Lundar Detachment

Contact Information:
Box 220
Lundar, MB
R0C 1Y0
Ph: (204) 762-5088
Fax: (204) 762-5522

Location:
The detachment area is along the west side of Manitoba’s Interlake region. Highway # 6, which is the main linkage to northern Manitoba, runs through the detachment area.

Local Population:
Approximately 6,000.

RCMP Detachment:
The detachment is a consolidated unit consisting of community offices in Lundar and Ashern. Lundar is the host detachment and consists of one sergeant, four constables, and one Public Service Employee. Ashern employs one corporal, four constables, and one Public Service Employee. The detachment is well equipped with six vehicles, one boat, four snow machines, and two ATVs.

Community-based problem solving:

Often, there are groups already in place to deal with ongoing concerns or community projects. The following details what community challenges are being addressed by the members of the RCMP in partnership with their community. The major working groups include:

Ashern Child & Family Services: This organization provides services to the Interlake Region including the RMs of Siglunes, Grahamdale, Eriksdale, and Coldwell. A member of the unit works with caseworkers and counsellors when dealing with cases of child abuse.

Annishanabee Child & Family Services: This agency provides services to the Lake Manitoba First Nation reserve, where a member of this unit is an active participant. The primary focus of this committee is to meet as needed and share information on cases of child abuse in order to find possible solutions to the problems.

Prairie Rose School Division Interagency Committee: One member sits on this committee regularly with school representatives, school trustees, child and family service workers, and others. The committee deals with troubled students. Intervention methods, school policy amendments, and the emotional and physical health of the students are all dealt with.

Northwest Interlake Family Violence Prevention Committee: One member of the detachment participates in this committee, along with representatives of the community health profession, Lakeshore woman’s resource center, and others. The committee is directly involved in educating victims and potential victims on issues relating to family violence.

Aboriginal Head Start : This agency provides a service to the community by providing child care for preschool children. This is a half day program funded by the federal government and Health Canada.

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Restorative and alternative justice:

Nationwide, members of the RCMP are involved in alternative justice processes, whether it is volunteering as facilitators or sitting on steering committees. Each community may embrace a different form of restorative justice, be it community justice forums, circle sentencing or mediation.

West Interlake Justice Committee: This committee services the entire detachment area. Its mandate is to handle cases involving youths and adults who have committed offenses without involving the courts. In order to be considered for this form of alternative justice, they must meet some specific criteria.

Alternative Justice: Detachment members are encouraged to use innovative tactics, new ideas, and existing alternative forms of justice to deal with minor offences in a non- prosecutorial manner. The program is coordinated by Probation Services and members take an active role in providing information to them and answering any questions that they might have.

Community Justice Forums: Community Justice Forums have become a common avenue used by this detachment to include community members in the resolution of minor criminal matters. The investigator considers many different approaches, depending on the unique circumstances of the event.

Crime prevention:

Members of the RCMP are involved with a number of programs designed to prevent crime in our communities through both indirect and direct intervention. From school talks to youth initiatives to community safety plans, the goal of crime prevention programs is to target the roots of potential criminal and social problems. Members of the RCMP are involved in the following initiatives:

School Liaisons: Members are assigned to the seven schools in the detachment area to act as the liaison between the police and the school (staff and students). The member is directly involved in joint problem solving, arranges a variety of lectures presented by police, and regularly attends during breaks and lunch time in order to talk to students.

Laurentia Beach Crime Prevention Committee: This committee has been formed as a police initiative to deal with cottage break and enters as well as other problems. A member of the detachment is an active participant in the committee. The mandate is to identify problems, seek solutions, find resources, implement action plans, and monitor the safety and security of the cottage developments.

Seniors and Fraud or Abuse of the Elderly: A member was involved in organizing an evening at one of our schools addressing the issue of senior’s fraud and elder abuse. This evening included a play, in which a group of seniors portrayed elderly abuse and several booths where seniors could obtain information on different programs available to them.

Impaired Driving: Recognizing that regular school talks are not effective enough, the detachment set up a mock accident scene with the help of the Lundar Fire Department, ambulance services, teachers and parents. This was an effective way to reach students.

Youth Plan for Lundar Detachment: Youth crime has been identified as the biggest problem within the detachment area. An operational youth work plan has been created to address the problem. The focus of this plan is to help youth overcome the major contributing factors that cause them to become involved in crime.

Community Consultative Group: This group was organized to help identify policing priorities and assist in establishing cooperative solutions to the issues in our detachment area. We anticipate that the group will meet 3 or 4 times a year. This group is represented by municipal/band councils, cultural groups, education providers, youth, seniors, business leaders and service groups from all zones within our detachment area.

Other Crime Prevention Programs include:

• Safe Grad Committee
• Band Constable Program
• Drug Awareness Resistance Education (DARE)
• Citizens on Patrol Program (Sandpiper Beach)
• Rural Crime Watch
• Auxiliary Constable Program (Lundar)

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Police-community relations:

Without a solid base upon which to work, the police cannot hope to build the necessary partnerships with the community to prevent crime and to solve community problems. Members of the RCMP strive daily to build those bridges by appreciating the needs of the communities in which they work and live. Their commitment to the community goes beyond simple participation as residents, but also as active members of the community. Members of the RCMP are involved in the following initiatives:

• Halloween Haunted House
• Red Serge Duty & Parades
• Scouts
• School Crossing Program
• Golf Tournament
• Community Softball
• Hockey
• Hockey Officiating

Quality service through strategic partnerships:

The community also benefits directly and indirectly from strategic partnerships that the RCMP forms with other law enforcement and governmental agencies as well as with as with other community groups. Several unique associations have been formed:

• RM Council Meetings (RM of Grahamdale, RM of Siglunes, RM of Eriksdale, RM of Coldwell, RM of St. Laurent)
• Lake Manitoba First Nation Chief and Council
• Ashern Child and Family Services
• Stonewall Child and Family Services
• Annishinabee Child and Family Services, Lake Manitoba First Nation
• The Lundar Chamber of Commerce
• Snowmobile Clubs
• Lakeshore Women’s Resource Center
• Lance Merritt Drop In Center
• Partners in Law Enforcement
• Metis Child and Family Services