During City Beat last Thursday, Arctic Radio news spoke with Ian Graham, Communication Director for the City of Thompson.

A report from Thompson RCMP at last week’s Committee of the Whole meeting indicated no community blitzes were held over the summer, in comparison with two held back-to-back in April and May.    The blitzes are intended to address social disorder issues that take place downtown.

Graham explains here a reason why the blitzes were put on hold.

“The Liquor Mart strike, which had intermittent closures and some weekend long closures in late July and into August, kind of reduced some of the problem behaviours that the blitzes were designed to address.”  

Graham also said that with the departure of one of the Community Safety Officers, the remaining CSO wasn’t able to perform various duties on their own.

To see the full report from the Thompson RCMP detachment, go to thompson.ca.