Crime Reduction Unit/RCMP

By Vernon Matters Staff

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Kelowna RCMP to transition focus beyond downtown

Sep 12, 2025 | 6:00 AM

Kelowna RCMP are to transition policing initiatives to areas other than the downtown now the peak summer period is over.

RCMP said over the summer months, the Crime Reduction Unit has targeted social disorder, public drug use and street level drug trafficking downtown.

The unit operates proactively by identifying and targeting complex issues, problem residences and known offenders.

In a media release, Sgt. Scott Powrie of the Crime Reduction Unit, said the RCMP recognizes there are other areas in the city “that require the enhanced policing that our team has been delivering downtown on a regular basis, including the Rutland, Mission and Pandosy communities.”