The City of Prince Albert’s Bylaw Enforcement team is reporting strong progress in the first seven months as a municipally operated unit. The primary responsibility of the Unit was shifted back to the city from the Police Service last year.
Three full time officers are responding to violations. Since October, 856 bylaw complaints were logged. 745 of these have been resolved and 111 are said to be in active compliance with enforcement processes initiated.

According to the data, the top three issues that concerns residents, accounting for about 75% of complaints are:
1.Messy yards;
2.Boarded up houses; and
3.Traffic related issues, particularly around parking.
The city says early successes have been experienced in the area of boarded-up houses with 5 demolished since the transition last year and several more targeted for 2021.
The next steps for the Unit will be to focus on the efficiency of response.