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Inspector Kirke Hopkins (opinion250.staff photo)

He is the new Officer in Charge of Operations and while he may be new to the Prince George Detachment, Inspector Kirke Hopkins isn’t new to Prince George.

His most recent posting was North District, where he was the District Operations Officer for a year and a half. Before that, he spent many years in postings in rural Canada, including 3 years in Nunavut. In his 25 plus years of service, his focus has always been “operations”, the front line, “This is where we provide the service, it’s the face of the people you see everyday, the uniformed members you see everyday, they report to me.”
He can truly say “been there done that” in Hopkins words: “I have been in many, many places doing the same things these members are doing, so I know what they’re going through, and I know what the expectations of the public are.”

“Our main objective is to investigate crime and prevent crime, its very simple, that’s what we’re here for.”

Hopkins has spent more than a dozen years serving in communities in Saskatchewan and in Nunavut where the populations were largely Aboriginal peoples. He believes those experiences give him a special understanding of how “policing should be provided.”

When it comes to fighting crime, Hopkins says the approach calls for a focus on “prolific offenders, a very small percentage of the population that is committing the vast majority of the crimes, and that is where we need to direct our resources.” That is where the new Crime Analyst position will come in to play. “That is very much in line with our divisional crime reduction strategy.”

There are some new members coming on board this year, including two who will head straight into plain clothes duties. Hopkins says with those recent additions approved by City Council, the number of members right now means the RCMP can provide a very good service to the community but the demands could change. “With the container port going in to Prince Rupert and the chance of Prince George becoming an inland container port, we will have to take a look at that and see how that will affect our resource needs.”

He is excited about working with Superintendant Chambers, the officers with this detachment and is hoping to mentor the young members. He also makes it clear he likes the leadership and vision of the detachment, and wants the public to know his team is committed to doing a good job of serving and protecting the public “We would like to do everything that can be done, and we are doing our best to do everything we can.” 



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