Regina, Saskatchewan Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Policing=== [[Image:Regina ps.jpg|thumb|Seal of the Regina Police Service, with its motto: {{lang-la|Vigilius Genus}}]] The Regina Police Service is the primary police service for the city of Regina and holds both Municipal and Provincial Jurisdiction. It was formed in 1892. It employs 347 sworn officers and 139 unsworn employees. The current [[chief of police]] is Farooq Hassan Sheikh.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Regina Police Service |url=https://reginapolice.ca/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Regina Police Service |language=en-US}}</ref> The following services also hold jurisdiction in the city and are in partnership: [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]], Canadian National Railway Police Service and the [[Canadian Pacific Railway Police Service]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reginapolice.ca/chiefsmessage.php |title= Chief's Message |publisher=Regina Police Service |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627135056/http://www.reginapolice.ca/chiefsmessage.php|archive-date=27 June 2013}}</ref> ====Crime==== Despite having fallen in recent years, Regina's crime rate remains among the highest in Canada. Regina's overall police-reported crime rate was second highest in the country in 2012. Also, the relative severity of crimes in Regina is quite high and the city continues to top the national Crime Severity Index.<ref name="statcan1">{{cite web |first=Samuel |last=Perreault |title=Police-Reported Crime Statistics in Canada |year=2012 |work=Statistics Canada |url=http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/2013001/article/11854-eng.htm |access-date=7 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222114305/http://statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/2013001/article/11854-eng.htm |archive-date=22 December 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> Regina's crime rate declined 10% from 2011 to 2012.<ref name="statcan1"/> Regina also has one of the highest rates of intravenous drug use in Canada.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Jonathan |last=Gatehouse |date=15 January 2007 |title=Canada's Worst Neighbourhood |magazine=Maclean's |url=http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=20070115_139375_139375 |access-date=13 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225204806/http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=20070115_139375_139375 |archive-date=25 December 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" ! colspan="13" | Crime in Regina, SK by Neighbourhood (2013)<ref name="REG Census Neighbourhood">[http://www.regina.ca/residents/urban-planning/read-our-neighbourhood-profiles/ Get to know your Neighbourhood] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626162548/http://www.regina.ca/residents/urban-planning/read-our-neighbourhood-profiles/ |date=26 June 2014 }} Retrieved May 2014</ref><ref name="REG Crime Neighbourhood">[http://www.reginapolice.ca/resources/crime/crime-statistics/community-crime-report-2013/ Community Crime Report 2013] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518175536/http://www.reginapolice.ca/resources/crime/crime-statistics/community-crime-report-2013/ |date=18 May 2014 }} Retrieved May 2014</ref><ref>Note: The police reports and the community profiles don't necessarily have the same neighbourhoods, so, for some I had to try to determine (by looking at a map), which belonged together. For that reason, these stats may not be as accurate as they should be, however several neighbourhoods were used on both websites.</ref> |- ! scope="col" |Neighbourhood ! scope="col" |Population (2011) ! scope="col" |Robberies ! scope="col" |Rate ! scope="col" |Homicides ! scope="col" |Rate ! scope="col" |Sexual Assaults ! scope="col" |Rate ! scope="col" |Burglaries (break and enter) ! scope="col" |Rate |- | North Central||10150||77||758.6||3||29.6||21||206.9||255||2512.3 |- | Centre Square/Market Square||3880||24||618.6||1||25.8||6||154.6||32||824.7 |- | Eastview/Warehouse||1885||5||265.3||2||106.1||4||212.2||122||6472.1 |- | Core Group (Heritage Park, Downtown)||6145||16||260.4||1||16.3||12||195.3||63||1025.2 |- | Cathedral||6505||15||230.6||1||15.4||7||107.6||62||953.1 |- | Al Ritchie||7810||9||115.2||0||0||8||102.4||77||985.9 |- | Gladmer Park/Wascana Park||1870||2||107||0||0||3||160.4||10||534.8 |- | Hillsdale||5725||6||104.8||0||0||0||0||21||366.8 |- | North East||7340||7||95.4||1||13.6||3||40.9||61||831.1 |- | Albert Park||12530||8||63.8||0||0||4||31.9||57||454.9 |- | Dieppe||1630||1||61.3||0||0||0||0||18||1104.3 |- | Uplands||5325||3||56.3||0||0||3||56.3||20||375.6 |- | Lakeview||7720||4||51.8||0||0||3||38.9||101||1308.3 |- | Twin Lakes||5850||3||51.3||0||0||0||0||31||529.9 |- | Dewdney East||17195||8||46.5||0||0||12||69.8||56||325.7 |- | Coronation Park||6855||3||43.8||1||14.6||7||102.1||45||656.5 |- | Regent Park||2805||1||35.7||0||0||3||107||21||748.7 |- | Rosemont/Mount Royal||8600||3||34.9||0||0||2||23.3||68||790.7 |- | Normanview West||2940||1||34||0||0||0||0||17||578.2 |- | Walsh Acres||11750||2||17||0||0||0||0||34||289.4 |- | Whitmore Park||6450||1||15.5||0||||0||0||10||155 |- | Prairie View||7015||1||14.3||0||0||0||0||55||784 |- | Arcola East: Gardiner Park, University Park||24000||2||8.3||0||0||4||16.7||73||304.2 |- | Sherwood Estates||6450||0||0||0||0||1||15.5||16||248.1 |- | Normanview||4135||0||0||0||0||0||0||8||193.5 |- | Argyle Park||3795||0||0||0||0||0||0||21||553.4 |- | Boothill||2615||0||0||0||0||1||38.2||20||764.8 |- | McNab||915||0||0||0||0||0||0||7||765 |- | Lakeridge||6200||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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