Source: Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Saskatchewan RCMP has arrested multiple wanted persons and seized both illegally-possessed firearms and illicit drugs as a result of a multi-unit response in the Prince Albert, Ahtahkakoop/Shellbrook and Waskesiu/Montreal Lake detachment areas.
Involved units include: the Prince Albert, Ahtahkakoop/Shellbrook and Waskesiu/Montreal Lake detachments; the Prince Albert, North Battleford, La Ronge and Meadow Lake Crime Reduction Teams (CRT); the Prince Albert Warrant Enforcement and Suppression Team (WEST); Combined Traffic Services Saskatchewan; and the Prince Albert General Investigation Section. Further background on the multi-unit response is available here.
Notable events from the multi-unit response include:
“Community safety is the number one priority of our frontline detachment police officers. They work hard at maintaining it every day. This fall, officers from Prince Albert, Ahthakakoop/Shellbrook and Waskesiu/Montreal Lake RCMP demonstrated their commitment to community safety as they worked with specialized SERT units to remove wanted people, drugs and firearms from our streets,” says S/Sgt. Eric Desfosses, from Saskatchewan RCMP’s North District Management Team, which oversees the Prince Albert, Ahtahkakoop/Shellbrook and Waskesiu/Montreal Lake detachments. “Together, we’ll continue working to eradicate any risk to the safety of our communities.”
“Keeping Saskatchewan’s communities safe takes intelligence-led, borderless enforcement. That’s why Saskatchewan RCMP is uniquely able to successfully execute targeted, multi-unit enforcement efforts like we saw in the Prince Albert, Ahtahkakoop and Montreal Lake areas this fall,” says S/Sgt. Ryan How, the Saskatchewan Enforcement Response Team (SERT)’s North Manager. “I’m proud of the strategic, hard work of all the Saskatchewan RCMP officers involved.”
Both S/Sgt. How and S/Sgt. Desfosses also thank members of the media for sharing important investigational updates with the public. They thank the public for their assistance in sharing information and tips; these partnerships help keep communities safe.