Multiple community groups and associations were invited to present at the latest Board of Police Commissioners meeting.

The groups that presented expressed their concerns about safety in their local community. The Pleasant Hill Community Group has been up-front about its concerns over crime, boarded up housing, and squatters, to name a few issues.

Darlene Brander, Chair of the Board says depending on what location of the city the group was from, issues differed, although for the Caswell neighbourhood, they feel they have a great place to live but are concerned about crime and have created a community patrol partnership.

“There’s a wide swath, so there’s crime, there’s drug crime, some of our groups talked about assaults happening, some of them talked about different activities, gang activity happening.”

Brander adds groups also expressed their desire to work more closely with the Saskatoon Police Service.

The five groups that presented at the meeting were the Caswell Community Association, the Montgomery Place Community Association, the Saskatoon Crisis Intervention Service, the Saskatoon Community Clinic and the Mount Royal Community Association.