CHILLIWACK TIMES FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2010 A05
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CRIME-SEVERITY SCORES
CLEARANCE RATES
OFFICERS PER 100K
166 157.5 143.8 143.2 139.8
29.5 27.7 33 31 20.5
171 235 131 159 141
138
18.5
136
129.3 119.8 106.5 84.1 73.2 53.8
37.5 27.7 28.9 20.8 22 19.8
MOUNTIES, from page 1 Chilliwack Mounties have done in respect to prolific offenders. But she said it is simply impossible to tie frequent property criminals to each and every theft or act of vandalism that they commit. “One thing I think we’ve been successful with, as far as crime reduction goes, is catching some of our prolific property crime offenders,” said Dunlop. “Being able to link them to and charge them with a handful of offences is great, but we know that there’s often many many more [crimes] that each individual may have committed themselves, but we’re simply not able
Senior rec centre is busy
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he Chilliwack Senior Recreation Centre on College Street has a packed lineup of activities in 2011. Line dancing takes place every Monday from 9 to 11 a.m; contact Judy at 604-792-5764. The centre hosts bingo Mondays from 12:35 to 3:15 p.m. Rug hookers meet Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; contact Betty at 604-824-4095. Singles bridge
140 207 156 124 110 101
Severity of crime also measured
to clear those files because we don’t have the evidence to document it. Also of note from the Statistics Canada release was that Chilliwack boasted a 138 on the release’s Crime-Severity Index, for which each crime is “assigned a weight derived from actual sentences handed down by the courts.” The 138 figure put Chilliwack behind Victoria, Kelowna, Surrey and Prince George, but ahead of Abbotsford, Vancouver, Maple Ridge and Nanaimo. runs Tuesdays from 1 to 4 p.m. Phone 604792-0537. On Wednesday, the arts club meets at 9 a.m., there is line dancing from 9:30 to 11 a.m., doubles bridge from 1 to 4 p.m. (call Maria at 604-795-3138), and ballroom dancing at 7:30 p.m. (call Bruce at 604-792-1337). Carpet bowling takes place Thursdays; call Chuck at 604-795-9469. On Friday, call for crib start times, or line dance from 9:30 to 11 a.m. or ballroom dance at 7:30 p.m.
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