we did it and the rcmp is staying put in melita. im so grateful to everyone who helped push back on this because it just shows what can happen when we stick together. stay sharp and keep watching but for now we celebrate this win.
January 5, 2016
Final supporters
As of January 7, 2016, the Melita R.C.M.P. members will no longer be allowed to begin and end their shifts in the Melita detachment as they will be expected to be in Virden.
Why, you may ask?
Because the Melita-Reston-Virden R.C.M.P. will now be covering Sioux Valley as well and therefore believe that all members should be centralized in Virden.
What does this mean for you?
This means that if you live in Melita, Pierson, Reston, Napinka, Lyleton, Tilston, Elva, Pipestone, Broomhill and surrounding areas, you will have an extensive wait if you require police services. If members are attending in Sioux Valley, you may have to wait two hours for help. If they are in Virden, you may have to wait forty-five minutes or more. As we all know, a lot can happen in that amount of time.
This will also mean a loss of preventative policing, as we will no longer have police members making regular patrols in these areas. They will be in Virden.
At a time when we have already lost medical services, this will be another huge blow to our communities. How much more are we willing to lose? With all the recent break and enters and robberies, what will this mean for our businesses; our homes?
What can you do?
Sign this petition. Contact our MLA or our MP. Make your voice heard.
MLA: Doyle Piwniuk
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 204-748-6443
Fax: 204-748-6492
MP: Larry Maguire
Phone: 204-726-7600
Updates
Reached 100 supporters
December 5, 2015
69 Comments
Living close to the US border, I strongly recommend keeping the RCMP in Melita! That's still too far away from getting down here in case of someone crossing into Canada illegally! Moving them to Virden would be HORRIBLE!
The good citizens of Melita and area deserve to have a quick RCMP response in the event of accidents, robberies, or border problems. Is this just an effort to save some money by not using the Melita detachment office? A very unwise decision for the hard-working, tax-paying citizens of Southwest Manitoba!
I am concerned for the safety of my parents as well as all other seniors in Melita if this service is removed. A sure way to encourage this segment of the population to retire elsewhere.
We pay for police presence in our town taxes and we have a perfectly good detachment office in our town which is actually a more central location to the other areas they need to patrol. Virden is big enough to support and pay for police presence. All our little towns are in need too and are already paying. Not fair and quite frightening.
This is ridiculous. I had been told by a memeber quite a while ago about this was a consideration. Had thought they had decided not to. Very dire for everyone living south of #1 highway. We have been centralized with healthcare and that did nothing for us. We can not loose our policing.
This is my home town but I live in Alberta. This seems very ridiculous taking the RCMP OUT OF Melita. I am sure there is enough going on around there to keep them busy!!
Keep Melita RCMP detachment open!
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we did it and the rcmp is staying put in melita. im so grateful to everyone who helped push back on this because it just shows what can happen when we stick together. stay sharp and keep watching but for now we celebrate this win.
January 5, 2016
Final supporters
As of January 7, 2016, the Melita R.C.M.P. members will no longer be allowed to begin and end their shifts in the Melita detachment as they will be expected to be in Virden.
Why, you may ask?
Because the Melita-Reston-Virden R.C.M.P. will now be covering Sioux Valley as well and therefore believe that all members should be centralized in Virden.
What does this mean for you?
This means that if you live in Melita, Pierson, Reston, Napinka, Lyleton, Tilston, Elva, Pipestone, Broomhill and surrounding areas, you will have an extensive wait if you require police services. If members are attending in Sioux Valley, you may have to wait two hours for help. If they are in Virden, you may have to wait forty-five minutes or more. As we all know, a lot can happen in that amount of time.
This will also mean a loss of preventative policing, as we will no longer have police members making regular patrols in these areas. They will be in Virden.
At a time when we have already lost medical services, this will be another huge blow to our communities. How much more are we willing to lose? With all the recent break and enters and robberies, what will this mean for our businesses; our homes?
What can you do?
Sign this petition. Contact our MLA or our MP. Make your voice heard.
MLA: Doyle Piwniuk
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 204-748-6443
Fax: 204-748-6492
MP: Larry Maguire
Phone: 204-726-7600
Updates
Reached 100 supporters
December 5, 2015
69 Comments
As a farm dweller in the Tilson area, this affects me greatly! We rarely see a police presence as it is! Please don't put our nearest detachment over an hour away. In a disaster or crisis, all you will be good for is clean up. Another slam to our rural way of life. If no-one will live here, who will grow YOUR food?
Living close to the US border, I strongly recommend keeping the RCMP in Melita! That's still too far away from getting down here in case of someone crossing into Canada illegally! Moving them to Virden would be HORRIBLE!
The good citizens of Melita and area deserve to have a quick RCMP response in the event of accidents, robberies, or border problems. Is this just an effort to save some money by not using the Melita detachment office? A very unwise decision for the hard-working, tax-paying citizens of Southwest Manitoba!
I am concerned for the safety of my parents as well as all other seniors in Melita if this service is removed. A sure way to encourage this segment of the population to retire elsewhere.
We pay for police presence in our town taxes and we have a perfectly good detachment office in our town which is actually a more central location to the other areas they need to patrol. Virden is big enough to support and pay for police presence. All our little towns are in need too and are already paying. Not fair and quite frightening.
This is ridiculous. I had been told by a memeber quite a while ago about this was a consideration. Had thought they had decided not to. Very dire for everyone living south of #1 highway. We have been centralized with healthcare and that did nothing for us. We can not loose our policing.
This is my home town but I live in Alberta. This seems very ridiculous taking the RCMP OUT OF Melita. I am sure there is enough going on around there to keep them busy!!
Keep Melita RCMP detachment open!
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As a farm dweller in the Tilson area, this affects me greatly! We rarely see a police presence as it is! Please don't put our nearest detachment over an hour away. In a disaster or crisis, all you will be good for is clean up. Another slam to our rural way of life. If no-one will live here, who will grow YOUR food?