North Battleford community safety officers given broader investigational powers

North Battleford’s Community Safety Officers now have the power to investigate some “low risk” crimes and motor vehicle collisions where no one is injured in an effort to free up RCMP resources to focus on “much more serious” investigations and crimes in progress.
The City of North Battleford, the RCMP and the province made the announcement on Thursday about the changes that came into effect on June 1.
The CSOs are now able to investigate certain Criminal Code offen