Sentences with phrase «of rural crime»

Unfortunately, the NDP Government chose to shut down that debate even when hundreds of victims of rural crime from across Alberta came to the Legislature to see a meaningful debate on the issue

The frequency of rural crime incidents has increased dramatically in recent years.

Since the provincial government has not yet fully acted on the rise of rural crime, Alberta's UCP announced a Task Force on Rural Crime to engage communities and develop common - sense proposals and solutions.

Not exact matches

In the broadest of strokes, rural gun owners resented it, while urbanites who feared gun crime approved.

Since 2011, rural crime rates in parts of Alberta have jumped more than 250 %.

In Saskatchewan, concern over rural crime resulted in the province expanding the power of conservation and commercial vehicle enforcement officers to include arrest and detention of criminal suspects.

Few can deny that the rising crime rate and abuse of drugs are related to the destruction of rural and urban communities that are the direct result of economic policies aimed at the one goal of increasing production.

CNN: Hate crimes trial against Amish begins Federal prosecutors are expected to argue that an Amish sect leader, accused of orchestrating beard - cutting attacks against fellow Amish men, was operating a cult out of his family compound in rural Ohio.

«Those in our communities can have confidence that we take rural crime extremely seriously and will always be proactive when we receive information from members of the public.»

To support an urban style of Christian life against the rural romantic piety of most American Protestantism is not to defend the crime - ridden, auto - infested ruins we have heaped up where cities once stood.

In Wau, just as these blighted areas of Nigeria, cattle rustling is a big rural crime.

A morning's training was given to Hampshire & Isle of Wight Rural Policing team and Sussex Police's lead for wildlife crime.

A Suffolk police spokeswoman said: «Around 2 pm officers from Suffolk rural crime team were called to attend at the Great Thurlow hunt as a result of an incident being reported between the hunt and hunt observers.

The Inspector - General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has said that the police would involve trained sniffer dogs in checking crime and criminality in the country, noting that the animals would soon be deployed in rural areas and flash points of crisis.

The shift would draw down the makeup of many rural areas where prisons are located, to the benefit of urban areas where more crimes take place — that is, better for Democrats than for Republicans.

«I am confident that the measures we are taking will tackle the acts of rural banditry, herdsmen / farmers» conflicts, communal clashes, kidnappings and other crimes.»

► As part of this week's Science special issue on forensics, Lizzie Wade told the story of how José Torero, a world expert in the forensic science of fire investigation, has shed a light on — or perhaps, added to the mystery of — «a crime that shocked the world: the disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Normal School, a rural teacher's college near Tixtla, Guerrero,» in Mexico in September 2014.

Torero, who was born in Peru and now teaches at the University of Queensland (UQ), St. Lucia, in Brisbane, Australia, had come to investigate a crime that shocked the world: the disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Normal School, a rural teacher's college near Tixtla, Guerrero.

Deadline (PG - 13 for mature themes) Crime drama, set in rural Alabama, recounting the real - life story of an idealistic newspaper reporter (Steve Talley) who, in spite of death threats, investigated the unsolved murder, 20 years earlier, of an African - American child.

(In French with subtitles) Small Town Murder Songs (Unrated) Peter Stormare stars in this gothic tale of crime and redemption about an aging police officer who successful suppresses his violent tendencies until a murder disrupts the peace of his tight - knit, Mennonite community in rural Ontario.

City schools also were twice as likely to report serious violent crime compared with rural and schools in towns; however, there was not much difference in the amount of serious crimes in schools located in urban fringe areas, according to the NCES Annual Report on School Safety — 1998.

In particular, I've been focusing on understanding the degree to which Head Start might be more or less effective depending on where centers are located — in urban versus rural settings, in communities with high versus low levels of wraparound services and resources, in high - versus low - crime neighborhoods.

Limited supply of qualified professionals willing to work in certain communities (e.g., rural, high poverty, high crime)

In contrast the privately funded non-profit HCZ, promise zones are high poverty urban, rural and tribal communities designated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (H.U.D) to connect and partner with local leaders and receive federal funding aimed at «improving educational opportunities, leveraging private investment, increasing economic activity, reducing violent crimes, enhancing public health and addressing other communal priorities.»

Best known for his mystery novels about Dr. Siri Paiboun (including The Coroner's Lunch), today Colin Cotterill launches a new series with Killed at the Whim of a Hat, the story of a crime reporter based in rural Thailand who is surrounded by a kooky cast of characters.

A bright new talent makes her fiction debut with this first entry in a delicious crime set in rural South Africa - a flavorful blend of The # 1 Ladies Detective Agency and Goldie Schulz series, full of humor, romance, and recipes and featuring a charming cast of characters.

Some secrets are too terrible to reveal... Some crimes are too unspeakable to solve... In the sleepy rural town of Painters Mill, Ohio, the Amish and «English» residents have lived side by side for two centuries.

In places like rural Cleveland, where houses in neighborhoods that were just barely winning over crime as it was, now have 10 of 20 houses empty and just can't win the fight anymore.

Animal cruelty still lags way behind other crimes in terms of response and prosecution; despite record levels of animal welfare awareness, many rural prosecutors have still never prosecuted a single cruelty case, dispatchers often do not know what to tell callers who are frantically trying to report cruelty, many cases that are reported are never investigated and organized animal cruelty, including dog fighting and the use of animals in pornography, are on the rise.

The prosecution and conviction of the NFL's Michael Vick for dog fighting shed light upon this underground crime that takes place anywhere from city alleys and basements to rural barns and garages, run by impromptu street fighters or highly organized rings.

The Trumann area has many excellent school districts, 2 large hospitals in Jonesboro, low traffic congestion, easy commute, low crime rates, low cost of living, many options for home ownership, from urban to rural, and opportunities for outdoor activities are abundant, including duck hunting, and fishing.

Much of the crime in Guatemala appears to be concentrated in Guatemala City, which is considered to be a dangerous place for tourists, and in parts of the rural countryside.

The new unit will primarily manage the conduct of interviews on crime and community relations by police officers in Belize City, the rural area and San Pedro and Caye Caulker.

Ted Kaczynski, our home grown philosopher / terrorist, currently serving life in prison for crimes either committed out of dedication to a cause, or madness or both, had not only been extracted from his rural ramshackle home, but the home itself has been incarcerated.

Drug use and related crime permeate every corner of our society, afflicting our cities and rural communities, affecting young and old alike.

If you live in a relatively low - traffic, low - crime suburban or rural area, for example, your rates might be lower than they would be if your home address was in a large city with heavy traffic and more opportunities for thieves to take advantage of unsuspecting auto owners.

If you move from a city with a high crime rate to a rural area without adding a large amount of miles to your weekly drive, you can be sure your vehicle insurance rates will drop.

On the other hand, even if someone owns an automobile free and clear, if they live in a rural area where collisions with animals are common, in a stormy area that often gets hail or in a higher - crime part of town where break - ins and theft occur regularly, they might want to purchase comprehensive insurance.

The premium for your own home will depend on a variety of factors such as the age of your home, the type of construction, the crime rate in your area and your home's location (rural areas generally pay more, in part because firefighters have to travel farther to put out fires).

While it's true that bigger cities have a more tangible element of crime, it must be noted that rural areas have their own unique set of infractions.