Â鶹´«Ã½AV

Skip to content

Nipawin sets date for Citizens on Patrol presentation

Sgt. Rob Cozine, the provincial RCMP police co-ordinator for the Citizens on Patrol Program (COPP), will be travelling to Nipawin to deliver a presentation regarding the forming of a COPP in Nipawin.
Girl looking through window
A presentation about forming a Citizens on Patrol Program in Nipawin will be held at the Evergreen Centre on Aug. 23 at 5:30 p.m.

NIPAWIN — Sgt. Rob Cozine, the provincial RCMP police co-ordinator for the Citizens on Patrol Program (COPP), will be travelling to Nipawin to deliver a presentation regarding the forming of a COPP in Nipawin.

This is following an impromptu meeting at Nipawin’s town square in July which revealed interest in setting up a COPP to help prevent and reduce crime.

Barry Elliott, Nipawin’s administrator, said the town’s role is just to help the program thrive through promotion, coordination or opportunity to meet. The town wouldn’t be providing any direct resources such as vehicles to use or equipment.

The event will be at the Nipawin Evergreen Centre on Aug. 23 at 5:30 p.m.  Doors will open an half-hour before it begins.

The Citizens on Patrol Program is a community-led, police supported crime prevention, crime reduction program in Saskatchewan.

COPP works through unpaid volunteers having scheduled patrol routes where they patrol an area, communicating with an RCMP liaison. If they see something they deem suspicious they fill out a form on a COPP app to report it. When the liaison checks their own phone they will see the form and can investigate the report.

push icon
Be the first to read breaking stories. Enable push notifications on your device. Disable anytime.
No thanks