An expert criminologist and a Lloydminster RMCP sergeant agree residents shouldn’t evaluate their safety solely upon crime rate statistics.
Sgt. Ken Marchand, acting detachment commander of the Lloydminster RCMP, and Greg Jenion, expert criminologist and faculty member of Kwantlen Polytechnic University, say Lloyd’s nine per cent year-over-year increase in criminal code offences should not be interpreted as an exclusive safety indicator.