Rural Alberta community banding together to combat crime
The chairperson for Tomahawk’s Rural Crime Watch Society is asking for an increase in police presence as the community bands together to help fight crime.
The hamlet of less than 65 residents has been hit countless times by criminals over the past year, from break and enters to stolen motor vehicles to gas and dashes at the local service station.
June Leach says 45 people are a part of the local crime watch society, and has seen a spike in membership this year. She attributes that to residents being fed up and wanting to take matters into their own hands.
“Everybody is very serious about it. They watch each other’s houses really well now. They’ve stopped people on the road asking if they were lost or why they are out in the area, especially when they are on dead end roads,” says Leach.