The incidences of violent crime in some rural communities in Manitoba is escalating. The Manitoba RCMP recognizes that these elevated violent crime rates in certain communities are often driven by street gangs and prolific offenders.

Increasingly, these prolific offenders and street gang members are using a variety of weapons, including firearms, to carry out their intimidation and violent crimes. This heightens the risk and threatens the safety of all community residents.

To address this systematic rise in violent crime in some rural communities, the Manitoba RCMP has created a Strategic Enforcement Response Team (SERT). SERT operates in two distinctive phases.

Get all the details in this week's Dauphin Herald!