A look at the 2019 crime statistics released by Statistics Canada shows, at first, that Nelson has seen a 10-year low in drug violations. But at the same time, violent crime is on the rise.
Chief Constable Paul Burkart, of the Nelson Police Department, shares his insight into how a push toward decriminalization and new data categories affected those statistics.
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