People in Dauphin have wanted to do something about the increased crime.
Tammy Hossack, with the Brandon Bear Clan Patrol, says in Brandon they’ve been running since summer of 2017 and they started because of violent situations occurring in their downtown.
As a community, they thought they could help make the community safer, build relationships and help people out.
They start their patrols at the friendship centre and patrol two nights a week because they are a smaller community than Winnipeg.
In the winter they load up a vehicle with supplies and drive around Brandon giving people mitts, toiletries and food.
Bear Clan Patrol was started in Winnipeg in the ’90s and the Tina Fontaine incident reinvigorated the movement.
