Crime maps back by popular demand, says Fredericton police chief
St. Thomas University criminologist doubts it will affect city's crime rates
The force has recently started posting crime maps on social media. The maps include the number of incidents and where in the city they took place.
Police Chief Martin Gaudet said the maps are back by popular demand.
"Several years ago we were posting crime maps and for a reason or another we stopped," said Gaudet.
Fredericton Police Chief Martin Gaudet said the crime maps are back by popular demand. (CBC)
"During the public engagements that we had several months ago … feedback was that we would love to have them back."
So far, maps detailing the number of catalytic converter thefts, thefts from vehicles and incidents of impaired driving have been posted to the force's Facebook account.
Gaudet said the goal isn't to scare people, or spread a sense of paranoia, but to stress situational awareness in neighbourhoods that have crime.
"I can say as much as I want to lock your doors and bring your car keys inside your house," said Gaudet.
"If you start seeing those types of crimes happening around you, eventually I hope that people will say, 'Well, it looks like we've been lucky, we should probably consider locking our cars.'"
Awareness or optics?
While the goal of the maps would ostensibly be to reduce crime in the city, St. Thomas University criminology professor Jean Sauvageau said he doesn't believe this will be the result.
Sauvageau said posting crime maps to social media isn't a new phenomenon, and it's been done in various jurisdictions without any significant impact on crime.
"I doubt very much that this initiative will have any kind of significant impact on any level of crime rate they want to map," he said.
St.
Thomas University criminology professor Jean Sauvageau doesn't think
posting crime maps will have a significant impact on crime rates. (Radio-Canada)
Sauvageau said he thinks much of the rationale for the maps can be linked to optics.
He said police forces across the country are being pressured to do something about crime rates that have been rising for several years, and these maps give the police something to point to.
"I can see current police services trying things, or trying things again, which may not exactly have had any significant impact in the past," said Sauvageau.
"They have to appear to be doing something. I cannot blame them in that respect."
More maps?
Gaudet said more maps are on the way, and the force is interested in hearing from residents about what kind of crime maps they would like to see.
That being said, not all crime maps would be released.
"There's some crimes we just wouldn't post," said Gaudet. "We're not going to post intimate partner violent crimes in our community for obvious reasons."
A map showing thefts from motor vehicles during the first quarter of 2023 posted on the Fredericton Police Facebook page. (Fredericton Police/Facebook)
Sauvageau said the success of the program depends on the training officers receive to use these maps correctly, and can be measured by changes in crime rates after their implementation.
He said he hopes the police are transparent and release all the information about the maps and their benefits, but is somewhat skeptical.
"I hope we will have some thorough and independent evaluations of all these initiatives," said Sauvageau.
"I'm afraid that we're going to be told the usual line, 'Oh no, it's working, trust us. But we're not making our evaluations public.'"
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
With files from Information Morning Fredericton
5 Comments
David Amos
I wonder if Chief Martin Gaudet has the whereabouts of my stolen Harley marked on his map
Lou Bell
Maybe also include all the illegal pot
dispensaries while they're at it ! We all know where they're at and
nothing's done about them . Why not ?
David Amos
Reply to Lou Bell
Nobody cares
Inger Nielsen
when poverty goes up crime goes up. It cost the government more money to deal with crime then to address poverty
Dave Kliveland
Reply to Inger Nielsen
You can be poor and not be a thief!
David Amos
Reply to Dave Kliveland
You can be a wealthy cop or lawyer and be quite a crook as well
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>> Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:40:11 -0300
>> Subject: Your boss Sylvie Levesque-Finn can never say that she didn't
>> know now EH Claude Poirier?
>> To: lloyd.mackenzie@snb.ca, Donald.Bastarache@snb.ca,
>> bill.morrison@snb.ca, Sylvie.Levesque-Finn@snb.ca,
>> Derek.Pleadwell@snb.ca, "Bonnar, Greg (DPS/MSP)"<Greg.Bonnar@gnb.ca>,
>> "bill.corby@gnb.ca"<bill.corby@gnb.ca>, "danny.copp@fredericton.ca"
>> <danny.copp@fredericton.ca>, "warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca"
>> <warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>> Foran"<John.Foran@gnb.ca>, "Gilles. Blinn"
>> <Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "roger. gillies"
>> <Roger.Gillies@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
>> <bert.hudon@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, Byron Prior <alltrue@nl.rogers.com>, dean
>> Ray <deanr0032@hotmail.com>, claude.poirier@snb.ca, robin reid
>> <zorroboy2009@hotmail.com>
>> Cc: "oldmaison@yahoo.com"<oldmaison@yahoo.com>, Dan Fitzgerald
>> <danf@danf.net>, gypsy-blog <gypsy-blog@hotmail.com>, "nb. premier"
>> <nb.premier@gmail.com>, "wally.stiles@gnb.ca"<wally.stiles@gnb.ca>,
>> nbpolitico <nbpolitico@gmail.com>, rmoir <rmoir@unbsj.ca>,
>> "moore.r@parl.gc.ca"<moore.r@parl.gc.ca>, "bruce.northrup@gnb.ca"
>> <bruce.northrup@gnb.ca>
>>
>> From: "Levesque-Finn, Sylvie (SNB)"<Sylvie.Levesque-Finn@snb.ca>
>> Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:37:13 -0300
>> Subject: Out of Office: RE Telephone Conversation re: 1965
>> Harley-Davidson Motorcycle, the RCMP and an interesting challenge
>> from the lawyer Claude Poirier EH?
>> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>>
>> Je serai absente du bureau jusqu'au 3 août. Je vais répondre à votre
>> courriel, si nécessaire, à mon retour. Pour de l'assistance immédiate,
>> veuillez communiquer avec Stéphanie Guignard au 444-2897. Merci
>>
>> I will be away from the office until August 3rd. I will reply to your
>> e-mail, if required, upon my return. For immediate attention, please
>> contact Stéphanie Guignard at 444-2897. Thank you.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David Amos"<david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>> To: <lloyd.mackenzie@snb.ca>; <Donald.Bastarache@snb.ca>;
>> <bill.morrison@snb.ca>; <Sylvie.Levesque-Finn@snb.ca>;
>> <Derek.Pleadwell@snb.ca>; "Bonnar, Greg (DPS/MSP)"
>> <Greg.Bonnar@gnb.ca>; <bill.corby@gnb.ca>;
>> <danny.copp@fredericton.ca>; <warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>> "vanlop1"<vanlop1@parl.gc.ca>; "John. Foran"<John.Foran@gnb.ca>;
>> "Gilles. Blinn"<Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>; "roger. gillies"
>> <Roger.Gillies@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
>> <bert.hudon@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>; "Byron Prior"<alltrue@nl.rogers.com>;
>> "dean Ray"<deanr0032@hotmail.com>; <claude.poirier@snb.ca>; "robin
>> reid"<zorroboy2009@hotmail.com>
>> Cc: <oldmaison@yahoo.com>; "Dan Fitzgerald"<danf@danf.net>;
>> "gypsy-blog"<gypsy-blog@hotmail.com>; "nb. premier"
>> <nb.premier@gmail.com>; <wally.stiles@gnb.ca>; "nbpolitico"
>> <nbpolitico@gmail.com>; "rmoir"<rmoir@unbsj.ca>;
>> <moore.r@parl.gc.ca>; <bruce.northrup@gnb.ca>
>> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 1:37 PM
>> Subject: Re: RE Telephone Conversation re: 1965 Harley-Davidson
>> Motorcycle, the RCMP and an interesting challenge from the lawyer
>> Claude Poirier EH?
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David Amos"<david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>> To: <sylvie.levesque-finn@snb.ca>; <Stephanie.Guignard@snb.ca>;
>> <claude.poirier@snb.ca>; <maureen.mills@snb.ca>;
>> <charles.mcallister@snb.ca>; <debby.frost@snb.ca>;
>> <caroline.proulx@snb.ca>; <Derek.Pleadwell@snb.ca>; <NB9-1-1@gnb.ca>;
>> <bill.morrison@snb.ca>; <Donald.Bastarache@snb.ca>;
>> <lori.mofford@gnb.ca>; "Gilles. Blinn"<Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>;
>> "Wayne.Lang"<Wayne.Lang@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>;
>> <william.elliott@rcmp-grc.gc.
>> <zorroboy2009@hotmail.com>; "PATRICK. MURPHY"
>> <PATRICK.MURPHY@dhs.gov>; <oldmaison@yahoo.com>; "Richard Harris"
>> <injusticecoalition@hotmail.
>> Cc: "Greg.Byrne"<Greg.Byrne@hotmail.com>; "Bonnar, Greg (DPS/MSP)"
>> <Greg.Bonnar@gnb.ca>; "John. Foran"<John.Foran@gnb.ca>; "kelly.
>> lamrock"<kelly.lamrock@gnb.ca>; "carlbainbridge"
>> <carlbainbridge@panb.org>; "fundytides"<fundytides@gmail.com>; "panb"
>> <panb@bellaliant.net>; <David.ALWARD@gnb.ca>; "jack.macdougall"
>> <jack.macdougall@greenparty.ca
>> <Frank.McKenna@td.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 8:10 PM
>> Subject: Yo Mr Minister Byrne I talked to your mindless lawyer SNB
>> Claude Poirer again he told me to get a lawyer and sue SNB
>>
>>
>> Robin you will enjoy this email These are the dumb bastards who stole
>> my old Harley with the Yankee wiretap tapes in its saddlebags. They
>> have no idea how important that old bike is to me or who I have been
>> talking to about it or them them. Now thats funny Everybody and his
>> dog knows how I love to sue lawyers. Hell I even introduced the dumb
>> bastards to the evil zionist Barry K. Winters last fall before the
>> NBPower Bullshit started and still the pricks did nothing all winter.
>>
>> I must ask you why EH Greggy Baby Byrne did you really think the
>> zionists dare to kill me now after all the shit that went down over
>> Bernie Madoff?
>>
>> The dumb French lawyer in Moncton does not have to ask me twice to sue
>> SNB. Hell I will sue Poirier and you personally just out of principal.
>> You are both officers of the court and swore to uphold the law not
>> assist in the coverup of murder and many other crime. Furthermore all
>> youand your blogger butt buddy Chucky Leblanc had hard copy of my
>> material since 2004 because he was too much of a chickenshit to give
>> my material to Brad Green as he promised Correct Greggy Baby?
>>
>> The RCMP, the SNB, Capital Towing and the Fat Fred City finest all
>> played a hand in stealing my old Harley in 2007 and some Yankee police
>> surveilance wiretap tapes in its saddlebag. I hear the tapes are now
>> missing surprise surprise EH? At least the bike still exists but is
>> getting in rough shape because the bastard left it out in the weather
>> for years. However everybody knows I have many more wiretap tapes
>> stashed in Canada and the USA and that i can fix any motorcycycle. It
>> is YOUR fault that the SNB lawyer is acting so cocky N'esy Pas Greggy
>> Baby?
>>
>> Veritas Vincit
>> DavidRaymond Amos
>>
>> P.S I didn't bother telling the mindless Piorier about the shit that
>> went down in NewYork after I talked to all of you bastards last year.
>> I was just trying to get my Harley back before we started arguing in
>> court tis all because my friend told me Alan MacPhee was threatening
>> to squash it soon. You really should make sure that THAT DOES NOT
>> HAPPEN EH SHAWNY BABY GRAHAM?
>>
>> If the idiot claude Poiier bumps into former Minister Mikey Murphy
>> maybe he will explain why he gave up his dream job because he didn't
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: David Amos
>> To: bill.corby@gnb.ca ; alan_white@cbc.ca ; jacques_poitras@cbc.ca ;
>> MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca ; police@fredericton.ca ; carl.urquhart@gnb.ca
>> ; t.j.burke@gnb.ca ; John.Foran@gnb.ca ; fbinhct@leo.gov ;
>> brad.woodside@fredericton.ca ; david.kelly@fredericton.ca ;
>> cathy.maclaggan@fredericton.ca ; stephen.kelly@fredericton.ca ;
>> tom.jellinek@fredericton.ca ; scott.mcconaghy@fredericton.ca ;
>> marilyn.kerton@fredericton.ca ; walter.brown@fredericton.ca ;
>> norah.davidson@fredericton.ca ; mike.obrien@fredericton.ca ;
>> bruce.grandy@fredericton.ca ; dan.keenan@fredericton.ca ;
>> jeff.mockler@gnb.ca ; mrichard@lawsociety-barreau.
>> cynthia.merlini@dfait-maeci.
>> scotta@parl.gc.ca ; michael.bray@gnb.ca ; jack.e.mackay@gnb.ca ;
>> news@dailygleaner.com ; kcarmichael@bloomberg.net ;
>> advocacycollective@yahoo.com ; Easter.W@parl.gc.ca ;
>> Comartin.J@parl.gc.ca ; cityadmin@fredericton.ca ; info@gg.ca ;
>> bmosher@mosherchedore.ca ; rchedore@mosherchedore.ca ;
>> chebert@thestar.ca ; Stoffer.P@parl.gc.ca ; Stronach.B@parl.gc.ca ;
>> bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca ; days1@parl.gc.ca ; day.s@parl.gc.ca ;
>> warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca ; PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca ;
>> Stephane.vaillancourt@rcmp-
>> jacques.boucher@rcmp-grc.gc.ca ; Aurele.Daigle@rcmp-grc.gc.ca ;
>> Roger.Gillies@rcmp-grc.gc.ca ; John.DeWinter@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>> Cc: Keddy.G@parl.gc.ca ; Allen.M@parl.gc.ca ; Manning.F@parl.gc.ca ;
>> Cannon.L@parl.gc.ca ; Dion.S@parl.gc.ca ; lunnmp@garylunn.com ;
>> lunng@parl.gc.ca ; Murphy.B@parl.gc.ca ; zedp1@parl.gc.ca ;
>> Menzies.T@parl.gc.ca ; menziest@telus.net ;
>> george.groeneveld@assembly.ab.
>> ; oldmaison@yahoo.com ; dan.bussieres@gnb.ca ; abel.leblanc@gnb.ca ;
>> aleblanc.mla@nb.aibn.com ; Harper.S@parl.gc.ca ; Layton.J@parl.gc.ca ;
>> Dryden.K@parl.gc.ca ; Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca ; Casey.B@parl.gc.ca ;
>> Arthur.A@parl.gc.ca ; Comuzzi.J@parl.gc.ca ; Thibault.L@parl.gc.ca ;
>> akrystal@rogers.blackberry.net ; tomp.young@atlanticradio.
>> jonesr@cbc.ca ; DannyWilliams@gov.nl.ca ; Matthews.B@parl.gc.ca ;
>> samperrier@hotmail.com ; lorraineroche@gov.nl.ca ;
>> alltrue@nl.rogers.com ; jtennant@prairiepost.com ;
>> southporcupinegroup@telus.net ; calgary.mountainview@assembly.
>> ivan.court@saintjohn.ca ; norm.mcfarlane@saintjohn.ca ;
>> Brunswick.Pipeline@ec.gc.ca ; Jake.Harms@justice.gc.ca ;
>> Paul.Vanderlaan@gnb.ca ; William.Gould@gnb.ca
>> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 1:35 PM
>> Subject: Attention William Corby I am entitled to an answer from the
>> RCMP BEFORE we meet in court N'est Pas?
>>
>> "Murphy, Michael B. (DH/MS)"<MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca> wrote:
>> Subject:
>> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:02:35 -0400
>> From: "Murphy, Michael B. \(DH/MS\)"<MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca>
>> To: <motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com>
>>
>> January 30, 2007
>>
>> WITHOUT PREJUDICE
>>
>> Mr. David Amos
>>
>> Dear Mr. Amos:
>>
>> This will acknowledge receipt of a copy of your e-mail of December 29,
>> 2006 to Corporal Warren McBeath of the RCMP.
>>
>> Because of the nature of the allegations made in your message, I have
>> taken the measure of forwarding a copy to Assistant Commissioner Steve
>> Graham of the RCMP “J” Division in Fredericton.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Honourable Michael B. Murphy
>> Minister of Health
>>
>> CM/cb
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David Amos"<david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>> To: <debby.frost@snb.ca>; <caroline.proulx@snb.ca>
>> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 6:21 PM
>> Subject: Fwd: Your Minister the lawyer Greg Byrne should have done the
>> right thing a long time ago EH Mr. Graham?
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>> Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 13:00:58 -0400
>> Subject: Your Minister the lawyer Greg Byrne should have done the
>> right thing a long time ago EH Mr. Graham?
>> To: sylvie.levesque-finn@snb.ca, Stephanie.Guignard@snb.ca,
>> claude.poirier@snb.ca, maureen.mills@snb.ca, charles.mcallister@snb.ca
>> Cc: "greg. byrne"<greg.byrne@gnb.ca>, "shawn. graham"
>> <shawn.graham@gnb.ca>, "Bonnar, Greg (DPS/MSP)"<Greg.Bonnar@gnb.ca>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: "MacKenzie, Lloyd (SNB)"<lloyd.mackenzie@snb.ca>
>> Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 13:01:27 -0400
>> Subject: Telephone Conversation re: 1965 Harley-Davidson Motorcycle
>> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>> Cc: "Bastarache, Donald J.(SNB)"<Donald.Bastarache@snb.ca>,
>> "Morrison, Bill (SNB)"<bill.morrison@snb.ca>, "Levesque-Finn, Sylvie
>> (SNB)"<Sylvie.Levesque-Finn@snb.ca>, "Pleadwell, Derek (SNB)"
>> <Derek.Pleadwell@snb.ca>
>>
>> Mr. Amos:
>>
>> Upon your request I will inform Mr. Derek Pleadwell [(506)
>> 444-2897], Chairperson SNB Board of Directors, of our extended
>> conversation regarding the issues surrounding the 1965 Harley-Davidson
>> motorcycle when he visits my office at approximately 3:30 P.M. today.
>>
>> Also, as requested, I've copied in Ms. Sylvie Levesque-Finn
>> [(506) 453-3879], SNB President.
>>
>> Lloyd D. MacKenzie, AACI, P. App, CAE
>>
>> Regional Manager of Assessment - Beauséjour Region/Responsable
>> régional de l'évaluation - region Beauséjour
>> Assessment/ de l'évaluation
>> Service New Brunswick/ Service Nouveau-Brunswick
>> 633 rue Main St. 4th floor/4ième étage
>> Moncton, NB
>> E1C 8R3
>>
>> Tel/Tél: (506) 856-3910
>> Fax/Téléc: (506) 856-2519
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Brian Gallant <briangallant10@gmail.com>
>> Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 06:01:57 -0700
>> Subject: Merci / Thank you Re: Fwd: I just called Alan Roy again about
>> my right to health care, my missing 1965 Harley, the Yankee Wiretaps
>> tapes in its saddlebag and Federal Court and his assistant played dumb
>> as usual
>> To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>
>> (Français à suivre)
>>
>> If your email is pertaining to the Government of New Brunswick, please
>> email me at brian.gallant@gnb.ca
>>
>> If your matter is urgent, please email Greg Byrne at greg.byrne@gnb.ca
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Si votre courriel s'addresse au Gouvernement du Nouveau-Brunswick,
>> svp m'envoyez un courriel à brian.gallant@gnb.ca
>>
>> Pour les urgences, veuillez contacter Greg Byrne à greg.byrne@gnb.ca
>>
>> Merci.
>>