February 1, 2016
Prince George, BC
Crime
Stoppers Honours Police Officers
The Prince George Crime Stopper Society
are honouring local police officers as part of Crime Stopper Month
activities.
One Police Officer and a Watch have made
extra efforts to support the program over the last year and have been
recognized by the local not-for-profit society.
This year marks the fourth annual presentation of these awards.
Officer of the Year
Cpl. Kyle Trask, supervisor of the
Detachment’s Downtown Safety Unit, is the 2015 recipient of the Prince George
Crime Stoppers Officer of the Year Award.
Over the past year, Cpl. Trask’s resilience and determination has led to
successful arrests in a number of investigations as a result of following up on
Crime Stopper TIP information. As an
example, Cpl. Trask tracked and arrested a man wanted for a Sexual Assault of a
teenaged girl a number of years ago. The
TIP had just enough information to lead Cpl. Trask down a trail of bread crumbs
to the suspect. His extra effort and out of the box thinking is the reason the
suspect was located.
Photo of Cpl. Kyle Trask accepting the
Officer of the Year award from Prince George Crime Stoppers president Ron
Polillo.
General Duty Watch of the Year
General
Duty officers are the uniform members that respond to calls for service 24
hours a day, 365 days a year. The Prince
George General Duty Section is divided into four equal ‘Watches’, known simply
as ‘A’ Watch, ‘B’ Watch, ‘C’ Watch and ‘D’ watch.
For the
third year in a row, the 2015 Prince George Crime Stopper Watch of the Year has
been awarded to ‘B’ Watch, led by Staff Sergeant Marc Pelletier. Once again, ‘B’ Watch officers investigating
Crime Stopper TIPS have led to more arrests in 2015 than any other Watch.
Photo of S/Sgt. Marc Pelletier accepting the
Watch of the Year award from Prince George Crime Stoppers president Ron
Polillo.
Congratulations
to Cpl. Trask and S/Sgt. Pelletier’s ‘B’ Watch team. Although only one Watch and one officer can
receive these awards each year, the continual support shown for the Crime
Stoppers program by all Watches and members over the last year, is evident and
appreciated. Crime Stoppers would like
to extend a big thank you to all members and staff at the Prince George RCMP
and look forward to partnering for many more years of solving and preventing
Crime.
One of over many Crime Stopper programs
throughout the country, Prince George Crime Stoppers is a proud partnership of
the local media, police and residents of BC's northern capital.
For more details about Prince George Crime Stoppers, our community
events or our 2012 statistics,
For more information or interview
opportunities, contact
Ron Polillo, President at (250)960-1367
or
Jack
Hooper, Past-President at (250)563-3948
