New city police unit has already started its work

A new Community Response Unit with the North Bay Police Service has become operational.

Police say the unit, which builds on the success of the regenerated bike patrol, has two officers right now and will become fully staffed with four officers on January 1st, 2021.

They’ll be working in both North Bay and Callander.

Duties will range from traffic enforcement to foot patrol in a problem area or assisting other officers with additional resources for an area having an identified crime issue.

(File photo by station staff)

Its Crime Prevention Week Nov 1 to 7. Our service has created a new four-officer Community Response Unit supervised by Sgt Hampel. The members selected are very enthusiastic about being part of this new team. https://t.co/ROM2NB25ad pic.twitter.com/lmfbmQ9K88

— North Bay Police (@NorthBayPolice) November 3, 2020