As the province continues to develop and work on a new five-point plan on bail reform and cracking down on repeat offenders, the head of the Manitoba RCMP feels there is a role that his force can play in that.
" It is important for us and our front-line investigators to really complete thorough investigations and provide all of that information and evidence to the crown so that the crown is well armed to go to court to argue that case for those prolific repeat offenders to have justice administered."
Assistant Commissioner Scott McMurchy says a lot of that involves getting these offenders - especially ones charged with smaller offences - the help they need to turn their life around.
"Perhaps it is a referral to Restorative Justice programs or other community-based programs, and reallt divert them out of that system. As we all know, the courts are very busy and corrections are very busy. So any opportunity that we have to help divert those first-time offenders as well as people involved in petty crimes away from that."
