As crime spreads, province responds with a pilot project and 12 sheriffs yyc ableg abpoli Column by DonBraid:
Just another 24 hours in this big, uneasy city. Two more stories that would have been huge 20 years ago but seem almost routine today.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter. Postmedia Network Inc.
This woman runs a successful restaurant where the brightly lit kitchen looks out to the parking area. The guy was literally a few feet from her when he was damaging her vehicle.On another occasion, a female employee was alone when another man threw something at the big window, shattering it. He hurt himself somehow and ran off screaming.“I’ve been here 12 years and it’s getting worse,” says the owner, who doesn’t want herself or her business identified, for good reasons.
The police can’t respond quickly to every property crime, of course. But the effect on victims is profound, both psychologically and economically.The same business owner regularly gives these folks coffee, hot chocolate and baking. “I have lots of food and will never let people go hungry,” she says.
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