Penticton South Okanagan Similkameen Regional Detachment Superintendent Kevin Hewco will be part of a community meeting on Feb. 29, 2016, in Oliver focused on reducing and preventing crime in the area. FILE PHOTO

Oliver community forum to focus on area crime

PENTICTON – South Okanagan residents concerned about recent crime in the area will get the chance to talk to local Mounties about the issue.

Oliver RCMP is hosting a Community Safety Forum on Monday, Feb. 29, at 7 p.m. at the Oliver Community Centre.

Penticton South Okanagan Similkameen Regional Detachment Supt. Kevin Hewco and South Okanagan Similkameen Crime Stoppers and Community Policing Coordinator Rick Dellebuur will be attending the meeting.

The meeting will discuss recent crimes in the area and how the community can work with the police to reduce and prevent these crimes, Oliver Detachment Commander Blaine Gervais, who will also be present, says in a release.

A report made to the Regional District Board of Directors during their regular board meeting by Hewco on Jan. 21 revealed property crimes were not only prolific in the area, but also all over the province.

During that meeting, Okanagan Falls Director Tom Siddon complained of a lack of visible police presence in his area while Osoyoos Director Mark Pendergraft expressed his concerns regarding the lack of 24-hour policing in rural communities of the regional district.

For more information about the Oliver meeting on Feb. 29, contact the Oliver detachment at 250-485-6220.

To contact a reporter for this story, email Steve Arstad at sarstad@infonews.ca or call 250-488-3065. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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I have been looking for news in the South Okanagan - SImilkameen for 20 years, having turned a part time lifelong interest into a full time profession. After five years publishing a local newsletter, several years working as a correspondent / stringer for several local newspapers and seven years as editor of a Similkameen weekly newspaper, I joined iNFOnews.ca in 2014. My goal in the news industry has always been to deliver accurate and interesting articles about local people and places. My interest in the profession is life long - from my earliest memories of grade school, I have enjoyed writing.
As an airborne geophysical surveyor I travelled extensively around the globe, conducting helicopter borne mineral surveys.
I also spent several years at an Okanagan Falls based lumber mill, producing glued-wood laminated products.
As a member of the Kaleden community, I have been involved in the Kaleden Volunteer Fire Department for 22 years, and also serve as a trustee on the Kaleden Irrigation District board.
I am currently married to my wife Judy, of 26 years. We are empty-nesters who enjoy living in Kaleden with our Welsh Terrier, Angus, and cat, Tibbs.
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