downtown area have especially been supportive during the two year program.

Since the introduction of the CSO's, Thompson's community ranking has improved in Canada. Thompson's Overall Crime Severity Value had a 19.5% drop from 2014 to 2015.