‘No Relief in Sight’ says St. Thomas Police as calls continue to rise

St Thomas police station

In a report sent to media titled “No Relief in Sight” St. Thomas Police say they are on track for another record breaking year for calls for service.

The St. Thomas Police Service is on track to hit more than 20,000 calls in 2019. In 2018 they received a record breaking 18,846 calls, which was a 24 per cent increase since 2017.

The STPS noted that there have only been three youth criminal justice act charges in the last five months and credit local youth for the decline.

Despite the increase in calls the STPS has had some noticeable decreases in certain areas such as collisions.

There were just 23 collisions involving injuries since January, last year there was a total 61.

Collisions not involving injuries are also down over last year.