Saskatoon police committing three officers to curb crime in Pleasant Hill [Video]

The Saskatoon Police Service is dedicating three officers to a specialized unit to help curb crime in the Pleasant Hill neighbourhood.

Last fall, members of the Pleasant Hill Community Association asked the Board of Police Commissioners for more preventive policing resources.

A member of the Pleasant Hill Community Association told CTV News that police would need to take a different approach to build trust in the community.

“Every year, we tell the city that we need to invest in prevention in our community, (and) invest in relationships — the residents are tired of sounding like a broken record,” community association member Shane Partridge said at the time.

“We need a police presence in our community not like the other communities.”

According to a report from police to the board of police commissioners on Thursday, help is now on its way.