The statistics for break and enters and motor vehicle thefts are hitting a 10 year low this year.Deputy Police Chief Daryl Scribner says the number of break and enters are down 27 per cent, while motor vehicle thefts are down 15.5 per cent. Scribner says the decreases can be traced back to intelligence led policing, which looks at patterns between crimes in the city. The department has bi-weekly crime control meetings with every officer in charge, and while looking at the suspects for the drug investigation Operation Portland, one officer noticed they were the same people involved in domestic violence cases.
Scribner says looking at patterns, and connections of crimes in the city is helping reduce criminal activity. He says next year there will be a focus on decreasing the amount of assaults in Saint John.
