Prince George RCMP will soon be wearing body cameras
It didn’t take long after being named the city’s top cop for Darin Rappel to make his mark as a crimefighter.
“There’s more of a market for hard drugs and gangs will go where there’s the most profit. Illegal cigarettes have always been an issue,” he said. “It’s very profitable and I think that’s what drives it. Rappel’s dad and grandfather were both police officers, as is his brother, and it was always in the back of his mind that he would keep up the family tradition. Born in Penticton and raised on the family cattle/grain farm near Spirit River, Alta., Rappel served seven years as the inspector of the plainclothes division in Prince George before he was named superintendent.
“We’re a hub city for all manner of reasons and that also includes being a hub for some criminal activity as well, which requires different ideas and different approaches to policing. We carry a very heavy file load, comparatively speaking, to other detachments of a similar size. There’s just more crime. The vast majority of crime we investigate, especially violent crime, is by known offenders, and typically the perpetrator and victim know each other.
“So if we can recruit more in places like this, and have people come back to Prince George and the North, it’s a unique area and a unique type pf policing and it would be fantastic to have local people more interested in joining the force.”
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