process,” . of. residents
working.” ees Bens
‘According - ;

7 Vancouver Police statistics, ”
while the “number ao
suspicious ccurences

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“eyes - proc SS,
“dast week.
And”

there are’

‘general police ‘statistics ® to

. cent,

support Humphreys~ ‘con-
tention that “the 10,000 eyes

‘some |.

most of the- juvenile. crimes:
‘in. Wést:Van are committed,
_by youths: who live in the.
community.

reported to police: has only
increased by..about. 3.9 per
the number .of these.
calls _leading to a police
investigation has increased

by ‘23.2 per cent, over the

same period last year. .

This would seem to: in-:
dicate that West Vancouver
residents are relaying more :
valuable information to the
police.

Corporal Mike Hooper, a

crime prevention officer for ©

the West Van police feels
that there has not been any
major ‘increase. or decrease
in .vandalism. -and.. ‘juvenile
crime this year.

He attributes the higher
number of juveniles being
charged to the fact that “a
lot of the patrols are closer-
to the kids on the streets.”

He says this makes the
more aware of what is goin
on,

x

Hooper also commented

on the “more rapid reporting -

- on the part of the citizen.

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‘exéeption is
shoplifting, and Garnet said |
over 50 pér. cent of.
shoplifters in West Van- -

“the municipality.

Garnet is ‘racing. ‘for a
Christmas . rush © of" ‘sorts.
‘because the number” of:
' juvenile shoplifters i increases,
dramatically just - before
Christmas.

~,

And while she says a
number of them are out-
siders she did not have kind
words, about the West Van
juveniles.

“They're a bunch of
_ spoiled kids,” she said,.““who

if they want something,
they'll take it.”
Vandalism, the main

subject of a recent North
Vancouver Task Force
report, has not been dealt
with. systematically in West
Vancouver recently.

-
-

>» He’ feels incidents — of
vandalism are no more
frequent than last year and

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