OPP Incidents Dropping

Ontario Provincial Police continue to take a big bite out of crime in the Fort Frances area.

Police have responded to more than 32-hundred incidents this year which is a 12 per cent decrease over last year and a 5 per cent drop from 2007.

Inspector John Kendrick says attempts to reduce property crime is one of the focuses for the local detachment.

"We're continuing our 'Lock it or Lose it' campaign in an attempt to curb opportunistic crimes," says Kendrick. "A vast majority of these incident would not have occurred if some attempt had been made to secure the property."

Kendrick says 15 per cent of all property crimes so far are related to stolen bicycles.