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Police cadets to deal with drunks
(MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS ARCHIVES)
Winnipeg police cadets will soon take over a downtown program aimed at curbing the number of public intoxication calls that tie up police and paramedics.
Starting July 1, police cadets will assume responsibility of the Downtown BIZ's community outreach patrol program.
On Monday, council's protection and community services committee will review a plan to spend $71,000 to fund the program from January to June 2012, to cover the costs to operate the program before it transfers over to the cadets. The move needs to be approved by city council and the province, which will contribute matching funds.
The BIZ patrols started in 2006, and pick up 3,000 people a year, taking people who are passed out or intoxicated to their homes or safe places such as the Main Street Project.
Fewer bedbugs?
THE number of Winnipeggers who complained to the City of Winnipeg about bedbugs dropped significantly last year.
City data released Thursday show the City of Winnipeg's 311 call centre received 497 bedbug reports last year, down from 748 in 2010.
An administrative report attributed the drop to the provincial bedbug hotline implemented in May 2011. The provincial hotline now handles all calls for bedbug information. Queries from the 24-hour bedbug information line are funnelled toward the appropriate person, which could be the city's bylaw enforcement branch if someone complains their landlord isn't doing anything about a bedbug problem.
City data show most bedbug complaints come from apartments, rooming houses and triplexes.
Cellphone crackdown
A city committee will review a plan to allow Manitoba Public Insurance to retroactively pay the $78,400 salary and overtime costs for a police crackdown on distracted drivers.
MPI conducted a campaign against distraction in February and Winnipeg police ramped up enforcement.
The cellphone driving ban came into effect in 2010, and since then police have issued more than 5,000 tickets to scofflaws within Winnipeg. MPI data from 2010 show distracted and careless driving contributed to 38 per cent of fatal crashes that year. By comparison, impaired driving was a contributing factor in 25 per cent of all fatal crashes since 2005.
Over budget
CONSTRUCTION of a Sage Creek fire station is more than $60,000 over budget.
Next week, council's protection and community services committee will review a plan to spend $60,954 to complete the construction of the new Sage Creek fire station.
The city decided to build the new station after officials found it took nine minutes for emergency crews to respond to the area.
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition May 25, 2012 A9
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