Police, Salvation Army given share of proceeds-of-crime fund
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More cash from criminals is financing the fight against crime.
The Manitoba government has given $644,000 from the criminal property forfeiture fund to the Winnipeg Police Service.
“The (fund) redirects the proceeds of crime to community initiatives that help create stronger law enforcement organizations and safer communities across the province,” Justice Minister Matt Wiebe said in a news release Tuesday.
“Providing the Winnipeg Police Service with CPF funding is an important government investment in the safety of all Winnipeggers and those who work tirelessly to protect us.”
Cash that has been seized and proceeds from the sale of criminal property are deposited into the fund.
Winnipeg police will use the money to train and equip members with ballistic safety shields and long-range less-lethal weapons; provide emotional survival training; buy an inflatable shelter for the underwater search and recovery unit; and buy new equipment for crisis negotiators.
The funding will also help train WPS aerial surveillance pilots and investigators who work on sex crimes, missing persons, unidentified remains, pedestrian collisions, cyber crimes and cryptocurrency.
The police service didn’t provide a spokesperson for an interview Tuesday.
The Salvation Army will receive $30,000 from the fund to pay for the outreach vehicle it purchased over the summer, said Dianna Bussey, the charity’s executive director of correctional and justice services.
The outreach vehicle, which operates 80 hours per week, connects directly with people on the streets and in encampments to offer them resources and provide transportation to the hospital or shelters. On a typical shift, workers connect with 30 to 90 people, Bussey said.
“Those who encounter that vehicle are often those who have experienced violence. They’ve experienced very significant situations in their lives and life is difficult and hard. They’ve often been the victims of crime,” she said.
Bussey said the Salvation Army is grateful for the funding. Its previous outreach vehicle was “literally on its last wheel” before it was replaced.
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Tyler Searle is a multimedia producer who writes for the Free Press’s city desk. A graduate of Red River College Polytechnic’s creative communications program, he wrote for the Stonewall Teulon Tribune, Selkirk Record and Express Weekly News before joining the paper in 2022. Read more about Tyler.
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