‘It’s a very small number of people who are committing most of the offenses’: Kamloops top cop

KAMLOOPS — Last week, the B.C. government along with the B.C. Urban Mayors’ Caucus announced that two experts have been hired to investigate and report on prolific offenders and random violent attacks. A written report with recommendations will be prepared as part of the investigation and released publicly in early fall.

The Kamloops RCMP were involved in the recommendation made by the urban mayors, with Superintendent Syd Lecky reporting to Mayor Ken Christian on the situation locally. While his report didn’t speak to every prolific offender, Lecky agreed that a few individuals are responsible for a large percentage of Kamloops crime.

“At any given time we try to keep monitor of the top 10-to-20. But for that report we confined it to a smaller number. But there is no question that it is a very small number of people who are committing most of the offenses. Caught multiple times, in custody, released and then once again we are chasing after them with warrants, trying to re-arrest them,” said Lecky.