Constable Jay Pierson serves for the Estevan Police Service and has been for the last 19 years. Aside from his regular patrol, he'll be taking on a new role to better educate the community. 

His new role of Community Services Officer is derived from the School Resources program that the local police arranged to help approach the youth better. The new title expands his range of services, as he will also be dealing with the elderly, newcomers, and local businesses in the city. 

"My focus will be to assist and educate the vulnerable entities of our community. I'll be travelling to schools, local nursing homes, businesses, and the agencies that help newcomers, namely the Southeast Newcomer Services," Cst. Pierson shared. 

Much of the spotlight will be towards the youth. As he outlined, there's been issues around bullying and the introduction of social media for the younger crowd, while for the older youth, the use of drugs and alcohol are introduced. 

Online scams and fraud are often what the elderly fall for. Well-researched scams from people around the world tend to work on senior citizens, resulting in their life savings being stolen. Security will be the main focus for local businesses in the city, as many break-ins have been reported to the Estevan Police Service over time. 

"I'm excited by [the new position]. I've been in service for 19 years. Through that, I've received a lot of training that correlates to it, such as Child Abuse Investigation, Cyber Crime, and Fraud Investigation. I've also spent most of my career in Major Crimes Investigation," he expressed. 

He mentioned that his educational background suits him well for dealing with the youth. 

To summarize, his first course of action is to assess what the community needs and the problems that they are seeing. He's encouraging the public to call the Estevan Police Service or send him an email at jpierson@estevanpolice.ca to voice your concerns.