Leduc Rural Crime Watch sponsors local children’s "Neighbors Helping LEDUC RURAL coloring contest Neighbors" CRIME WATCH Each year, Leduc Rural Crime Watch ASSOCIATION sponsors a local grade school poster contest. The contest is open to any Formed in 1983 student grades K to 9 within our crime watch area. The theme is set each year and the local student enters their artwork A R.C.M.P. supported for consideration. All winners receive a community crime watch cash reward at our next AGM. organization All first place winners in each grade are sent on to provincial judging. All 1st. 2nd and 3rd place winners receive a cash reward. Select winners will have their entry displayed in a calendar produced President Cor De Wit accepts the for distribution to Alberta crime watch Alberta Solicitor's award, on behalf of organizations. the Leduc Rural Crime Watch Association, for Community Crime We have been very fortunate to have Prevention programs from Alberta several provincial winners over the years. Solicitor General, Mr. Fred Lindsay at a ceremony in Calgary in 2008. Alberta Farmers Advocate Award for Innovation! In 2013, and in 2017, Leduc RCW won To join this community based the Innovation award from the Alberta organization, contact us at; Farmers Advocate. We continue to look for interesting ways to ensure that our Leduc Rural Crime Watch Association organization is known to all who reside in c/o Leduc protective Services Building the Leduc County, and neighboring towns #1, 4119 - 50 Street LEDUC COUNTY and municipalities. Leduc, Alberta, T9E 7L9 780-980-7234 A proud member of the Alberta Look for us on facebook.com Provincial Rural Crime Watch email - [email protected] Association Leduc Rural Crime Watch is one of Leduc Rural Crime Watch the longest running Rural Crime Watch groups in the Province. 2018 holds Annual General marked our 35th year of successful Meeting each year operations. At our AGM, in the spring of each A lifetime membership can be year, we review the financial status purchased for $15.00, which entitles of our organization as well as a the new member to property signage presentation from a timely speaker. and one free year of fan-outs after We've had speakers present topics which additional years can be such as; Illegal Drug Activity, Identity purchased. Theft, Victim Services, R.C.M.P. speakers and so on. All members have the option to purchase a fan out subscription for one year at $10.00 a year, or a three Leduc Rural Crime Watch The Leduc Rural Crime Watch year subscription for a cost of Association endeavors to keep our (RCW) Association was formed in $25.00. Fan-outs can be set as membership informed and “up to 1983 out of concern for increasing phone, email or text (text will be date” on criminal activity and trends rural criminal activity and a desire abbreviated as the fan-outs can be in the community. to enhance crime prevention lengthy at times.) or any combination efforts in the community. Our of the three methods. We can have Learn how you can support this motto ‘Neighbors Helping multiple phone and email contacts worthwhile community based Neighbors’ summarizes our per membership such as the office organization. purpose and how we achieve it. and home email. Leduc RCW encompasses the Leduc Rural Crime Watch County of Leduc, including the Association has the capability to City, Towns and communities of initiate fan out notices, through a Looma, New Sarepta, Beaumont, computer system, to fan-out Leduc, Kavanagh, Wizard Lake , subscribers on a zone basis or over Pigeon Lake, Buford, Calmar, and the entire membership. We can also Devon. We are moving to serve fan-out an AMBER ALERT to all the remaining Leduc County area members, when called upon. communities of Warburg, Thorsby, Telfordville, and areas west.