Northeast Division - District B4

District B4 consists of a number of well-established neighbourhoods, new growth neighbourhoods in the northern portion of the District, and in-growth neighbourhoods such as the Griesbach community. District B4 includes many different schools, commercial establishments, restaurants, shopping centres, and hotels.

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Community policing

There are a number of geographically assigned police officers in District B4. They include patrol officers who regularly deploy into District B4 and, in so doing, become familiar with the people and needs of the community.

Sergeant Mike CAMPEAU and neighbourhood foot patrol officers, Cst. Mike DREILICH and Cst. David BEELER, are Neighbourhood Foot Patrol officers for District B4. They will be seen walking the Beat or riding police bicycles as they engage in problem solving initiatives to reduce crime and disorder.

The District B4 Community Liaison team is led by Staff Sergeant Langford BAWN who is supported by Sergeant Kim CLARK and Constable Cathy RUSKIN. The community liaison team is the primary contact between police and community to address issues and concerns that do not require immediate police response.

The Calder community also benefits from the work of Cst. HOOGENBERG and Ms. Donna HARESEM who deliver community capacity-building support throughout Calder as the Northeast Division Neighbourhood Empowerment Team (NET). NET is an innovative partnership between the Edmonton Police Service, the Family Centre, City of Edmonton Community Services, and the United Way. NET specializes in helping communities and individuals to access support services.

Unique challenges

Theft of motor vehicle
To prevent your vehicle from being stolen, use an anti-theft device such as a steering wheel lock or alarm, and turn off your vehicle and remove the keys when leaving it unattended.

Theft from a motor vehicle
Theft from motor vehicles is often a crime of opportunity. Thieves have targeted electronics, coins, vehicle documents, garage door openers, and license plates. Removing valuables and ensuring your doors are locked is your best deterrent to crime. Feel free to drop by an EPS police station to have anti-theft screws installed to protect your license plate.

Disorder
Our Beat and Community Liaison officers have established great community supports and connections to help address disorder issues including homelessness, abandoned automobiles, graffiti, and panhandling. They liaise regularly with managers of the larger multi-housing complexes and other community partners who have helped address or reduce these community concerns.

New immigrant families
Consistent with the Edmonton Police Service’s mission statement “in partnership with our citizens, we will build safe communities through leadership and policing excellence”, District B4 officers are working to improve the quality of life for all Edmontonians by actively promoting dialogue and collaboration amongst Edmonton’s diverse communities and the Edmonton Police Service. Members actively participate in, and support the work of, our partner agencies and schools that help make this possible. These interactions help inform Northeast Division about how we can best meet the needs of the community.

2011 results

In response to a need for greater police presence in the area, a Calder Beat Office was established in April 2011. As a result of great community support and dedicated work by your district officers, District B4 experienced:

Current results

As of April 30, 2012, there has been no increase in the eight crime indicator offences when compared to the same time in 2011.

2012 focus

• Supporting Chief Knecht’s violence reduction strategy, we will target offenders most likely to cause harm to the community.
• We will target locations where crime and / or disorder is likely to occur.
• We will help address issues of concern to our communities; issues that may be caused by more than one offender or in more than one location.
• We will use a combination of traffic enforcement and education to increase traffic safety in the district.
• We will monitor offenders who are subject of conditional release to ensure they comply with those conditions.
• We will continue to work with our communities to identify problem solving opportunities and crime prevention strategies.
• We will work to eliminate the cause of repeat-calls-for-service.
• We will use technology and forensic support services to improve our effectiveness and efficiency.
• We will partner with our communities and partner agencies to fulfill our community policing and intelligence led policing mandate.