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Vol. 81, No. 4
Safe from harm Preventing and supporting young victims of crime
Table of contents
Editorial message
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Keeping kids safe
Child protection is important year round. But, as a new school year begins and kids reconnect with their friends in person and online, it's a good time to put their safety and well-being on the radar.
News notes
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RCMP project aims to reduce repeat break-ins
Repeat victims of break-ins are getting some special attention from the RCMP. Project Lock Up is helping to reduce property crime and making owners feel safer.
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Fitness Squad connects RCMP and young people
The RCMP Fitness Squad in Yellowknife uses lunchtime workouts to encourage exercise and connect with youth.
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Youth rodeo program builds riders' confidence
Young riders participate in the youth rodeo program on the Piikani Nation reserve in southern Alberta.
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New software improves mental health response
New software is helping RCMP officers in Manitoba better respond to people in mental health crisis.
Cover stories
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Ready to respond
A school emergency plan provides critical information and response plans for nearly 5,000 schools in RCMP-patrolled areas.
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The high cost of human trafficking
Human trafficking is a lucrative business that ruins lives. Read how the RCMP's National Human Trafficking Coordination Centre works to raise awareness and support survivors.
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Updates to sex offender act help agencies share key details
A partnership with the Canada Border Services Agency is helping keep kids safe at home and abroad.
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Patrolling online predators
As cases of online child sexual abuse go up, integrated police units must use every tool at their disposal.
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Troubling trends
The RCMP is helping lead international efforts to keep kids safe as part of the Virtual Global Taskforce.
Panel discussion
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What's the best way for police to connect with kids?
We asked two RCMP officers and two young people for their take on what works — and what doesn't — when it comes to keeping kids and teens safe.
Q & A
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Communicating with kids
Child forensic interviewers balance the search for truth with sensitivity when they speak with some of society's most vulnerable.
Ask an expert
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Problem solving can be a blast
Sgt. Chris Wilkie is a veteran explosive disposal expert who says no two devices are the same.
Just the facts
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Cybercrime and youth
Read more about how online crimes are increasingly affecting young people — and what tips can prevent them.
Detachment profile
![A male RCMP officer and an Indigenous woman face each other smiling in a treed yard next to a small blue house.](/sites/default/files/styles/gazette_crop/public/oxford.jpg?sc=67a39668e624e97b7eab2fbcacc93010)
Flying in to Oxford House
RCMP officers working in a remote fly-in community are happier, healthier and more efficient since switching to a new policing model.
Training
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Cultivating cold-case expertise
New technology and innovation in DNA science, mapping analysis and police interviewing can all help crack old cases.
Last page
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A defining case
When 23-year-old Victoria Shachtay was killed by a bomb in 2011, hundreds of RCMP officers and experts worked to solve the case. Read about this complex investigation and how teamwork led to the bomber's arrest.
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NOTE: An electronic version of this issue of Gazette magazine is available.
Masthead
- Publisher:
- Kevin Fowler
- Editor:
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- Katherine Aldred
- Writers:
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- Paul Northcott
Travis Poland
Patricia Vasylchuk
- Paul Northcott
- Web publisher:
- Patricia Vasylchuk
- Graphic design:
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- Jennifer Wale
Samantha Clusiau-Lawlor
- Jennifer Wale
- Translation:
- RCMP Translation Services
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