Police calls will keep climbing: Chief

Reportable calls to Sault Ste. Marie Police Service are expected to keep climbing nearly 10 per cent this year.Calls jumped 8 per cent from 15,413 in 2017 to 16,628 in 2018.Chief Hugh Stevenson anticipates a similar increase this year due to property crimes, the arrest of people for additional offences after they’re released by the courts on conditions and opioid-use related occurrences.Thefts from motor vehicles jumped nearly 60 per cent from 444 in 2017 to 699 in 2018. Last year’s