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FRIDAY July 24, 2015 • www.langleytimes.com
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Langley resident Alex Kohler brought his total number of donations to 11 on Sunday at a blood donor clinic held at the Murrayville Fire Hall. The blood drive was part of a friendly competition between Township of Langley firefighters — who hosted the event — and police officers and firefighters in the city of Abbotsford. Canadian Blood Services regularly holds donor clinics in Langley. The next Langley clinic is scheduled for Tuesday, July 28 at Murrayville Hall. To book an appointment, call 1-888-2-DONATE. D A N FE R GUS ON Langley Time s
Crime down in City, up slightly in Township NUMBERS FROM STATS CANADA SHOW RATE OF VIOLENT CRIME FELL IN BOTH LANGLEYS DAN FERGUSON Times Reporter
New crime severity statistics show the overall situation improved in the City of Langley last year, while it became slightly worse in the Township. The Crime Severity Index (CSI) figures, which measure the volume and severity of police-reported crime, were released on Wednesday by Statistics Canada. To calculate the severity index, analysts
give each type of crime a weight based on the average sentence handed down by criminal courts for the offence. The more serious the sentence, the higher the weight. In 2014, the Langley City index fell more than 13 per cent to 147.46. It was the second year in a row that the City rate has declined, bu t it was still higher than the Canadian average of 66.66 and the B.C. average of 91.63.
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The City rate was also higher than the two largest cities in the province, Vancouver, with a CSI of 106.22, and Surrey, at 133.99. Williams Lake had the worst CSI rate in B.C. at 235.23. The violent crime index reported for Langley City also fell, by 8.88 per cent, to 97.93. The Langley City violent crime rating was higher than the national CSI of 70.2 and
the provincial violent crime CSI of 76.98 per cent. Last year, Langley City mayor Ted Schaffer predicted the Crime Severity Index would drop substantially in that community, due to a number of steps the City had taken, including funding for two additional RCMP officers, assigned to the downtown core. Continued Page 4
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