Kugluktuk RCMP starts weekly newsletter

“To keep the citizens of the community informed,” the RCMP detachment in Kugluktuk has started a weekly newsletter, with a first edition bearing the title of “Alcohol takes its toll in Kugluktuk.”

During the first week of March, police responded to 14 complaints and took eight people into custody in a series of alcohol-fueled incidents that included a violent domestic dispute, an assault on a police officer, a suicide attempt and drunken fights.

On March 3, police answering a complaint found an intoxicated man bleeding from the face, who was already under a court order to abstain from the consumption or possession of alcohol. Another man, also under the influence of alcohol, was arrested for causing bodily harm.

The weekly newsletter, distributed to residents of the community and media, is intended as an “eye-opener,” according to RCMP Cpl. F.B. Radeschi.