March 25, 2011
Program is Part of Comprehensive Strategy Responsible for 78 per cent Reduction in Auto Theft Since 2004
Attorney General Andrew Swan today announced a one-year extension of the province’s electronic monitoring pilot project, a component of Winnipeg’s successful auto theft suppression strategy.
“Electronic monitoring is one of the tools we have used in a strategy that has helped reduce auto theft by nearly 80 per cent since 2004,” said Swan.
A total of 57 Level 4 auto thieves have been outfitted with electronic monitoring devices since the project’s introduction in 2008. Electronic monitoring helps quickly locate and deal with offenders who breach their court-ordered conditions, Swan said.
The Winnipeg Auto Theft Suppression Strategy was awarded the 2010 Vehicle Theft Award of Merit (International Association of Chiefs of Police) and the 2010 International Association of Chiefs of Police/Motorola Webber Seavey Award for Quality in Law Enforcement.
In 2009, it was a finalist for the Centre for Problem-Oriented Policing Goldstein Award.
PROVINCE EXTENDS ELECTRONIC MONITORING OF HIGH-RISK AUTO THIEVES: SWAN
– – –Program is Part of Comprehensive Strategy Responsible for 78 per cent Reduction in Auto Theft Since 2004
“Electronic monitoring is one of the tools we have used in a strategy that has helped reduce auto theft by nearly 80 per cent since 2004,” said Swan.
A total of 57 Level 4 auto thieves have been outfitted with electronic monitoring devices since the project’s introduction in 2008. Electronic monitoring helps quickly locate and deal with offenders who breach their court-ordered conditions, Swan said.
The Winnipeg Auto Theft Suppression Strategy was awarded the 2010 Vehicle Theft Award of Merit (International Association of Chiefs of Police) and the 2010 International Association of Chiefs of Police/Motorola Webber Seavey Award for Quality in Law Enforcement.
In 2009, it was a finalist for the Centre for Problem-Oriented Policing Goldstein Award.
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