In an effort to improve public safety, the province is reinforcing the bail system and making it a priority. A new five-point bail strategy was announced Tuesday, which will focus on tougher conditions for repeat offenders, with stronger monitoring and faster hearings.
“There’s nothing more important than the safety of our communities. Manitobans have spoken out again and again that repeat offenders, and those who breached their conditions of bail, need to be held to account,“ said Matt Wiebe, Minister of Justice and Attorney General.
Minister Wiebe says for too long, preventable crimes and tragedies happened because serious repeat offenders were released and out to endanger the communities in Manitoba.
“This violence is completely unacceptable. It has no place in our province, no place in canada and it must come to an end.
Bail Compliance cruiser car. (Credit: Winnipeg Police Service)
The bail compliance unit has 12 officers with the job of enhancing bail compliance monitoring and enforcement. Officers will prioritize high-risk adult and youth offenders, and the unit will also work with the Manitoba Integrated Violent Offender Apprehension Unit.
“This unit is targeting a broad spectrum of offenders from repeat violent offenders, to sex offenders, to those who commit intimate partner violence, to those drugs and firearms in our communities,” said Cam MacKid, the deputy chief of the Winnipeg Police Service.
The Manitoba government has granted the unit $3 million to support the new five-point plan.