Manitoba crime: website launched to capture violent offenders [Video]

Manitoba RCMP and the Winnipeg Police Service are launching Manitoba’s Most Wanted website.

The website is used to highlight offenders the Manitoba Integrated Violent Offender Apprehension Unit (MIVOAU) is looking to arrest.

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“We’re telling these wanted individuals that their days of hiding in the shadows are coming to an end. History shows that when we engage with the public and ask for help, the public will respond, and they come through,” said Insp. Shawn Pike with Manitoba RCMP.

Police said the hope is the public will recognize someone from the website and they would be able to report their location to police or Crime Stoppers.

“The wanted notices are to encourage the public to be on the lookout, but these are serious and violent offenders so they should not be approached,” police said in a news release.

Pike said …