Richmond News
It’s not just great for the children and youth, it’s great for our members as well.
That’s the assertion of Sgt. Thomas O’Hara, the officer in charge of Richmond RCMP’s Youth Section, when asked about the success of the “Yankee 30” program.
[Photo: Mayor Malcolm Brodie inspects the Yankee 30 car at the program’s official launch in July]
The initiative – which involves a non-police support worker from the Ministry of Children and Family Development accompany an officer to a call about an at-risk youth – kicked off in January as a pilot before being made permanent in July.
Since its inception, around 600 calls have been made to the Yankee 30 program, named after the call-sign for that particular service. …