Friday, July 9, 2010

Gjoa Haven - Nunavat

Population 1,064

Number arrested and detained in local jail in 2009: 241

Number of calls to RCMP (which may include multiple crimes) in 2009: 1,455

Number of complaints filed in 2009 (again multiple offences possible in each complaint): 599

The crime rate is astonishing. Gjoa Haven is dry - but only in theory. There's lots of alcohol and it fuels much of the violence.

Something is wrong here.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

so sad, isn't it.

Daria

Anonymous said...

Yes it is. Throwing cash at the problem hasn't worked.